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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 …
Following in Jim Wendler's footsteps, I've taken my immensely popular (in my mind) strength training program, UL83, and updated it specifically for Powerlifting. If you've read the program, you know I stated that "This is not a program designed for a sport of any particular stripe, nor to make you more athletic or more intelligent, …
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 …
I had to take a couple of days off this week from hoisting weights around to accompany my daughter to the worst state in the Union: Georgia. She was doing a college tour for her graduate work so instead of lifting weights, I spent a lot of time in a car. Travel tip: don't even …
My last competition was in 2010 and it was an equipped meet. Prior to that, my inaugural meet in 2008 was also equipped. I’ve never done a RAW meet so that’s what’s on deck. I should point out, that I am not strong in any sense of the word. My lifts rank as intermediate according …
Specific goals are very important when lifting weights as something beyond a general means of being fit and moving your body around. I sometimes suffer from excessive goal shifting, but I don't stray too far from the main principle of getting stronger and trying to add muscle without becoming a lardass. What typically drives me …
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