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Latest AMD Video – Get the PROOF!

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

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I’ve been around a long time and I’ve seen most of the muscle building programs promoted on the internet.  And let me tell you something, they are missing MANY very essential components.

I’ve summarized these missing components in my new killer video.  It is the one you’ve been waiting for from me.

It has PROOF!

Proof that AMD works and builds sick muscle.  I know what I’m talking about and guess what, in the AMD manual, I list all of the scientific studies that back up the program!

I think you’ll like this one, you have to check it out.

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Tags: abs, build, core, fat, get, how to build muscle, intense, lose, muscle, ripped, short, six-pack, strength training muscle building workouts, strong
Posted in accelerated muscular development, how to build muscle, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts | 377 Comments »

Heavy Grip Training Video

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

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Here is an old video of us hitting heavy support grip holds for time on the GRex.

Support grip is one component of grip strength. The others are crush, pinch, wrist postures and hand health.

Grip strength is the forgotten element of functional training and is essential since the hands are involved in all athletic and strength training endeavor (including building muscle or losing fat).

In fact the hands are the end point of the kinetic chain, so they must be developed if we hope to transfer the power created and accumulated from our bodies and express it through our hands.

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Tags: athletes, build, chain, fat, forearms, get, kinetic, lose, muscle, power, ripped, strong, transfer
Posted in how to build muscle, how to improve grip strength, improve grip strength crush, muscle building anatomy, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training workouts | 200 Comments »

LIFTSTRONG – Buy this NOW!

Monday, April 6th, 2009

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I was fortunate enough to have contributed to Alwyn Cosgrove’s amazing collaboration to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

It is super cheap and has a TON on content.  Buy this NOW, get an awesome product and donate a really great cause.

This CD contains articles from the leading fitness specialists of our day including:

Adam Campbell; Alan Aragon; Bill Hartman; Bob Youngs; Brian Grasso; Chad Waterbury; Charles Staley; Chris Mohr; Chris Shugart; Craig Ballantyne; Dan John; Dave Tate; Dax Moy; The Doorman; Eric Cressey; Gray Cook; Brett Jones; Harry Selkow; Jack Reape; James Smith; Jason C Brown; Jim “Smitty” Smith; Jason Ferruggia; Jimmy Smith; Joe DeFranco; Joe Dowdell; Joe Stankowski; John Alvino; John Berardi; Julia Ladewski; Keith Scott; Lee Taft; Lori Incledon; Lou Schuler; Lyle McDonald; Mark Philippi; Michael Stare; Mike Boyle; Mike Mahler; Mike Mejia; Mike Robertson; Mike Rousell; Nick Grantham; Pat Beith; Pavel Tsatsouline; Robert Dos Remedios; Ryan Lee; Steve Shafley; Susan Hill; TC Luoma; Todd Hamer; Tony Gentilcore; Tony Reynolds and Zach Even-Esh

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Tags: alwyn, cosgrove, Leukemia, lift, liftstrong, Lymphoma, Society, strong
Posted in your daily inspiration | 69 Comments »

Why You Wearing Your Belt So High?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

You might be wondering to yourself why is Konstantinov, arguably one of the best deadlifters in the world, wearing his belt so high in this deadlift video.

Well, to the untrained eye, his belt is WAY TOO high and he is going to get injured.

BUT,

Upon further inspection, you can see that through the years, Konstantinov has:

– perfected his deadlift form

– isolated and created strength and rigidity in the segments (lower lumbar L2-S1) of his spine that REQUIRE stability

– built up strength, thickness and muscle hypertrophy in the musculature surrounding* the spine in the area that resists anterior SHEAR forces under load.

* Most notably the longissimus thoracis.

When the spine is neutral the pennation of the longissimus aligns at approximately 45 degress to resist shear force, ie. protect your back and provide the stiffness to deadlift or squat without injury.

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So, Konstantinov is using the belt correctly for his body type (antrhopometry).  He is bracing his abdominals outward via a powerful isometric contraction and utilizing intra-abdominal pressure to push out against the belt, which is aligned across the musculature taking the load, ie. the thoracic portion of the longissimus (one of the spinal erectors).

References:

Mcgill – Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance

Eric Cressey & Mike Robertson

Combat Core

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Tags: abdominal, back, belt, core, deadlift, injury, intra, no, power, pressure, strength, strength training muscle building workouts, strong
Posted in accelerated muscular development, how to build muscle, muscle building anatomy, strength training to improve athletic performance | 68 Comments »

One Arm Floor Presses

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

This video shows one arm floor presses with a dumbbell.  The goal is to isolate the pressing arm with no leg drive.

Benefits:
Build Tricep Strength
Increase Pressing Power
Build Shoulder Stability

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Tags: arm, build, get, muscle, power, pressing, size, strong, tricep
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Quick Kettlebell / Bodyweight Workout – Part II

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Benefits of Bodyweight Movements:

More efficient movements, greater stability (in frontal, sagittal and transverse planes), laying the foundation for externally loaded movements, portable, more fluidity, large variety, improved mobility and much more.

Benefits of Kettlebell Training:

Great variety of large ROM movements, portable, increased dynamic support grip strength endurance, odd-object adaptations, development of torso rigidity and hip explosiveness and much more.

When you combine these two training protocols, you get a great workout, requiring minimal equipment, that can be done quickly with a lot of different combinations.

WORKOUT

Warm-up

– Dynamic Warm-up- 3 minutes

– Foam Roller – 3 minutes

– Light Worksets 3 minutes

Workout

1A) KB Clean & Press, 3×8

1B) Pull-ups (various hand holds), 3×10

2A) KB Swings, 2×20

2B) Two Legged Bounds, 2×10

3A) Pike Up Military Press (feet on bench, hips piked up, perform military press), 3×8

3B) Alternating KB Rows, 3×8

4) Push-ups – AMAP (As Many As Possible)

Restoration

– Static Stretches

– Lots of Water

– Protein, Waxy Maize, Creatine Shake

Post your times for the workout!

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Tags: bodyweight, explosive, get, kettlebells, muscle, power, strength, strength training muscle building workouts, strong, training
Posted in strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts | 1 Comment »

Quick, Effective Super Bowl Workouts

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

Check out these two great workouts from Mike Hanley from the Training Studio and CJ Murphy from TPS.

Both take little time and will leave you in a pile on the floor. Get moving before, during or after the big game.

Tags: bowl, build, fast, get, lose fat, muscle, strength training muscle building workouts, strong, super, super bowl
Posted in strength training muscle building workouts, strength training workouts | 57 Comments »

TheFitCast Fitness and Nutrition Podcast!

Friday, October 10th, 2008

I was honored when Kevin Larrabee wanted to interview for the TheFitCast. It is the premier podcast for all things fitness and nutrition related.  If you hate reading or don’t have time to sit down at the computer, downloading all the episodes of TheFitCast is the perfect solution!

Throw them on a CD and listen in the car on the way to the gym, school or work!

All of the big names in the fitness industry; Cressey, Robertson, Berardi, Gentilcore, Abel, Boyle, Mohr, Waterbury, Staley…the list goes on and on – have done interviews with TheFitCast.

Get over there and sign-up right now, there is a HUGE repository of information and new episodes every week!

Tags: athletes, coaches, fitness, get fit, healthy, how to build muscle, lose fat, podcast, strong
Posted in Uncategorized | 57 Comments »

Old School One Arm Lifting

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Real world strength development.  No messing around, no BS commercial gym rules.  One barbell or on dumbbell and kick ass intensity.  That is all you need.  Don’t forget about the basics.

http://sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Hoffman/wl/wl07b.htm

Tags: athletes, barbell, dumbbell, intensity, muscle, old, school, strong, strongman training for athletes, training
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

3 Quick Fixes for Your Squat

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Nick McKinless

Photo courtesy of beyondstrong.typepad.com

Tip #1 – Falling Forward in the Hole

– Keep elbows facing down

– Chest up, head up

– Keep weight on heels

– Force abdominals out, create intra-abdominal pressure with breathing

– Incorporate Anderson (bottoms-up) squats at various pin levels

– Incorporate RDL’s, back extensions, bent over rows, good mornings and pullthroughs

Tip #2 – Not Going Deep Enough

– Work on hip mobility

– Stretch and activate glutes / rectus femoris / psoas

– Work on ankle mobility

– Widen stance slightly, toes turned out, knees tracking over toes

– Incorporate more full range, single leg movements

– Just go lower!

Tip #3 – Upper Back Rounding / Shoulders & Elbows Hurting

– work on thoracic mobility

– develop upper back musculature

– technique, technique, technique

– improve scapular mobility and strength of serratus anterior

– utilize specialty barbells until improvement is seen from corrective exercises

– incorporate more rowing and external rotation movements

– check mobility of opposite hip and ankle

Smitty

Tags: athletes, how to build muscle, mobility, power, rehabilitation, squats, strength, strong
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

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