December 2009

How to gain size and muscle: eat more and lift heavy weights. How to lose fat and keep the muscle: Eat less, do some cardio, and lift heavy weights. Choose one of those scenarios and work hard. It really is that simple. Share on Facebook

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1. What a weird story involving Mike Leech and Texas Tech. Who puts a kid with a concussion in a shed for 3 hours. Maybe we don’t have all the facts, although Leech has been fired. Either way, Leech should try being a normal human being and treat people with respect. There’s too little of [...]

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I’m not going into too much detail right now about barbell complexes for fat loss because I plan on writing a much longer post in the not too distant future. However, let me provide some brief notes as to what the complex is and why we use them. 1. A barbell complex is a series [...]

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The Rack Pull

December 29, 2009

in Strength Training, Videos

The rack pull is a variation of the dead lift, one of the big 3 exercises along with the bench press and squat. It’s conceptually a simple exercise — see heavy weight and pick it up — but in reality it’s one of the most demanding exercises technique-wise because of the important positioning of the [...]

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The Weightlifter

December 28, 2009

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Weight Lifting. 25 years old. 5’9″ 300 lbs Bench Press Max: 160 lbs Squat Max: 495 lbs Vertical Leap: 30 inches Body Fat: 28-30% Daily Calorie Consumption: 3,000-4,000 calories per day Flexibility: can do splits both ways “I started training when I was 13, so almost everything about my body is completely different now. I’m [...]

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