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Training

Bill Starr (MadCow) 5×5 Intermediate Routine

February 8, 2010

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Something was brought to my attention a few weeks ago. A reader sent a quick email to notify me of some broken links they’d found. In past articles when discussing training, I’ve referenced and linked to a very popular 5×5 training program often referred to as the MadCow 5×5. It’s an intermediate program by [...]

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Working the Non-Mirror Muscles Part II – Injury Prevention

February 1, 2010

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In part I, I wrote about how most people fail to train the muscles they don’t see. I also got off on a bit of a tangent about how sometimes we(especially men) think we are training for sex appeal, when in reality we’re just trying to be bigger and better than the [...]

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Working the Non-Mirror Muscles Part I – Vanity

January 25, 2010

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Many guys just getting into bodybuilding or strength training often find themselves in a mad love affair with the bench press. I have witnessed many of my peers develop a sudden interest in being able to impress everyone (especially the other guys) [...]

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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Sprints

January 12, 2010

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Sprinting, HIIT, running really fast in between telephone poles, whatever you want to call it, you know it’s a lot of fun and you may be doing too much of it. Allow me to explain.
Within the last few years, the idea of HIIT training, sprinting for fat loss, etc., has become [...]

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Workout Partners – Do You Need One?

December 1, 2009

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Chances are, if you’ve been working out for any extensive period of time, you’ve likely had a “workout partner” at one point. Your experience with said partner could’ve been great, mediocre or it could’ve been so treacherous that you would rather eat dirt or light your shorts on fire. I know about [...]

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The Former Fat Boy Syndrome

October 19, 2009

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I must admit I am a FFB (Former Fat Boy). I am willing to bet many of the guys reading this were FFB’s. As a FFB I know we tend to think our metabolisms are subpar or we can’t build muscle efficiently due to our endomorphic proportions. This is what’s known as the [...]

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Thoughts On Intensity

October 5, 2009

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Intensity; what does it mean? If you are like me, you have heard that pesky word over and again in the realm of bodybuilding, strength training and athletics. All the bodybuilders keep talking about how much of it they have and all I can recall from high school is my coaches screaming in [...]

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