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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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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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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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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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Caloric Intake and Deloading

August 3, 2009
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A few days back, I started exchanging emails with a reader about training and diet. The conversation was specifically about maintenance eating and strength training. Andrew is currently doing the very popular 5-3-1 strength program by Jim Wendler.
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I also recently began using some of the methods in my bodybuilding style training [...]

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Deloads and Training Breaks

June 25, 2009
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Muscle growth, it’s what most of us who wish to look great naked are desperately yearning for. I think it’s safe to say most of us probably train too often and too intense at times. I also believe we easily forget to maintain an objective approach during this journey as well. [...]

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