Critical Things you Cant Measure: Because they Dont Happen Its often the things that dont happen...
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Isometric Poses for Rehab, Gym Phone Zombies and a Cancer Study
Isometric Poses for Rehab, Gym Phone Zombies and a Cancer Study Necessity being the mother of...
Making Progress If You Dont Know What to Do
Making Progress If You Don't Know What to Do Making progress in our training is our persistent...
Artificial Intelligence and Strength Training: Part 1-The Impact of Information
Artificial Intelligence and Strength Training: Part 1-The Impact of Information Current news is awash with stories about how artificial intelligence (AI) will shortly penetrate every aspect of our lives. Depending on the source, predictions are being tossed around...
New Deadlift Training Approach: Rack Pulls, Speed Pulls and Isometrics
New Deadlift Training Approach: Rack Pulls, Speed Pulls and Isometrics A couple years ago I published a blog about the Paul Anderson power rack method to build a big deadlift. In the past month I have devised a slightly more elaborate scheme to enhance the impact of...
Important Workout Data and Useless Information
Important Workout Data and Useless Information Any athlete who is serious about improving their performance must track some key indicators of how they are doing. The importance of the indicators is not always consistent with how easily they are measured. Some of the...
Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance
Practice Like a Pro: Work on the Small Details of Performance If you have been competing in powerlifting for a long time or playing another sport that requires precision movement, you will find that it is usually the small details needed for peak performance that...
How to Know if You are Making Progress
How to Know if You are Making Progress Having been a hard core gym rat for a very long time, Im always interested in what concrete results my workouts are producing. IMHO most of the people who work out in fitness gyms seem to have no systematic approach to...
What skills do elite lifters have that others dont?
What skills do elite lifters have that others dont? Ever since I first started lifting weights back in 1955 it has been evident to me that some people get a lot more out of their training than others. Reflecting on many of the elite lifters I have known, it seems to...