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Prowler Explosions

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If your awesome gym can call a prowler its own, give this variation a try. Prowler Explosions basically a broad jump into a prowler push make sure you get  full hip extension Great exercise for alactic power and alactic capacity development.

Red Wine May Mask Testosterone Use

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Watch out for empty wine bottles in the next weightlifting training videos. Researchers found that red wine consumption can reduce the amount of testosterone in urine and give a boost to testosterone levels. A compound of red wine partially blocked the action of an enzyme, which looks for testosterone and then sends a message to […]

News from the International Weightlifting Bazaar

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And Azerbeijan’s & Bulgaria’s love story continues. Azerbaijan demands 100000 Euros for Ivan Stoitsov’s and Velichko Cholakov’s return to Bulgaria. Of course, as always, women are more expensive. So it comes to no surprise that they want 400000 Euros for Ivan’s girlfriend and 5th place finisher in London, Boyanka Kostova. The Bulgarian Weightlifting president (BTW, they […]

Jerk Dips by Female Chinese Weightlifters

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Meanwhile in China … Once again the saying Somewhere in China there is a little girl warming up with your max. turns out to be accurate. 200kg! Update: reddit comment by olympic_lifter: They’re probably not focused on the power portion of it, just building the strength to stay tight. It’s also a relatively low-fatigue exercise, […]

Seafood Infographic Omega 3 vs. Mercury Levels

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The other day I came across this horror story on reddit – “2 cans of chunk light tuna a day for 2 months gave me mercury poisoning“. In the thread a commenter linked to a handy infographic showing Omega 3 Fatty Acids vs. Mercury Levels in Fish. The thing comes from the Washington Post and was accompanied […]

Graham Hicks Strongman Video Blog

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World’s Strongest Man competitor Graham Hicks (whom we already saw Log Pressing 200kg and Squat 320kg x2) started a video log. I hope he not only will show his lifts, but also talk about what goes into his strongman training. Here is his week 1 of 2013 – easing back into training. Subscribe to his YouTube channel – […]