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All Things Strength & Wellness Podcast

November 7, 2011 By Gregor Winter

There’s a new Podcast in town and it’s called …*drum roll* All Things Strength & Wellness. Wellness? Meh, I would have stuck with All Things Strength. Anyway, Episode 1 has an interview with Patrick Ward. Listen for yourself and see if you like it. Topics: Functional Movement Screen Periodization and programming schemes Energy System Development Recovery and […]

Bob Hoffman’s Strength Standards

November 5, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Dan John compiled a table of Bob Hoffman’s Strength Standards. Check it out here You might also be interested in these Starting Strength Standard Tables by Mark Rippetoe

Pat Mendes 300kg Squat

October 29, 2011 By Gregor Winter

An average squat at Average Broz’s Gym. Pat Mendes of Average Broz’s Gymnasium does a casual 300kg / 660 pound squat at the end of his morning workout before leaving to the Pan American Games. 21 years old, 128kg Bodyweight

Leg Hypertrophy Workout

October 29, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Charles Poliquin on Leg Hypertrophy. He suggests the following routine consisting of 2 supersets. One for quads and one for hamstrings. Superset A. squats: 4 sets of 5-8 reps, 5011 tempo (take 5 seconds to lower the weight, no pause, and 1 second to rise to the starting position, then pause 1 second before performing […]

Triceps Hypertrophy Workouts

October 27, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Dave Tate posted an article about getting a bigger, stronger triceps. In it he asked John Meadows for some sample Triceps Hypertrophy Workouts Workout No. 1 Fat bar pushdowns – heavy pyramid rep scheme is 15, 12, 10, 8 and 6 for a total of five work sets Seated dip machine – 4 sets of 8 – 10 […]

Summary of StrongLifts 5×5

October 23, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Here is a Summary of the StrongLifts 5×5 Program (via) StrongLifts 5×5 Workout ASquat 5×5 Bench Press 5×5Barbell Rows 5×5 StrongLifts 5×5 Workout BSquat 5×5Overhead Press 5×5Deadlift 1×5 Complementary info (from here) ScheduleThree work-outs per week, alternating workout A and B: one week A/B/A, next week B/A/B and so on. Train on non-consecutive days. If you […]

Fat Bar Deadlifts Grip Training with Mark Bell

October 22, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Grip training – Mark Bell recommends fat grip deadlifts with double overhand grip. 3 sets of 5 , going heavier each set

Rolling the Bar on Deadlifts

October 22, 2011 By Gregor Winter

usingthisonce asked What’s the benefit of rolling a bar toward you before a deadlift? An there were some interesting answers. The psycholodical reason by dotjpg: I do it for 1rm attempts, it’s purely a psychological thing for me. If I can see the bar moving it’s a less daunting prospect to try and pick it up than if […]

Jim Wendler on Assistance Lifts

October 19, 2011 By Gregor Winter

Jim Wendler takes another look at the assistance exercises. Let’s take a look at the key lifts and what needs to be strong to do them: Squat — abs, low back, hamstrings, quads. Deadlift — same as squat, plus upper back/lats and grip. Bench Press — chest, shoulders, triceps, lats/upper back. Overhead Press — same […]