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Technique Development Advice: Ask Greg
Greg Everett | May 17 2012 | Ask Greg
Dan Asks: I’m learning lifts for the first time after 20 years of martial arts, and PTing. My approach at the moment is technique, technique, technique – then when I feel I need the weight to progress the technique to add load so that the load is demanded by my technique progress. Eventually I guess my load will start demanding technique if you know what I mean...
Also I’m fol...
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The Effects Of Leg Length & Gut Size On The Olympic Lifts: Ask Greg
Greg Everett | May 15 2012 | Ask Greg
Josh Asks: What changes, mainly in the starting positions of the lifts, will people with long legs/short torso have to make compared to people with short legs/long torso? To what extent will these variations alter the execution of the lifts as well?
Similarly, if an individual has an excessively large stomach, clearly the bar path won't be as vertical because the bar must travel around their gu...
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How To Avoid Sucking When You Get Older
Matt Foreman | May 15 2012 | General
How many of you have seen a movie called Vision Quest? It’s a 1985 flick about a high school wrestler who wants to make his mark in life by accomplishing something huge, so he decides to drop two weight classes and challenge the toughest undefeated grappler in the state. Along the way, he falls in love for the first time and has to weave through all the confusion and frustration that go alon...
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Grip Strength Program for Weightlifting
Greg Everett | April 30 2012
I've written about grip strength for weightlifting before, but have remained fairly vague with regard to actual training protocols. This time, I’m going to give you a simple program that you can start using right away as is, or modify a bit to suit your training schedule or individual needs.
When it comes to grip strength for weightlifting, really what we’re talking about is the sna...
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