Posted on August 5th, 2010 by admin
One of the biggest problem areas I see with young athletes and adults alike is a lack of strength with bodyweight movements.
This shouldn’t be surprising actually, since laziness and weakness is engineered into nearly every single piece of “fitness” equipment today. Lay here, sit here, stand here. What ever happened to using the ultimate machine, [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2010 by admin
Your training should always have a goal.
My goals for this cycle are not just to get stronger in general but to improve my oly lifting, squat, and bodyweight strength.
Your goals must not be general. They should be specific. This will allow you to narrow your focus and get the most out of your training.
Another thing [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2010 by admin
In my last post I mentioned cutting out grains.
Am I going low carb? No.
Am I going true paleo or primal. Not exactly.
Over the last few months I’ve been reading a lot about paleo and primal eating. I do not claim to be a nutrition expert by any stretch. Nutrition is such a tough subject because [...]
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Posted on May 20th, 2010 by admin
I’ll keep this one short and sweet.
To me incorporating conditioning is a no brainer. If you’ve been following this site for a while you know I’m a huge proponent! Forget traditional cardio! As the say “conditioning is where it’s at!” However, I am by no means advocating the abolishing of all steady state cardio, there [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin
Day 2 of this cycle is a max push day. I was still pretty tight from Day 1 but my overall recovery was pretty good. Yesterday I hit some GPP, with 10 hills sprints then 20/10 tabatas with the thick rope and sledge hammer, then tons of foam rolling Here is what I did today.
1a [...]
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