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RPE vs Percentage-Based Training: Which One Act...
Two lifters running two different programs. One is doing 5 reps at 80 percent of his max, Wednesday, week three, as written. The other is doing 5 reps at RPE...
RPE vs Percentage-Based Training: Which One Act...
Two lifters running two different programs. One is doing 5 reps at 80 percent of his max, Wednesday, week three, as written. The other is doing 5 reps at RPE...
How to Deload Without Losing Ground
Two lifters finish a hard training block. One skips the deload because he feels fine and does not want to lose momentum. The other takes seven days off entirely and...
How to Deload Without Losing Ground
Two lifters finish a hard training block. One skips the deload because he feels fine and does not want to lose momentum. The other takes seven days off entirely and...
Pause Reps: Why Dead Stop Work Builds More Stre...
You unrack the bar, descend, touch your chest, and bounce the bar back up. The rep counts. But some of that drive off the chest was not your muscles. It...
Pause Reps: Why Dead Stop Work Builds More Stre...
You unrack the bar, descend, touch your chest, and bounce the bar back up. The rep counts. But some of that drive off the chest was not your muscles. It...
The Case for Front Squats in a Powerbuilding Pr...
Ask ten powerbuilders what their squat is and nine of them will tell you a back squat number. Ask what their front squat is and most will tell you they...
The Case for Front Squats in a Powerbuilding Pr...
Ask ten powerbuilders what their squat is and nine of them will tell you a back squat number. Ask what their front squat is and most will tell you they...
Why Your Low Back Rounds on Heavy Pulls (And Ho...
You pull up to the bar. Brace. Flat back. The bar breaks the floor. Somewhere between the ankles and the knees, your lower back rounds. You either grind it out...
Why Your Low Back Rounds on Heavy Pulls (And Ho...
You pull up to the bar. Brace. Flat back. The bar breaks the floor. Somewhere between the ankles and the knees, your lower back rounds. You either grind it out...
Understanding the Hamstrings: Anatomy, Function...
The hamstrings are one of the most important muscle groups for a lifter and one of the least understood. Most training articles treat them as a single unit that gets...
Understanding the Hamstrings: Anatomy, Function...
The hamstrings are one of the most important muscle groups for a lifter and one of the least understood. Most training articles treat them as a single unit that gets...
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