Tag Archives: Bench Press
So if you have ever worked out, told anyone you worked out, look like you work out, have any reasonable set of muscles, ever spoken about weightlifting or strength training in any capacity, you inevitably get this question: “How much do you bench press?” That to me has become one of the most annoying questions [...]
It’s funny I spent the last 12 weeks traveling the country and speaking to schools and students about bullying. One of the jokes I make with the audience is guys walking around with imaginary lats. For most people their lats might as well be imaginary, because they have no idea of their importance or how [...]
Posted in Product Reviews, Training Ideas | Also tagged Audience, Bullying, Funny, Hypertrophy, Job, Jokes, Lats, Muscles Of The Human Body, People, Reif, Traveling
By admin | Published: March 15, 2010
Stop resting and learn to mix sets/exercises. If you watch most lifters workout you’ll notice that most of the actual workout is rest periods. That’s what ends up making a workout long or take up a lot of time unless it is specifically intended to be very long. (i.e. 100 miles on a bike is [...]
Posted in Conditioning Exercise, Program Design, Workouts | Also tagged Bent Rows, Body Composition, Caption, Exercises, Good Shape, Great Shape, Grip Work, Heavy Lifting, Kettlebell Swing, kettlebell swings, Lifters, mix exercises, Muscles, overhead presses, Pace, Person Actor, Proof, Rest Periods, short workouts, Shortcuts, Squats, Swings, Time Saver, Workout, Workouts
By admin | Published: January 13, 2010
Our next call features John Brookfield. If you’ve spent any time in the real training world you already know who John is and what he can do. We’ll be talking about his amazing feats of strength both past and present. Most people don’t realize just the incredible endurance these take(like pulling a huge truck for [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Amazing Feats, Answering Your Questions, battling ropes, Bud, Caption, Coaching, David Whitley, Endurance, Feats Of Strength, Fms, functional movement screen, God, Jeffries, John Brookfield, kettlebell handles, Lookout, New Article, Ropes, super human, Velocity
By admin | Published: December 23, 2009
In exercise there has always been a debate on using just a few exercises and pushing them very hard so that you are strong all over or using the widest variety possible and hoping that will make you overall strong. The difference between just getting a huge power squat versus a good squat, as well [...]
Posted in Program Design, Squats, Super Strength, Training Ideas | Also tagged Assistance Training, Avoiding Redundancy, Balanced Approach, Barbell, Body Functions, Decline, Dumbbell, Exercises, Front Squats, Gain Perspective, Leg Press, Lunge, Main Stream, Muscle Gain, Pistol, Shot Gun, Specific Training, Trains, Vertical Plane
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