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Training With A Bum Hip
In September of last year, I stopped squatting. For those who know me, this was kind of like if George Clooney took a vow of celibacy. I loved squatting, and although I wasn’t especially good at it, I relied on it as a measure of strength and progress. But the...
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Cardio That DOESN’T Kick Your Ass
Sometimes I like to do cardio that doesn’t leave me on the floor gasping for breath and rolling in my own puke. I know that Crossfit and interval training are hugely popular these days, but there’s also a time for longer, slower, more easy-paced exercise that gets your heart rate...
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Eyeballing Portion Sizes
I hate counting calories. I know you do, too. And the only scale I use is the kind you step on. I don’t have the patience to be meticulous about nutrition, but with summer coming up and plenty of opportunities to wear T-shirts, and sometimes much less, we need to...
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Big Or Strong Or Both
I talked about the differences between training purely to get big and training for max strength last week. Now I’ll give some practical examples to get big or strong or both.
The Bodybuilding Approach To recap, somebody who’s looking to put on a lot of size and isn’t so... -
Big Vs. Strong
I would guess that most guys get into lifting weights to get bigger, first and foremost. They’re short, skinny, or insecure, and they want to add muscle because they think it will be like putting on a suit of armor. Robbie Robinson didn’t know about block periodization. He did alright. Hey, I’m...