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Explosive Nutrition
Where are you getting it wrong? Webster’s defines explode as a verb; meaning to expand with force, to burst, as dynamite. In sports, being explosive is really just the quality of being able to generate...
View ArticleTeam Juggernaut Roundtable, Part 2-Recovery
In Part 2 of the Team Juggernaut Roundtable discussion, Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly, Brad Little and Ryan Brown of Team Juggernaut, along with Mike Tuchscherer, Jim Laird and Corey Hayes discuss...
View ArticleTeam Juggernaut Roundtable Series
In Fall 2012, several members of Team Juggernaut (Chad Wesley Smith, Brandon Lilly, Brad Little and Ryan Brown), along with one of the World’s top powerlifters Mike Tuchscherer, Owner of J-M Strength...
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Understanding Supplements
The importance nutrition and recovery have on continual results is a growing realization in our culture. Both the mainstream and strength communities are discovering the positive impact that proper...
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Monitoring and Maximizing Recovery
Recovery is the most overlooked aspect of physical development. No amount of training can yield positive results if you aren’t properly recovering. Recovery is made up of 3 major components, sleep,...
View ArticleThe Cost of Training
Now that I am in the training market, I spend copious amounts of time reviewing peoples training. This includes every pro training log, my training partners logs, and probably even your very own...
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Conditioning: How To Do It Right
In part 1 of this article, I gave a very brief introduction to energy systems, and discussed why I believe it’s important for powerlifters, strongman competitors, football players, and other...
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Relax Your Way To Better Movement
Relax your way to better movement Hypertonicity refers to being in a state of excessive muscle tone, and it figures a great deal into the flexibility / stability / mobility equation. If a muscle is...
View ArticleGo Hard, or Go Home… And Do Some Damage Control
The term “overtraining” is constantly tossed around in the world of sports, performance, and training. I truly believe that an athlete has the potential to overexert their body, and on a regular basis...
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Top 6 Articles of March
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View ArticleNational Championship Update – Donovan Ford
The last few weeks there has been a lot on my mind, mainly about this year’s National Championships. Training has been going pretty well for the most part. I have gotten my snatch up to 145kg and my...
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The Laws of Optimizing Body Composition
Strength athletes know the importance of having more muscle, and the leaner you are, the more muscle you can carry while staying at the top of your weight class. Luckily, the study of sports nutrition...
View ArticleLessons Learned – Jamie Hagiya’s Training Blog
Injuries: the true plague and absolute worst nightmare of an athlete. Nonetheless they happen more regularly than we all would like. I’ve been an athlete my entire life and I must say, from childhood...
View Article7 Frequently Asked Questions, Answered by Chad Wesley Smith
Q: When should I wear a belt? A: Belts and other supportive equipment can have a valuable role in your training, but training without it can also be valuable tool to build the body. Training without a...
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Everything You Need to Know About Recovering
In order for training to be effective, an overload must be presented. Training must be chronically harder, longer, and more demanding in some way as it progresses within months, years, and even at the...
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The Best 40 Articles from 2014
1. The Best Damn Squat Mobility Article, Period. The title says it all. The most-read article of the year, and one that’s absolutely crucial for all weightlifters, powerlifters, and CrossFitters to...
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The Taxonomical Disorder of Recovery
Recovery is a fascinating subject, and like all the things that have a special charm, it is still surrounded today by an aura of misunderstanding as if it were something difficult and mysterious....
View ArticleEase Off the Throttle: Lessons from Pushing Too Hard
What you’re about to read comes from some hard lessons I’ve had to (re)learn this year. It’s not always easy or fun to write about the times we weren’t successful, or the times we didn’t listen to our...
View ArticleThe Top 8 of January
1. The Top 5 Deadlift Mistakes to Avoid Amir Fazeli is a rising force in powerlifting, closing in on a 700 pound deadlift at 180 pounds. In this article he analyzed some of the major training mistakes...
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Overcoming Injury
I’ve watched my injury video hundreds of times at this point, and every single time, I find my mind trying to undo the events that happened January 26, 2014. I remember everything so clearly about that...
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