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Cheap DIY Grip Strength Tools – Block Weights

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Jedd from the Diesel Crew shows you his collection of block weights. Block Weights are a great tool for your open handed pinch grip training. Jedd usesa great variety of tools, like Blobs (Fatmans, Next Gen’s, Legacy’s, Blob50′s, etc) Dumbbell Heads (severed, broken or cut heads of a dumbbell, especially Hex Blocks) Chunks (pieces of […]

531 Deload Week 4 with 3×3

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Jim Wendler responded to a common 5/3/1 question. What to do on week 4 – the deload week if you don’t want to completely deload? Week 1 – 3×5 (as normal)Week 2 – 3×3 (as normal)Week 3 – 5/3/1 (as normal)Week 4 – 65%x3, 75%x3, 85%x3 (don’t go for max reps)

Supplementary and Assistance Exercises

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Over at Elite FTS Chad Wesley shares his favorite supplementary and assistance exercises for the big lifts. Supplementary Exercises SquatSpeed SquatsDead SquatsSafety Bar Squats BenchSpeed BenchPaused Widegrip BenchDead BenchClosegrip Board PressesSeated Military Press to the Top of the Head DeadliftSpeed PullsDeficit PullsPulls against BandsIsometrics Assistance Exercises – 1-5 sets of 8-20 reps SquatSingle Leg SquatsGHRsSingle Leg RDLsWalking […]

Unbelievable Bulgarians DVD Photos

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As I mentioned recently I got myself the Unbelievable Bulgarians Training Hall DVD. Fascinating watch if you are into Olympic weightlifting. It shows a glimpse into their world one week prior to leaving for the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships. You’ve probably read a lot about the Bulgarian System already, but actually seeing these balls out lifts is […]

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 […]