Archive | April, 2009

Last Night’s Training Mix



Last Night’s Training Mix

- Rebel Without A Pause- Public Enemy

- We’re Back- Bobby Creekwater, Cashis, Eminem, Obie Trice & Stat Quo

- Renegade- Hed PE

- Bleed it Out- Linkin Park

- PscyhoSocial- Slipknot

- War Within a Breath- Rage Against The Machine

- Fish Out of Water- Mudvayne

- Davidian- Machinehead

- Zero- Smashing Pumpkins

- Survival of the Streets- Cro Mags

- 99 Problems/ One Step Closer- Jay Z & Linkin Park

- Freedom (live)- Rage Against The Machine

- Butcher Knife Bloodbath- Jedi Mind Tricks

- What a [...]

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Top 3 Exercises Per Implement



Top 3 Exercises Per Implement

Barbell- Squat, Deadlift, Military press

Dumbbell- 1 Arm Row, Flat Dumbbell Press, Dumbbell Military Press

Bodyweight- Pistol Squat, Chin Up, Dip

Kettlebell- Clean, Snatch, Swing

Sandbag- Shouldering, Zercher Squat, Walking Lunge

Keg- Clean, Overhead Press, Snatch

Medicine Ball- Chest Pass, Soccer Throw, Rotational Throw

Log- Clean, Clean and Press, Bench Press

Suspension Straps- Pushups, Inverted Rows, Ab Fallouts

Swiss Ball- Flat Dumbbell Presses, Flat to Incline Dumbbell Presses,

Sledgehammer- Overhead Swing, Rotational Swing, Forearm Exercises

Power Wheel- Handwalking, Alligator Pushup, Pike or Ab Roll Out

Thick Ropes- Rows, Tug of War, Battling for Conditioning

Fat Bar- Curls, Timed Holds, Rack Bench Presses

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You Either “Get It,” or You Don’t



You Either “Get It,” or You Don’t

After what seems like a hundred years of training a million people I can unequivocally state that your results in the gym are directly proportional to your IQ. You either “get it,” or you don’t. The first time someone walks in the gym I usually have a pretty good idea of what their long term progress will be within thirty seconds of meeting them. If not, I know for sure by the end of their first workout. Their attitude, work ethic, and usually most importantly, intelligence are the telltale [...]

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How to Build Bigger Arms



How to Build Bigger Arms

Guns, jacks, pipes, hooks, pythons… Whatever you call them, the fact remains that most guys want to know how to build bigger arms. While they are nowhere near as impressive as a big set of traps, you still don’t want to have and extra six inches of space in your shirt sleeves; that’s for sure. So the question is how do you go about building bigger arms? The answer is not as simple as you might assume. If it were easy, you would see tons of guys walking around [...]

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The Most Important Thing You Can Bring to the Gym



The Most Important Thing You Can Bring to the Gym

While a pair of squat shoes will help you squat with better form and a pair of straps will help you pull more, there is actually nothing more important that you can bring to the gym than a training journal.

Every time you go the gym you should have a goal in mind of beating a previous performance. If you don’t write down what you did in each and every workout you will never know what numbers you are trying to beat and will never be able to track your progress [...]

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