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Jim Wendler on John Broz’s Method

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Jim Wendler wrote a response to the recent Bret Contreras’ article (Max Out on Squats Every Day) about John Broz’s training methods. Read with an open mind. It’s been a few days since the Bret Contreras article on John Broz, his gym and his training methods came out on T-Nation. The response was huge (just […]

Warrior Diet Modified for Athletes

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You have probably heard of the Warrior Diet by Ori Hofmekler. Michael Keck wrote an article titled The Modified Warrior Diet. He modified the Warrior diet to account for the specific goals of athletes, like maximum mass gain, strength and explosiveness. Ori’s original Warrior Diet was based up on eating by feel, so there needed to […]

1998 Super heavy Snatch + Clean and Jerk‬‏

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That was a great watch of Olympic weightlifting history. Ronny Weller setting two world records at the 1998 European Championship in Riesa. 205.5 kg in the snatch (direct link to 21:50). 260kg Clean and Jerk(direct link to 27:55). Within 3 seconds from standing in front of the bar to starting the lift, he is not […]

Mark Rippetoe on Fallacies about Adaption

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Read this article : The Biggest Training Fallacy of All by Mark Rippetoe He puts forward a fitting analogy for why people don’t make any progress. That is, comparing training with sun tanning, with regards to the stimuli needed to get adaption. The skin doesn’t adapt to total accumulated exposure, but to the longest exposure – the […]

This Week’s Most Popular Posts

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My Shoulder Warm-Up Routine Video Kohei Uchimura Japan Cup 2011 Routine Videos  Athletes on YouTube – ‪Mus Serir – Acrobat‬‏ Athletes on YouTube: Petair – BBoy Head Position for Handstands‬‏ ‬‏ Back to the basics: The Push-Up Bill Starr on the Split Snatch

Free Download “Fundamentals of Sports Training” by Matveyev

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Thanks to Joel Jamieson you now can download your free copy of “Fundamentals of Sports Training” by L. Matveyev (pdf) which sells for $200 to $400 on Amazon. Certainly a nice addition to the library. He writes: “Today, I’d like to pass along this invaluable piece of historic training work along to those who will value the […]

Dave Tate teaching the Deadlift

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I am always eager to learn and re-learn different techniques and approaches to exercises. After teaching us how to bench press and box squat earlier this week, today Dave Tate shows us how to deadlift. His key points are: Sumo Deadlift stance: shins close to the bar, spread the floor, flare the knees out drop […]