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Watching a rather large man struggling to Clean 120KG in the gym today was a real epiphany for me. If you're not competitive in an activity, be it Weightlifting or Powerlifting, you should ask yourself why you're doing it. After years spent training for Powerlifting, I have some anecdotal experience and can attest that the …
The 54-year old man who looks back at me, complaining about the left quad strain and the bicep and elbow tendinitis, had an epiphany last night, and it's not the first time. The problem is, my brain has its own ideas and is not necessarily my friend. It somehow refuses to accept how many times …
It's a pretty good sign when you're intentionally training with light weight and low volume to allow fatigue to dissipate and during the workout you feel amped up to lift more. That's how Day Two went, which is a dramatic improvement over Day One where I basically felt like I shouldn't be lifting at all. …
I guess I was really overdue for a break, as even the light workload was fatiguing yesterday. I started with SSB Squats to give my elbow and bicep tendinitis a break. It's interesting that I watched Dave Tate interview Dan Green earlier in the day and Dan states he uses the SSB for the specific …
As I spent the morning preparing for today's workout--yes, I have nothing better to do--I read, watched video, and pondered. Where is my newly created program weakest and what can be done to optimize it. The Juggernaut behemoth's critique of Westside affirmed my own and added a new wrinkle about volume, but the bulb didn't …
Amazing interviews by Dr. Eric Helms of experts in the fields of exercise, strength and nutrition. Worth saving.
Having ditched Programming to Win's Powerlifting specific program, I've chosen to follow in the footsteps of Dr. Eric Helms as he is well educated, articulate, evidence-based, and a drug free competitive bodybuilder and powerlifter. He is my height and while a young whippersnapper, closest to the goals I hope to achieve. Note: I will never, …
I'm going to like this video blogging.
Let us review the changes I have made in my training and diet, which have led to what I believe are improved performance and results. The most significant change is dietary. After determining I was ass backwards on the timing of my food, I adopted a circadian timed feeding strategy, eating my largest meal at …
I trained yesterday with a very different perspective, and it felt really good. After spending the majority of my lifting life in relentless pursuit of building muscle, the realization--perhaps timed to my 54th birthday--that I am more likely just maintaining what I have than building anything new, settled upon me like a heavy barbell and …
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