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The Law of Diminishing Returns

March 8, 2010
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The law of diminishing returns, put simply is an economic law that states if one aspect of production is kicked up a notch while everything else remains static or constant, the returns will eventually decrease after a certain point.  Thus, sometimes doing more work or giving more effort will yield a negative result [...]

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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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T-Muscle’s(T-Nation) Anaconda Protocol: A No-BS Assessment

December 8, 2009
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In case you haven’t noticed, T-Muscle released their highly anticipated Anaconda™ Protocol (do not fear, I ­repented to the internet gods for linking to them) at the end of November.  If you’re familiar with this whole project, you know it’s been in the works for quite some time now.  If you know nothing of what [...]

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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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