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Step Up - Tommy Kono
Norbert Schemansky introducing the Chevrolet Corvette to auto writersSeptember, 1953 Shake It Off and Step Upby Tommy KonoA parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell in the...
View ArticleAn Easy Way to Teach the Olympic Lifts - Denis Reno
Click Pics to ENLARGEAn Easy Way to Teach the Olympic Liftsby Denis Reno (2004) * Pre-lifting preliminary instructions will be covered at the end of this article.Preparation - Snatch and Clean: 1. Walk...
View ArticleThe Problems With Intensity - Tom Kubistant
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415624411/The wisdom that comes from five decades of honest, rigorous scientific work, delivered humbly yet brilliantly, in a way that will forever change the...
View ArticleDeficit Deadlift Cycle - Ed Coan
Explanation of Deficit Deadliftby Doug DanielsIt is in reality no more than a deadlift done from a slightly elevated position. This slight elevation can make all the difference in the world. The...
View ArticleOptimal Training Zones - Tom Kubistant
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/spy/http://anthonymychal.com/In bodybuilding as well as in the rest of our daily activities, we have what I call an optimal zone of functioning. Once in this zone, we...
View Article1985 Tom Platz Seminar - Jon Smoker
http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Style-Bodybuilding-Tom-Platz/dp/0806979100Tom Platz is many things: professional bodybuilder, businessman, actor, diplomat, entrepreneur; but when he is actually in the gym...
View ArticleMy Search for Strength and Health - Fred R. Howell
The top photo shows Fred Howell doing a partial squat. This will build strength in your knees and legs. Here, Fred is using 735 pounds as part of his warmup. The bottom photo is of a bench press...
View ArticleSoftening Up For Weight Gains, Part One - John McCallum
Softening Up For Weight Gains, Part Oneby John McCallum (from Strength & Health, December, 1969)Brandyside is four and a half miles of tawny sand fronting the blue Pacific. It's the best beach in...
View ArticleSoftening Up For Weight Gains, Part Two, John McCallum
Softening Up for Weight Gains, Part Twoby John McCallumfrom Strength & Health (January, 1970)I went to visit my Uncle Harry the other night. He's got a one bedroom thing on the 12th floor. He met...
View ArticleSoftening Up For Weight Gains, Part Three, John McCallum
Softening Up For Weight Gains, Part Threeby John McCallum (from Strength & Health, February, 1970)For the past two months we've been outlining a program that's designed to soften you up and force...
View ArticleStaying Motivated - Tom Kubistant
http://www.theironsamurai.com/romancing-the-snatch/ “In Romania, I train on a bar that is bent. My gym has bad lighting and very little heat in the winters. Here in America, you have everything you...
View ArticleThe Two Hands Snatch , Part One - Dave Webster and Al Murray
Great Britain, 1964PrefaceThese notes have been published by popular demand.Al Murray and Dave Webster travel extensively and are personally acquainted with top lifters and coaches from all over the...
View ArticleVarieties of Deadlifting - John Grimek
http://chaosandpain.blogspot.ca/2012/09/destroy-opposition.htmlVarieties of Deadliftingby John Grimek (1962)In spite of some opposition to the deadlift by a few authorities in the past, the deadlift is...
View ArticlePowerlifting for Competition - Terry Grimwood
https://www.createspace.com/3850554Coal, Steel and Iron: Pennsylvania's Golden Triangle of Strengthby Dave YarnellGet 25% off with coupon code:MSG4E5XTDoug Hepburn Powerlifting for...
View ArticleHigh, High-Rep Training - Greg Merritt
Ultra-Rep Trainingby Greg Merritt (1999)Bodybuilding has only a tangential relationship with numbers. While three-time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane was a math teacher, you'll do just fine in most gym...
View ArticleBruce Lee's Training - John Little
"The Lost Interview"http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5705518582839508545Warm Marble: The Lethal Physique of Bruce Leeby John Little (1996)"If you're talking about combat - as it is - well then,...
View ArticleThe Tall Bodybuilder - Lou Ferrigno
No one over seven feet has ever been a successful bodybuilder because, to my knowledge, no one at that height has ever tried to be a successful bodybuilder. Other than that, there's nothing that should...
View ArticleThe Two Hands Snatch, Part Two - Dave Webster and Al Murray
Click Pics to ENLARGEHints for CoachesAlthough rules are altered and new techniques are introduced, the basic principles of learning never change. To acquire knowledge or skill the opportunity to...
View ArticleThe Two Hands Snatch, Part Three - Dave Webster and Al Murray
Click Pics to ENLARGEA full extension in necessary not only for working muscles in their inner range, etc., but also to make full use of IMPULSE. The speed of the bar does not depend only on the amount...
View ArticleStaggered Sets in 1942 - John Grimek
http://brookskubik.com/dinosaur_dumbbelltraining.htmlSean Connery Mugging for the CameraLet's Get Chesty, Part Twoby Jay C. Gee (1947)Note: This article by John Grimek gives an easily adapted example...
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