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Death By [insert exercise here] Workout

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Here’s a little treat for you. Pick an exercise and perform 1 rep in minute 12 reps in minute 2…x reps in minute x until you can’t finish the prescribed reps in the minute. Below is Mikko Salo doing a 60kg “Death by Clean & Jerk” (ok, it’s power clean and push press) after a […]

Iron Radio on Overtraining

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Iron Radio Podcast on Is Over Training Real (direct link to mp3) You have a finite amount of times you can be punched in the face before you get knocked out. Losing sleep? No appetite? No sex drive? Joint inflammation? Overtraining does not show in a single symptom. It’s a collection of symptoms that slowly creep in and are […]

Train for Strength First, Speed Later

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Eric Cressey wrote about Speed Training on T Nation. You have to have force in order to display force quickly.Very simply, if you haven’t built a solid foundation of strength, incorporating specific speed work in your program probably won’t do much for you.. Focus is outstanding concentric bar speed in perfect technique. In an example […]

2011 Visa Championships Podium Training

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Here is a compilation of the men’s podium training. 2011 Visa Championships are this week. Here is the schedule of events: Aug. 17 1 p.m. Jr. Men’s Competition – Day 1 6:30 p.m. Sr. Men’s Competition – Day 1 Aug. 19 1 p.m. Jr. Men’s Competition – Final Day 6:30 p.m. Sr. Men’s Competition – Final […]

Training Glutes like a Bodybuilder

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Bret Contreras analyzed How Bodybuilders Train the Glutes. Some of his observations of Brandon Curry’s leg workout: 1. During seated and single-leg leg curls he’s really stressing the contracted position to maximize the pump. 2. During weighted 45 degree hypers he really stresses the stretch position to maximize the stretch. 3. During sumo deadlifts he keeps the […]