Accelerated Eccentrics – Kettlebell Swings
I believe I heard Pavel talk about accelerated eccentrics previously when I was listening to In the Trenches Podcast by Mike Robertson. Muscle Building Blocks, Part III
Check out the links to the first two parts of this series.
Part I
Part II
Being "one of the guys" for a while, I know that many people cycle through new routines or look for the silver bullet of exercises all the time. There's really never any direction with the training. Sometimes you train 3 ...
Muscle Building Blocks, Part II
Here's a link to the Part 1.
I've never felt right training for muscle. To me it always seemed an abstract sort of goal. How do you really quantify it? Is that 1 lb per week showing up on the scale real unadulterated muscle?
Now I've come to appreciate that training for ...
Building Blocks of Muscle
Building muscle is still one of the baddest things to do. Despite the popularity of being the next MMA champion, having sheaths of functional, lean muscle will still make you look like a badass. The pursuit of this is often what gets the average male into weightlifting and it's something that shouldn't be ... Somtimes, Stupid is in vogue
Ignorance is bliss. Right? This was quote I heard from one of the trainers at the gym that I train at say regarding pain, "It'll go away." By the way, this was after the guy did a set of skill crushers and said he had pain when he turned his head to ...
He said-she said
I've just started teaching a course which prepares students to take the NSCA-CPT exam. This is going to be a great opportunity to help build a strong "graduating class" for the future of this industry. What are you looking at?
One of the most common cues when squatting or deadlifting is to "look up". This presumably keeps people from rounding their back and dropping their chest, but is this the best thing to do?
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The answer, unfortunately isn't exactly black and white. From a technical standpoint we have to ... Progressions – More than lipservice
I'm very progression oriented in my training. That is, I not only like to have a big bag of sick twisted trainer tricks, but I want to use them at the right time on the right person for the right reason. Consequently, some of the stuff many of us can use never gets ... On loaded plyometrics…
Q: What do you think using weight vests for plyometric exercises[. . .]" Hierarchy of training
Developing athletes an clients should begin with a proper assessment. It's been said that with a proper assessment you develop a road map, from where someone is to where they want to be. And it's an essential road map crucial to the success. The FASTEST route from Chicago to New York is ...