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I trained full body, 6 days a week for 3 weeks and was lightly sore basically every day, but it was very manageable and not in the least debilitating. After 8 days without lifting, I am almost crippled from a full body workout. I will never again, intentionally, take that much time off.
Not training is really bad for my head. While I fully prepared for the Strategic Deconditioning, and was even contemplating pushing it to 14 days, last night I threw the whole plan in the trash and revamped a strength oriented training plan to start today! I slept better as a result, but while walking with …
After my last powerlifting session, I did some thinking, an activity that generally signals a change in direction. While I have made some nice improvements in technique for the three powerlifts, my strength increases are nonexistent. Let's break it down: Strength is a combination of motor skills, neurological adaptations and hypertrophy. At a FFMI of …
“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” ― Albert Einstein I often apply this concept to myself, checking my own perceived understanding of something I think I've grasped. Today, I seek to demonstrate how well I understand the quest that Homo Sapiens have pursued since time began: to …
Everyone has their breaking point; that one moment in time when you say, okay, that's it. I can't pinpoint what did it for me at the commercial fitness center I've been training in, so I'm chalking it up to the cumulative effects it had on my psyche. After 6 short weeks, I've moved on. I …
I have learned many concepts since embarking upon the strength training path a decade ago, and one on which I devoted entirely too much energy is something commonly called assistance work or accessory work. The idea being to use a wide range of exercises designed to build strength in the muscles that do the lifting …
I have devised a resistance training program designed to improve health, strength, muscle size, connective tissue health and encourage skeletal integrity and stability. I provide it for free to all my faithful readers. While the name may seem like something you see stamped on a generic pharmaceutical, it perfectly represents the basic ideology behind the …
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