Articles | programming


Matt Reynolds | October 25, 2012

Hugh Cassidy used to say that “you have to eat your way through the sticking points,” and he was right. Big guys who lift big weights have learned this lesson. Unfortunately there are far too many little guys out there who think they want to lift big weights, but really just want to keep their abs. Getting strong is hard. Eating big is hard too, but it makes getting strong quite a bit easier.

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Rob Miller | September 20, 2012

''Recently it occurred to me that physical adaptation to athletic training follows a predictable pattern that depends not only on a consistent commitment to continued improvement, but an intelligent approach to that commitment that not all training methods possess. This article is the story of my synthesis of this pattern into a concept I call The Map."

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Mark Rippetoe | April 18, 2012

"When American weightlifting coaches remind us that the Olympic weightlifters from other countries are using steroids and we’re not, they are actually reminding us that they are stronger than we are."

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Gillian Mounsey Ward | January 02, 2012

"My philosophy was and remains focused on what a client can do versus focusing on what he or she cannot do. There is nothing worse than beginning with a list of contraindications that left both me and the client unclear as to how to proceed. I chose to begin with a list of “can dos.” My programs are guided by three principles: 1) Is it safe? 2) Is it fun (fun being relative)? 3) Are they making measurable progress?"

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John D. Fair | October 03, 2011

"In the 1950s when I started bodybuilding, most guys believed all you had to do to develop your body was lift weights. They didn’t think what you ate really mattered. Now we all know differently."- Frank Zane

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