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Studies That May Surprise You, Vol. 4

January 3rd, 2016

Happy New Year! Here’s some of the latest, greatest research out there that I found interesting and think you can use.   Cluster F@cks Traditional Lifting                               First, a little primer on rest-pause training in case you’re not familiar.   Rest-pause […]

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Studies That May Surprise You, Vol. 2

August 5th, 2015

Seems like every trainer on the Web these days is from central casting. There are a lot of characters out there: the “hardcore guy”, the “kettlebell guy,” the “intermittent fasting guy”, etc. They’re all recommending you do something very specific to achieve your goals, and want you to remember them as the ones who told […]

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The Proof About Strength Training

June 1st, 2015

It’s rare that a study comes out with really helpful findings regarding muscle gain and fat loss. It’s rarer still when those findings are exactly what you hoped would be found and back up pretty much everything you’ve been saying for a long time.   I recently came across such a study (thanks to my […]

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Which Split is Best?

April 6th, 2015

Everyone knows you’re supposed to train a different body part every day. So your workout split should be chest on Monday, back Tuesday, legs Wednesday, shoulders Thursday, arms Friday, and then repeat. Or maybe it’s… The more often you can work a muscle, the faster it will grow. So you should do full-body workouts that […]

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