One nice touch for making shrugs really work the traps is to look down while doing it. It increases the stretch on the upper traps significantly....
If you're interested in, say, endurance-related MMA training, it's actually possible to accomplish both in the same cycle. Now, if you were really...
I admire you people who can do both squats and DLs in the same session. Cheers! :) If somebody wants to include both in a session, they could...
Training to improve your anaerobic/lactic-acid threshhold, with that in mind against all the major muscles (rather than "just" legs),...
With regards to the stretch reflex, there's roughly an inversely proportional relationship between amount of weight needed and amount of time...
Seriously, you've helped pull me into new directions with my training. The Gironda variation of cluster training has really messed with my head; I...
Speaking of falsification, you could say what NWLifter and I do is something of a prolonged dialectical process. It's a lot of fun. Because we...
One problem with the lateral raise is that, because the max weight is relatively low, there's not a lot of progressive load you can do with it....
My understand was that caffeine had a mild diuretic effect (i.e. you pee more), but that the total fluid volume in caffeinated drinks more than...
It's counterintuitive but you'll notice about the same effect in terms of DOMS and tightness done either way. Again, you have the option of using...
Zoomz, do you place the weight on the ground while deadlifting? cheers, Jules
The right answer, of course, is heavy deadlifts. ;) Straight bar curls are slightly better (and dumbbells slightly angled away from the body are...
In the Customizing section, there's a few lengthy posts about the difference between "peak contraction" and "stretch point"...
Actually, it's already used in rehab. Whenever you see athletes working with rubber bands and mindlessly doing many repetitions, that's one of the...
Hmm, isn't this more of a SST question? ;) Short Optimization Technique If you want to make 5x5 REALLY sing, then pre-empt your 5x5 cycle with a...
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