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The Ultimate New Year's Resolution Checklist

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The Ultimate New Year's Resolution Checklist

Here are 21 New Year’s resolution goals that all advanced lifters, athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and general populations should apply to their training in the new year. These will take your performance, physique, strength, size, and health to the next level.

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Why Everyone Can & Should Squat the Same: 101 Truths

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Why Everyone Can & Should Squat the Same: 101 Truths

Everyone squats the same regardless of individual differences and joint anthropometrics. A proper squat involves 90 degree joint angles and is most easily obtained by using eccentric isometrics with perfect posture and body alignment. Here are 101 truths everyone should know.

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The Truth About Yoga, Flexibility, & Mobility Training

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The Truth About Yoga, Flexibility, & Mobility Training

The fitness industry has lied to us one too many times. This article highlights the truth about yoga, flexibility training, mobility drills, & “range of motion” topics, supported by deep scientific research, observational data, & experiential findings.

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A Case For Exercise Variety: 21 Reasons

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A Case For Exercise Variety: 21 Reasons

When it comes to maximizing your strength, size, and performance, a low to moderate level of exercise variety is critical for maintaining progress and avoiding training stagnation. Here’s everything you need to know about exercise variety.

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The 30 Day No-Warmup Sprint Experiment

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The 30 Day No-Warmup Sprint Experiment

Can you sprint without warming up?? This is something humans have been able to do for centuries up until the last few decades. Unfortunately the fitness industry has ruined people’s bodies and contributed to us losing this practical human skill. Full Experiment here!!

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25 Best Functional Presses for Athletes & Bodybuilders

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25 Best Functional Presses for Athletes & Bodybuilders

When it comes to utilizing functional presses for athletes and bodybuilders, sometimes we need to look past the traditional barbell and dumbbell chest press. Here are 25 of the best functional presses for athletic performance that also build functional strength & size.

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25 Rotational Exercises for Athletic Performance

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25 Rotational Exercises for Athletic Performance

Although mastering the big 7 with eccentric isometrics is paramount when it comes to mastering movement and muscle function, periodically including rotational training can be very effective particularly for athletes. Here are my 25 go-to rotational exercises.

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Stop Neglecting Your Abductor and Adductor Muscles

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Stop Neglecting Your Abductor and Adductor Muscles

The abductor and adductor muscles are incredibly important for hip function and joint health. Unfortunately they’re commonly neglected. Here’s how to properly train them for maximal performance, muscle function, and joint health.

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Overcoming Isometrics for Strength, Size, & Performance

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Overcoming Isometrics for Strength, Size, & Performance

Research has shown that overcoming isometrics are one of the most effective techniques for increasing motor unit recruitment & post activation potentiation. Combining eccentric isometrics with overcoming isometrics produces even greater gains in strength, size, & performance.

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25 Tips to Maximize Your Bodyweight and Home Workouts

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25 Tips to Maximize Your Bodyweight and Home Workouts

Bodyweight training is the new rage. Unfortunately most folks end up going about their quarantine and home bodyweight workouts in a very ineffective way thereby sacrificing their gym gains. Here are 25 key tips you should implement immediately.

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Pullups & Pulldowns: The Right & Wrong Way

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Pullups & Pulldowns: The Right & Wrong Way

Pullups are one of the most effective staples in any training program. Unfortunately most lifters including advanced bodybuilders and “expert” strength coaches perform them incorrectly thereby negating the benefits. Here’s how to do them.

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Stretching & Flexibility Training: A Better Alternative

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Stretching & Flexibility Training: A Better Alternative

Stretching and flexibility training has been a controversial topic for decades in the strength and conditioning industry. Here’s everything you need to know to safely optimize your flexibility, mobility, and ROM using eccentric isometric protocols.

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Build A Massive Back With This Seated Row Technique

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Build A Massive Back With This Seated Row Technique

Are you looking for a unique yet potent mass builder for your entire back (upper, middle, and low back musculature)? If the answer is yes then you’ll want to try this modified drop set on the seated row station.   

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Good Mornings For Strong Glutes & Posterior Chain

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Good Mornings For Strong Glutes & Posterior Chain

The good morning exercise is one of the best posterior chain movements that crushes the glutes and hamstrings while also blasting the postural muscles of the upper body. Unfortunately it gets a bad rap. Here’s how to perform it correctly plus 20 unique variations.

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The Squat Everyone Can & Should Do

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The Squat Everyone Can & Should Do

Although I use a variety of squats and lower body drills with my clients particularly eccentric isometrics, there’s one squat variation I tend to use with just about every client due to its simplicity and effectiveness - namely, the front curled squat.

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50 Impossible Exercises You Can’t Do

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50 Impossible Exercises You Can’t Do

Over the years I’ve posted some pretty crazy exercises many of which can only be performed once you’ve truly mastered your body mechanics and form. With that said here are 50 brutally tough exercises you’ve likely never done and probably can’t.

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7 Eccentric Landmine Methods For Strength, Size, & Muscle Function

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7 Eccentric Landmine Methods For Strength, Size, & Muscle Function

The research is clear on what it takes to build muscle mass, improve functional strength, prevent injuries, and preserve joint health - simply, emphasize a movement’s eccentric phase. Here's how to apply it to the landmine apparatus for optimal results.

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The Truth About Pain Science & Body Mechanics

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The Truth About Pain Science & Body Mechanics

The topic of pain science is incredibly complex. Unfortunately the fitness industry has perpetuated many myths & misconceptions about it. Here’s the truth about pain science including neuroscience pain education (NPE) therapy as it applies to exercise.

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Master Your Jumping & Landing Mechanics

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Master Your Jumping & Landing Mechanics

When it comes to optimizing athletic performance, speed, and power output, mastering your jumping and landing mechanics are key. Here are some of my favorite variations to master your jumping & landing mechanics including eccentric isometrics.

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Renegade Rows: The Ultimate Breakdown

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Renegade Rows: The Ultimate Breakdown

Renegade rows and variations thereof are some of the most effective exercises not only for targeting the upper back and lats but also for absolutely annihilating the entire musculature of the core. Here’s everything you need to know.

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