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May 16 2007
Greg Everett
| May 16 2007 |
General
Increase the AKP of your runs by carrying objects of various shapes and weights in various manners. Be creative and ignore the neighbors' stares.......
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May 14 2007
Greg Everett
| May 14 2007 |
General
Yes, women need to pick up and move around big heavy things too. A woman's muscles are no different than her male counterpart's and respond in essentially the same way to any given stimuli—the real difference is the degree of response due to the difference in hormonal environments. With the exception of those in possession of abnormally high levels of testosterone (whether naturally occurring or not), women cannot become largely muscled, so fear that strength training will produce this res......
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May 12 2007
Greg Everett
| May 12 2007 |
General
Aimee Anaya, Casey Burgener, Natalie Woolfolk and others lift this weekend at the USA Weightlifting Senior National Championships. Best of luck to them all.......
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May 11 2007
Greg Everett
| May 11 2007 |
General
Box squats can be a great help in improving squat numbers. Pictured is Ricardo Costa, California State powerlifting champion and author of an article on box squats in Issue 28 of the Performance Menu.......
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May 9 2007
Greg Everett
| May 9 2007 |
General
Get a little more overload on your squats by having your coach or training partner 'unload' the bar slightly through your sticking point. He or she should provide just enough pressure for just long enough to get you through, not lift the bar for you.......
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May 7 2007
Greg Everett
| May 7 2007 |
General
Throw those balls. Medicine balls can be thrown a number of ways, including backward from a swing, pushed vertically or horizontally with one or two arms, and forward or backward torso rotation.......
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May 5 2007
Greg Everett
| May 5 2007 |
General
The Cinco de Mayo workout: 5 snatch - 50% 1RM5 burpees5 muscle-ups (or pull-ups)5 1-arm kettlebell swing (per arm - 30% of bodyweight)5 push press (75% of bodyweight)-----5 roundsPerform prior to tequila consumption.......
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May 4 2007
Greg Everett
| May 4 2007 |
General
To stretch the lateral hamstrings more, perform a basic hamstring stretch with one leg elevated on a box and rotate the hips into that leg.......
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May 3 2007
Greg Everett
| May 3 2007 |
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Weight gain in its essence is far simpler than is commonly believed—eat more. If you're not gaining weight, you're not eating enough. If you're serious about gaining weight, eating must become part of your training—whether or not you enjoy it is immaterial. Pictured is a single meal of 10 eggs, 1 avocado, 1 tomato, spinach, 2 oranges and 2 apples.......
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May 2 2007
Greg Everett
| May 2 2007 |
General
Short on equipment and have a big group to train? A single dumbbell per client can go a long way.......
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