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Insanity Workout Videos

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User Viq Tube uploaded all Insanity Deluxe workout videos to vimeo for your viewing pleasure So if you need ideas for high intensity workouts or finishers that need no equipment, check out the workouts. I already did every every workout once and some are pretty brutal, so scale them according to your abilities. For example today […]

531 Spreadsheet Download

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Update: New version (1.28) available here. Here is another fantastic 5/3/1 Spreadsheet by poteto Download it here for free. Features: Works with kg or lbs Theoretical 1RM calculator Choose your own increments per cycle Re-order your workout and choose workout days Rounding to the nearest multiple of your choice Displays a full year’s worth of cycles […]

How to do the Pendlay Row – Back to the Basics

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Update: Check out more Barbell Rows Variations Demo Videos File that under back exercises I should do more often. The Pendlay Row bent over so that your lower back is parallel to the ground use a wide enough grip that lets you achieve that position arch lower back upper back slightly rounded explosively pull the bar […]

Lessons Learned from Zatsiorsky

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Charles Poliquin shares the top five lessons he learned from Vladimir Zatsiorsky, author of Science and Practice of Strength Training. Lesson #1: Why Bodybuilders Need to Get Strong Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy increase of sarcoplasm (gel like component) within muscle cells does not contribute to muscle force achieved by higher reps (lower-intensity weights) Myofibrillar hypertrophy increase in the basic […]

Old Time Strength Feats

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Ross Enamait linked to “Mighty Men of Old” book from sandowplus.co.uk Mighty Men of Old (PDF download)Mighty Men of Old (online version)  As Ross pointed out: “You will also see that while training has evolved to an extent, much of what appears to be new is not.  Often times, new ideas are nothing more than […]