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Strength Training For Hockey

25. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Strength & Conditioning

An Interview With Jason Ferruggia
By Craig Ballantyne

Recently I had the opportunity to talk hockey training with my friend and colleague Jason Ferruggia, owner of Renegade Strength & Conditioning. Since there is still time to get in shape for hockey season, we thought it would be the perfect time to share it with all of you.

CB: Where should an adolescent player look to start their off-season training?

JF: Craig, I believe the biggest mistake a young kid can make is to focus on one sport and one sport only. Early specialization is [...]

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Two Cases Where Continually Lifting Heavier Weights Doesn’t Work

25. Sep, 2007 0 Comments How to Build Muscle

I constantly harp on the importance of getting stronger and continually striving to lift heavier weights. It’s the most surefire way to make long term progress. Adding more sets and decreasing your rest periods and adding intensity techniques are short term approaches and can not work forever. The only thing that can is getting stronger and lifting heavier weights.

There are two particular muscle groups, however, where this principle doesn’t always apply. These muscles are the neck and the forearms. While you should strive to get stronger and improve your lifting [...]

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Some Stuff…

21. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Uncategorized

– Why will some people readily take cholesterol medication but not change their diets. If they need to take something, why not fish oil? I asked this to an older friend recently who had started taking cholesterol medication and he said he wouldn’t take anything like fish oil because he didn’t know the dangers and heard that it thins your blood. So you opted for drugs instead?

– If you are going to get a religious tattoo, that’s your business, but I think it’s a safe bet to say that getting [...]

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Random Thoughts

19. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Rants, Uncategorized

– Whoever came up with the idea that this is the proper way to write a workout obviously failed first grade:

A1) Bench press
A2) Bent over row

That is not how you write an outline!!! Didn’t you learn that in elementary school??? Why are so many people doing this? It is completely ass backwards and wrong! Dave Tate was the first to point this out to me years ago and I thought, “Man, how could I ever be so stupid?” You know how? Because I am that stupid. But there are many [...]

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How to Get a Body Like Jessica Biel

17. Sep, 2007 18 Comments Fat Loss, How to Build Muscle

Working in the fitness industry seems like it has to be the worst occupation in the world when you’re at a party full of people you don’t know. At least 75% of the people you meet will ask you some kind of question about how they can lose “this” or tighten up “right here.” My favorite is when a 187 pound woman with a plate full of doughy, greasy food comes up and asks me how to get a body like Jessica Biel. By about the fourth such inquiry I [...]

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Sick of Your Gym?

14. Sep, 2007 3 Comments Rants

I was in public gym training last night; a situation I don’t like to be in. I walked in and right past all the girls on the treadmills and stairclimbers. Immediately I was pissed off. Don’t these nitwits know that there are endless roads to walk on and plenty of stairs to run up?! Why would you possibly get in your car and drive 15 minutes across town to WALK ON A GODDAMN TREADMILL?! Why not just walk to the gym and back? Are people really this stupid? You’re gonna [...]

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The Top 10 Speed Training Myths

13. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Strength & Conditioning

Today we have a guest article from my friend and well respected colleague, Patrick Beith. Patrick is a world renowned speed coach who many coaches including myself, turn to when they have speed training questions. He is also having a huge sale for my readers which ends at midnight tonight. Check it out HERE.

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The Top 10 Speed Training Myths by Patrick Beith

1. Static stretching prepares you to compete/practice

Static stretching actually reduces power output. Athletes should prepare for practice by doing a dynamic warm up that moves from basic, low [...]

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Forgot About Dre

12. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Motivation

Question: Jason, I know you’re a huge hip hop fan so I wanted to ask if you saw Dr. Dre at the MTV awards Sunday night. Do you think he he did this naturally?

Answer: During commercials of the Giants game I was switching to the MTV awards and did happen to catch Dr. Dre coming out on stage. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I first saw him and thought I was hallucinating. As far as I know Dre has been out of the public eye for at least two [...]

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Body Language Basics For Seducing Women

10. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Uncategorized

By Tiffany Taylor

Body language is VERY important. According to studies carried out over 50% of your communication comes from your body language – what you DON’T say and less then 8% of your communication comes from what you DO say.

What does this mean to you?

It is MORE important to pay careful attention to HOW you say things, and HOW you stand and HOW you act than it is to WHAT you say (at least initially).

You see, you could have the BEST game in the world and be able to really [...]

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The Way it Should Be Done

07. Sep, 2007 0 Comments Motivation

A few years ago a young kid walked into my gym by the name of Jeff D’Annunzio. He was a baseball player and wanted to get bigger and stronger in order to increase his chances of fulfilling his dream of playing college ball. From day one Jeff busted his ass and outworked everyone around him. I only had to show him how to do something once and he would master it immediately and do it from that day on with text book form. Eventually I started to use him as [...]

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