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John Meadows on Iron Radio Podcast

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Iron Radio Episode 124 IronRadio – Guest John Meadows (direct link to mp3) Topic: Preserve Muscle on a Diet How does one hold onto precious muscle mass as a diet drags on? How long should YOU diet, based on your starting point and physiological state? Fasted Cardio Keeping intensity high when cutting Links: John Meadows’ website – www.mountaindogdiet.com

Chinese Elite Gymnasts Training for Tokyo 2011

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The Chinese Olympic gymnastics team overlords consisting of Chen Yibing, Teng Haibin, Feng Zhe, Zhang Chenglong, Lu Bo and Guo Weiyang  are getting ready for Tokyo 2011. No idea what they are talking about, so if you can translate it, please do in the comments. Check out Chen Yibing’s heavy plate curls at 2:46 … no dumbbells needed. Also 10s planche […]

Captains of Crush Gripper Training Tip

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Let’s say you have a #1 and #2  Captain of Crush gripper.You can rep the #1 without problems, but have trouble closing the #2 You can use a hose clamp (Jubilee Clip) to pre load the #2 gripper. The closer the handles are together, the better you can grab them and apply force. Through progressive […]

Zlatan Vanev Weightlifting Warm Up

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Clips like this really get me hyped for the next training session. Bulgaria’s Zlatan Vanev warming up at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. Here is Zlatan Vanev’s training day on 19 (Tuesday) October 1999. His records in 77 kilos weight class were snatch 165 and c + j 205 and total 370: MORNING SESSION10.10 – 10.28 Snatch 80/2+110/2+140/1+150/1+(155/1 […]