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I first heard of blood flow restriction, or occlusion training during my PT Course. My initial reaction was that I would never consider such a thing. It seems odd and frankly dangerous to put a tourniquet on my arms or legs and proceed to lift weights. As typically happens to me, the more I read …
I just wrote about deloading, and I had basically made up my mind all I really needed was a nice easy week of lighter weights and less sets and I'd be ready to rumble again. However, I revisited my PT Course materials and watched a presentation from Menno on injuries and I'm rethinking what I …
I am admittedly not a fan of what is commonly called a deload from resistance training. I think the concept came from sport specific training whereby one reduces the fatigue that comes along with building increased fitness to allow that fitness to then be displayed. I don't doubt it has its place in preparing for …
Although I haven't written about it in a while, I remain focused, preoccupied and probably obsessed with my weight training. Obsession has a bad reputation, but I think this is a pretty healthy one. Obviously there are physical benefits to regular exercise, but more importantly for me, there are emotional and mental benefits. The training …
I've made two attempts to "bulk" over my lifetime of lifting weights. They were both poorly done, eating entirely too much food and creating a fatter version, rather than a more muscular version of myself. This time, armed with the knowledge and tools from the Henselman PT course (formerly known as the Bayesian Bodybuilding PT …
Years wasted doing low volume strength training programs have cost me muscular size. There's really no argument anymore. Research continues to pile up showing a dose response relationship between training volume and hypertrophy. Long after I maxed out my neurological adaptations to heavy loads and improved my motor skills with practice, I continued to pound …
7 Weeks in and I can already declare that the course has exceeded my expectations. Not only has my knowledge base increased in nutrition, an area I thought I was already quite knowledgeable in, but I've been able to make actual changes to my diet to improve my health and physique results. There's plenty of …
A few years ago, impressed as I was--and still am--with Menno Henselmans, I completed a questionnaire for the purpose of hiring Menno to take over my training and nutrition. I had a pretty good inkling I couldn't afford his services, and mentioned as much in my email to him, and when I received his quote …
The main reason I like high frequency weight training is that I like going to the gym. I enjoy every aspect of it and it covers two of the three requirements for contentment: Something to Do, and Something to Look Forward To. I also like it because intuitively, the concepts make sense to me. Since …
I awoke several times from a deep sleep with what felt like my left leg being sawed off. As the song says, the thigh bone's connected to the hip bone, and it is that spot that ached and throbbed until I rose to consciousness out of some dreamscape I can no longer remember. It hurts …
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