Archive | October, 2009

Death of the Back Squat?!

Death of the Back Squat?!

I’ve gotten a lot of questions the last few days about my opinion on Mike Boyle’s video claiming that the back squat is dead. Like I said, I don’t agree with everything Mike says. Nor do I agree with everything Alwyn  Cosgrove or Chad Waterbury say. But they are smart guys who know their shit. I learn something from each of them and I like a lot of what Mike has to say about warming up, rehabbing and staying injury proof. But I’m never just going to throw out what [...]

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How to Build Muscle on a Tight Schedule

How to Build Muscle on a Tight Schedule

Hey Jay

I’ve been following your newsletters for a long time; you give some great advice.

Wanted to run an idea by you. I’ve been following your lifting routines for a while and was thinking of breaking it down so that instead of doing 4-5 different exercises 3 days a week, I’d do like 2 exercises each morning. Reason being is that time is a little precious for me; I’m a doctor and I’m in my surgery residency and, as you could imagine, time isn’t exactly a commodity I have a lot [...]

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Baked Crispy Chicken Nuggets

Baked Crispy Chicken Nuggets

By Dave Ruel, “The Muscle Cook”

Makes 6 Servings
Ingredients
* – 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts weighing about 6 oz. / 170 g each
* – 1/4 cup / 60 ml of oat bran
* – 1/4 cup / 60 ml of wheat germ
* – 1 Tbsp / 15 ml coarsely ground flaxseed
* – 1/4 cup / 60 ml coarsely ground almonds
* – 1/2 tsp / 2 1/2 ml sea salt
* – 1/2 tsp / 2 1/2 ml white pepper
* – Pinch garlic powder
* – 1/2 cup / 120 ml water or low-sodium chicken [...]

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