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You Are Being Lied To

July 13, 2009

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I am talking to you! You are being lied to every single day whether you know it or not. Everytime you walk by the newsstand, open a new fitness magazine or begin chatting with the local shoddy trainer you have a really good chance of hearing a fib or two. [...]

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Spinning Your Wheels? How I Went From Newbie To Intermediate Trainee

June 22, 2009

Image Credit: irene nobrega – This lil’ guy’s still a newbie

This is a detailed personal experience on how I went from newbie to intermediate trainee and sort of an expansion to my coaching article. While this piece and the coaching article are similar, I feel it’s necessary to touch on the endless [...]

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The Value of a Coach

May 11, 2009

Lawrence Hosannah – One of my former coaches.

In all my experience regarding strength and conditioning(almost 9 years), my coaches have impacted me most of all. All of them differed in one way or another but every good coach I’ve ever worked with all shared one common trait: objectivity. The advice and influence of [...]

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The Consummate Training Log

April 23, 2009

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Ah yes, the oh so wonderful training log. I didn’t always use to think they were so great and I actually used to hate using one. During my athletic years, it was a command from our Nazi coach that we record every rep and every set for every single day we [...]

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Am I There Yet?

April 16, 2009

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So this is part three of my series on building a firm foundation. Have you figured it out yet? Here is part one and two.
You may be asking yourself “Am I There Yet?” Are you at least on the right track? My final thoughts regarding getting a solid start on the [...]

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How To Build A Firm Foundation

April 9, 2009

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This is part two of three in my foundation series. In the last article I explained what a firm foundation is and how to differentiate between a solid and not-so-solid foundation. In this article I will explain what you must do in order to build the solid base that [...]

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Fitness Fundamentalists

April 6, 2009

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I recently viewed the movie Religulous after reading quite a bit about the film, particularly how controversial it was. In case you haven’t seen it yet and/or know nothing about it, the film is a particularly biased documentary about how religion, in general, has it’s fair share of fanatics and zealots. The [...]

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