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My Experience with Verkhoshansky's Peaking Plan

The aphorism knowledge is power is literally true in the sport of powerlifting. To succeed in powerlifting one must first master the proper ...

Mike Woody 2009-11-10

Cardio Busters Strike Again!

While the debate about steady state vs. intense interval cardio races on, more emotion has been poured into the debate than logic or science. I ...

Brian Copeland, RKC 2009-10-19

My Confession... or Why Working out too Hard is Counterproductive

I have a confession to make. It goes against everything that I stand for in the fitness world, but lately I havent been able to ...

Delaine Ross, RKC Level 2, Z Health Level 1 2009-10-19

The Secret To Big Snatch Numbers

How many times have you been frustrated by your lack of progress in the snatch? Sure, its a hard lift, and theres technique involved, but ...

Geoff Neupert, Senior RKC 2009-09-11

Training a Special Olympian

Downs syndrome is a genetic abnormality caused by a defect of chromosome 21. People with Downs syndrome have varying degrees of cognitive and developmental disabilities ...

Robert Budd, RKC II 2009-07-09

Programming for the Deadlift

One of the most frequent questions asked on training forums is how to structure a routine. Sets, reps, volume and intensity form a daunting ...

Brett Jones MRKC, CSCS 2009-05-05

Huge in a Hurry

If youve been training for more than five years, Ill bet youve learned a lot. In fact, Im sure you look back and think, Damn, ...

Chad Waterbury 2009-04-29

Increase performance & reduce injury by clarifying the brain's proprioceptive map

Proprioception can be thought of as the brains ability to know where the body is in space and time without keeping constant conscious awareness of ...

Sara Cheatham M.S., Sr. RKC 2009-04-14

Scenes from a Weight room

On a day unlike any other, I got out of the rack at 0300. Yes, 0300 Pacific time, 0600 East Coast time. The hard work ...

Will Williams, Senior RKC 2009-03-31

A lot has been rolling around my head lately...

A lot has been rolling around my head lately. I am coming off a fairly successful year as an athlete and I think that using ...

Dan John, RKC Team Leader 2009-03-31

The Heavy-Light-Medium System for Strength and Power

For many years now, Ive felt that the best all-around system of training is the heavy/light/medium system. Its great for beginning strength athletes since ...

C.S. Sloan 2009-03-11

My Thoughts on Strength

Professional Performing Strongman, Arm Wrestler, and drug-free for life strength athlete. Recently someone asked me on the DD forum how I am able to ...

Unbreakable Adam T Glass 2008-12-08

Figuring out Rest Periods for Your Training Goals

A question that comes up frequently in discussions about exercise is how much rest between sets whether one is doing deadlifts or pullups. To help folks ...

mc, PhD (human factors), CSCS, RKC 2008-11-20

Breaking the All-Time Powerlifting Total

Andy Bolton posted 2806 lbs total in March of 2007. Prior to that, the seven-year reign belonged to Big Garry ...

Donnie Thompson, RKC 2008-11-05

What Would Buddha Bench?

Yes, yes, I know. The answer to the title of the article is probably, not very much. The historical Buddha lived a life of asceticism ...

C.S. Sloan 2008-10-14

SPEED sKillz

Speed, the Ultimate Frontier of Pure Athleticism. In the last few weeks, some College Football Players made themselves a lot of money based simply on ...

Jack Reape 2008-08-12

Get the Most out of Strength Training

Authors home-gym in the attic. Pull-up-bar, home-made rings, rubber-bands and kettlebells. Gym has outdoor temperature year around and is inhabited by a swarm ...

Anders Eriksson, RKC 2008-05-28

Interview with Tammy Dianda, IPF Powerlifting Champion

In 1994, at the International Powerlifting Federations New Zealand Open, Tammy Dianda set a new Worlds Record for women in the 75kg weight class bench ...

Mark Toomey, RKC TL 2008-05-28

Reflexive Lifting: How To Make Your Neural Reflexes Work With You And Not Against You!

One of my favorite quotes is by expert Tony Blauer who states, Sadly, the health ...

Dr. Eric Cobb 2008-04-29

How to Build a Squat

The squat has been my favorite lift since as long as I can remember. After I tore up my knee the consensus was to build ...

Mark Reifkind, Senior RKC 2008-03-17

Train Your Deadlift for Your Body Type and Watch Your Strength Explode!

The other day I was reading an article by a well-known strength coach when he mentioned that Olympic weightlifting coach Anatoly Bondarchuk believed there were ...

C.S. Sloan 2008-01-07

The Zercher Experiment

In this article Im going to explain how one can maintain their strength in the deadlift and even increase it with minimal deadlifting using the ...

Steve Belanger, RKC 2007-12-18

From Handstands to Bench Press to Jerks...

Its ironic that after living on my hands for so many years as a kid and then as a gymnast that I completely neglected that ...

Mark Reifkind, Sr. RKC 2007-12-18

How I Added 40 Pounds to My Deadlift in Four Weeks

Before I get started with this program, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and explain how this program came to be. ...

Curt McDonald 2007-12-05

Static Stretching Cook

Recently I had an opportunity to hear my good friend, Mike Boyle give a talk at a Perform Better Summit. In his opening statements he made ...

Gray Cook 2007-11-05

Box Squat Vs. Power Clean – Part II

If you missed Part 1 – to get up to speed on this debate. And away we go…. Brett Jones Randy - you say ...

Brett Jones Sr. RKC, CSCS 2007-09-25

Bigger Performance Requires Bigger Brakes

A few years ago, as I was spiraling into my mid-life crisis, I decided I would add some aftermarket performance equipment to the little two-seater ...

Randy Hauer, RKC TL 2007-09-13

How I Closed the Captains of Crush TM # 3 Gripper

In my quest to close the Captain of Crush # 3, I soon realised that less is more. I am fortunate enough to already have ...

Sam Dovey 2007-08-20

Jedi mind tricks to up your squat

Have you ever noticed that once you start to squat a weight that is close to your one rep max, or getting toward the end ...

Thomas Phillips, RKC TL 2007-07-30

2007 Power to the People Deadlift Team

competing at Disneys Wide World ...

Thomas Phillips, RKC Team Leader 2007-06-19

How Much Effort Do You Use

When we talk about effort in the weight room it means many different things. Effort involves resistance, speed, power, endurance, strength and the list ...

Mike Hanley 2007-05-23

The Ultimate Maximal Strength Booster

In all my years of training, consulting, and lecturing around the country I’ve yet to encounter one person who felt his strength was too great. ...

Chad Waterbury 2007-05-09

Another View on Isolation Exercises

Leg extensions, Leg curls, Calf raises, Leg press, Lat pull-down, Bicep curls, Tricep extensions . . . who in their right mind would continue to ...

Thomas Phillips, RKC 2007-04-24

Box Squat vs. Power Clean Debate Part I

Like oil and water, Power-lifters and Olympic lifters are two groups that don’t usually play well with one another. But due to a discussion ...

Brett Jones Sr. RKC, CSCS 2007-04-10

Mastering the Turkish Get-Up for Total Body Power

The Turkish Get Up (TGU) is a classic drill and display of power and coordination. It fits in with the Bent Press and proper squat ...

Adam T. Glass, SSgt, USAF 2007-03-20

Force=Mass x Acceleration or Surfing the Force Velocity Curve

A karate punch is like an iron bar. ‘ Whack!’ A kung fu punch is like an iron chain with an iron ball ...

Alwyn Cosgrove 2007-03-09

How to Add a Minimalistic Conditioning Routine to Power to the People!

If you want conditioning while on a strength-focused program like Pavel’s , learn to swing a kettlebell for 1-2 minutes non-stop ...

Steve Freides, RKC 2007-02-09

The Russian Squat Routine for Masters

The classic six-week Russian Squat Routine is legendary for giving a kick start to the squatter whose progress has stopped. What makes it so effective ...

Randy Hauer, RKC 2007-01-04

Beyond the Template is the Promised Land

The reasons to follow a training template have been well documented; however, all too often a lifter can become so absorbed in the program that ...

Thomas Phillips, RKC 2007-01-04

The Evolution of Westside Barbell Training - Part II

A Sample Routine Let’s look at the squat/ deadlift and how this might work. Say you are built for the DL with a shorter back and ...

Mark Reifkind, Senior RKC 2006-12-22

The Evolution of Westside Barbell Training

One of the great joys I have is being able to speak and learn from top coaches and training minds such as Louie Simmons ...

Mark Reifkind, Senior RKC 2006-11-28

My Quest for a 700lb Deadlift

My name is Lance Mosley and in this article I will be discussing my training, exercises and various things ...

Lance Mosley, RKC 2006-11-15

Reverse Breathing

Not too different from Pavel’s method of ‘Power Breathing’ found in , the following technique of Reverse ...

Tim Heuertz 2006-10-03

Circuit Training

Circuit Training is an excellent training method. You can train many muscles in a short time without letting any single group reach fatigue. You can ...

Guy Razy 2006-08-02

Training Injuries

Last summer and fall I completed the within a couple of months of each ...

Ivan F. ‘Doc’ Kelley, DC, RKC 2006-06-29

Pullups for a Bigger Bench

Amongst competitive bench pressers it is no secret that big strong lats make it easier to drive heavy weight off your chest. Of course, ...

Thomas Phillips, RKC 2006-06-22

Converting to Sumo Deadlifting: How I made it work for me.

Deadlifting is one of the oldest and hardest exercises around. Its very simple; you just pick the bar up off ...

Marc Bartley, RKC 2006-06-06

Relax To Get Stronger

I’ve found that using a form of progressive relaxation can aid with two important aspects in strength training. It can facilitate learning the high ...

Kevin Perrone, RKC 2006-05-24

Spine Straightening Preparation Yields Better Deadlifts

Pavel Tsatsouline asked me to let all of you Pavelizers out there in on a special leverage-building-body-stabilizing-breathing-opposing-stretch-contraction exercise which fascinated him. This movement ensures the ...

Dr. Greg Tefft 2006-04-28

Powerlifting + Kettlebells: A Devastating Training Combination of Strength, Power and Endurance

Ive been a competitive powerlifter for the last thirteen years, with a modicum of success. I did a triple bodyweight plus squat at 181(545#) benched ...

Mark Reifkind 2006-03-27

High Reps for Low Rep Athletes

Besides the ever famous “I am going nowhere in my training, and oh by the way I don’t eat that much, why am I not ...

Jack Reape 2006-03-22

A Champion Powerlifter Discovers the Power of Kettlebells

My name is Ellen Stein and I am a powerlifter. For the last 12 years that word has defined who ...

Ellen Stein 2006-03-10

Putting A Period On Periodization

Period: A point or portion of time at which something is ended; a completion or conclusion. In their book on the subject of periodization, ...

Barry Ross 2006-02-27

A Power to the People! Style Deadlift Peaking Cycle

After reading many 3-lift powerlifting routines and trying some of them, I came to the conclusion that if you dont squat, a lot of things ...

Steve Freides, RKC 2006-01-31

Bench and Nothing but the Bench – All the Way to 600

The ...

Pavel 2006-01-01

Ballistics or Baloney?

According to Dr. Mel Siff, “Ballistic movement comprises bursts of muscular activity followed by phases of relaxation during which the motion continues as a consequence ...

Barry Ross 2005-12-14

I Live My Life By The Principles of Strength

My name is Bud Jeffries. If you’re reading this site you probably know me and you’ve probably seen my friend Dennis Rogers on ...

Dennis Rogers 2005-11-29

The Ab Wars

One of the hottest debates that still lingers in the fitness/rehab and sports performance industries is that over the correct use of the abdominal wall ...

Keats Snideman and Josh Henkin, RKC 2005-10-11

How to Gain Weight –the Final Answer

Time and again on Internet forums, in gym conversations, and e-mails the same question pops up, “How do I gain weight?” This question has been ...

Jack Reape 2005-08-19

Core stability: "Fascial raking" to stimulate abdominal wall activation for ultimate performance

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Stuart McGill, Professor of Spine Biomechanics 2005-08-01

Super Stiffness

At a gymnastics or martial arts meet, or at a weightlifting competition, listen to the coaches advice to the athlete – Stay tight! This means ...

Stuart McGill, Professor of Spine Biomechanics 2005-06-22

How to Bent Press

Marty Farrell, RKC 2005-06-10

The Evolution of My Deadlift Training

I have experimented with many different methods to train the deadlift during the past 25 years. Initially my deadlift training was very crude and ...

Brad Gillingham 2005-06-09

Taking Dead Aim, Or How to Warm up, then Ramp up Correctly for Training or Competition

I love to Golf. I love the mental and physical aspects of the game, I love the way the ball feels when it comes off ...

Jack Reape 2005-05-31

The Conventional Deadlift Techique Primer

When I’m in the gym or at a PL meet and I see a lot of deadlifts with bad or inefficient technique. A ...

Harald Leymann 2005-05-02

Split Routines: Are They the Death of Productive Training?

I have come to the following conclusion, after considerable research and study of much of the available material regarding the training methods and results of ...

Kurt J. Wilkens, RKC 2005-04-05

Combat Grappler Interview with Coach Ethan Reeve

Ethan Reeve is in his third season at Wake Forest, coming from Ohio University in February 2001 to ...

Zach Even - Esh, BA, MA 2005-03-24

A Board with Your Bench Press?

Using boards to build your Bench Press is simply the best way to address weaknesses and improve your groove. This article will hopefully explain how ...

Jack Reape 2005-03-03

Power Breathing, the Jet Jock Style

“If you are healthy enough to handle it, power breathing will be the best thing that has happened to your strength. Ever. Power ...

Matthew G. Soltis 2005-02-21

Power Breathing and Growth Hormone

There has been a lot of talk of late about power breathing and its effect on strength. Power breathing is performed by taking a slow ...

Aaron Ellis 2005-02-07

An Excerpt from Beyond Bodybuilding

There are two kinds of vodka: good and very good. A simple Russian lad named Misha was too preoccupied with his thoughts to notice ...

Pavel 2005-01-24

The Overhead Squat

Its amazing what you get stuck with in life: about five years ago, I wrote a small article for a lifting magazine about the Overhead ...

Dan John 2005-01-24

The Three Keys to Achieving Success with the Party Methods

I hear it at least once a week. On the forum or in conversations with potential clients, friends, and family it goes a little something ...

Don Stevenson, RKC 2004-12-31

“The Secret Workout”

One of my ‘secrets’ to training athletes is so simple that you may ignore how good it is until you try it. Really, I think ...

Dan John 2004-11-23

Mix it Up and Succeed!

Conventional wisdom indicates that you must train for one goal at a time. Do not mix strength with endurance. Do not mix ...

Brett Jones CSCS, RKC, Sr. 2004-10-21

Crush Grip: A Forced Rep Approach

Comrades, Im not a Captain of Crush. That simply stated means that I cannot close the #3. For those of you who do not know ...

Martin Farrell 2004-10-20

Peaking on Demand

Quietly and privately training for self-improvement on your own at home or in a gym of some kind is an admirable hobby. For many, the ...

Jack Reape 2004-10-20

Set Alterations for Mass Production

Hey, Comrades, seems we get a lot of questions about how to use the ‘Bear’ protocol of to get bigger. ...

Aaron 2004-10-20

More Use Of Band And Chain with PTP, Kettlebells, and Pullups

I have covered the use band and chain on the kettlebell as accommodating resistance in my last article. In this article I am going to ...

Craig Culver 2004-10-20

How and Why I Squat

For strength athletes, sprinters, running backs and linemen everywhere, the squat is the acknowledged King of Exercises. The transformative power of the 20-rep squat routine ...

Rob Lawrence, RKC 2004-10-20

Explosive Necessity

The sooner you realize the importance of explosive strength, the better. I don’t care if you are professional fighter, football player or bodybuilder - ...

Chad Waterbury 2004-10-20

Training with a Back Injury

I think it was Rousseau who said that Mans biggest problem was that he wasnt content to simply sit tight and stay in his room. ...

Garrett McElfresh, PT 2004-10-20

A Powerful Method for Progress

Over the course of my lifting career Ive inadvertently stumbled across some very effective methods, some of them almost identical to the methods Pavel advocates. ...

Daniel Rodgers 2004-10-20

How To Build World Class Strength & Endurance Together

First I would like to thank Pavel and John Du Cane and the folks here at Dragon Door for asking me to write some articles ...

Bud Jeffries 2004-10-12

Weakness Training: The Key to Strength

Ask the average strength devotee the question, “What is strength?”, and you will probably receive a look that is normally reserved for “special” children and ...

Jeff O’Connor, RKC 2004-10-11

The Holy Grail in Speed Training

If coaches are going to train their sprinters like powerlifters why not start with powerlifters and train them to run faster? If its just ...

Barry Ross 2004-10-11

You Could Have Been a Contender - at One Thing

For many readers, lurkers, and Comrades at , the Outcomes and Goals portion of their training approach has become swallowed up by a witch’s ...

Jack Reape 2004-10-11

Grip Nation

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Jim "Smitty" Smith 2004-09-13

Deadlifting on the Rise

Finally, after many years, it seems the deadlift is on the rise. In New Orleans in September 2002. I was lucky to witness not one ...

Louie Simmons 2004-08-16

Talking Training with Old-Time Strongmen

Let us take a little time out of our busy schedules to just relax. Let us put aside for a moment all of our hard ...

Kurt J. Wilkens, RKC 2004-07-22

The Purposeful Primitive Progressive Pulls

I’ve never encountered any form or mode of exercise that equals the sheer muscle-building, strength-infusing capacity of compound, multi-joint progressive resistance movements done with a ...

Marty Gallagher 2004-06-22

The Straight Shooting Approach to Powerlifting

There are many methods and training systems in PL today. A few of them are very successful, like the WSB, the Smolov, the RSR, the ...

Harald ‘G. Soldier’ Leymann 2004-06-10

The 70% Volume Cycling Method

Recently, being the mad doctor that I am, Ive been playing around with a different way of cycling for the impatient-gotta-have-it-all-now-type of lifter. It comes ...

Carl “Saintm” Sanchez 2004-06-02

The Strength Lessons I Learned from an Old-Timer

On my recent trip to the Carolinas I had a chance to talk to Jimmy, an old family friend. Jimmy has known me since ...

Eric S. Bruesch 2004-05-04

How to Work up to a 135-Pound Barbell Side Press

Arthur Saxon, Eugene Sandow. Paul Anderson. Herman Goerner. All of these vintage strongmen possessed amazing strength. Although each ...

Michael Occhino 2004-04-15

Tension, the Key to Strength

Tension is simultaneously one of the most important and the most overlooked aspects of strength training. It is certainly what separates Pavel’s training and techniques ...

Dan McVicker, RKC 2004-03-18

How to Activate "Survival Reflexes" for Improved Strength

When you see all the fancy cars exiting the “drive through” at McDonald’s, it may appear fictitious that we homo-sapiens evolved over millions of years ...

Paul Chek, HHP, NMT 2004-01-26

Power To The People With Sean

9/1/00 -Can train up to 7 days a week, take days off if tired as needed. -15 – 20 seconds rest between reps for mass, for max ...

Sean Williams 2003-12-18

Travel Strong with Jump Stretch Bands

During those times when were forced to be on the road, away from family and friends, it often proves boring to endure the long hours ...

John McKean 2003-10-28

Liberate Yourself From Classical Weight Training

During my recent talks in Bellaria Italy, a theme developed which reflects what I consider to be a problem in the way that ...

Charles Staley, B.Sc., MSS 2003-10-28

Thicken the Waist for Power

The statue of David, Hercules, and numerous other works of art out of antiquity display powerful physiques with thick spinal erectors, shoulder girdles, and corded ...

Daniel “Dano” Rodgers 2003-10-20

Powerlifting and Kettlebells

Years ago I started bodybuilding with the goal of increasing my strength. Then in 1997 I made a switch to Powerlifting and started competing ...

Harald ’G. Soldier’ Leymmann 2003-09-26

Power to the People! + Hand-to-Hand Kettlebell Drills

The most common form of strength training, used for a boxer, is circuit training. Circuit training enables a coach to train a large ...

Steve Baccari, RKC 2003-09-26

My Smolov Squat Experiment

Ive always thought that Im pretty much game for anything as far as my training is concerned. Ive tried many different training protocols ...

Ken 'Exrecondoc' James 2003-09-11

Countdown for Big Gains:

What is the appropriate ratio of volume and intensity? How can you build limit strength, muscular endurance, and hypertrophy all at the same ...

Ken ‘Exrecondoc’ James 2003-09-11

Getting a High School Strength Program off to a Good Start

The following article is aimed the beginning trainee or someone with the responsibility of overseeing the training of teenagers and young adults. Hopefully the ...

Mike Dieguez 2003-08-28

The Power Circuit

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Christian Thibaudeau 2003-07-07

In Defense of Frequent Training

In website courtrooms all across the internet, you can find the same trial played out time and time again: Frequent Training stands accused of the ...

Kurt J. Wilkens 2003-06-02

Increase General Physical Preparedness

General Physical Preparedness, or GPP, has become a buzz term around the strength and conditioning over the last few years. As with any important ...

Chad Waterbury 2003-06-02

Old School Fat Loss

I love being a strength coach. I love helping anyone get stronger, fitter, more athletic…as long as they do it my way. So ...

Stephane Rochet, RKC 2003-05-21

The Deadlift: Form Replaces Fear

Over the years Ive heard many people say that deadlifts are the worst thing for your back, or if youre going ...

Vic Holtreman 2003-05-13

Rest - Pause 3 x 3

To us hard-core American Combatives practitioners, very little matches the exhilaration of hearing John Kary holler NOW!!! as we face Renfro, Spanky, Buckwheat, or his ...

John McKean 2003-03-16

The Power to Weight Ratio Workout

There is a threshold of diminishing returns when it comes to increased size and mass. Middleweight lifters may have an ideal power to weight ratio. ...

Tom Furman RKC 2003-03-06

Injuries - Lemons into Lemonade

Lets go for a ride down Injury Lane. At times, the pursuit of fitness seems like a journey from one injury to the next, a ...

Rick Huse, RKC (aka. Ironman) 2003-01-17

My 6 Week Russian Deadlift Program

Comrades, I have used the following routine to increase my deadlift from 525 to 555 in 6 weeks. The original name of this program was ...

Eddie ‘the Green Ghost’ Kowacz 2002-12-23

Tools of the Trade

A proper tool makes the job easier. I will show you how to do a great job of building strength with ‘low tech/high concept’ ...

Tom Furman, RKC 2002-11-28

Segue into Power

Last week I discovered all 4 tires on my relatively new car were dangerously worn. After throwing a few mental ax hands at car manufacturers ...

John McKean 2002-10-01

The Power of Tension

I recently reported the results of a crude experiment on the effects of tension techniques on strength performance. Since Pavel asked me to write an ...

Brad Johnson 2002-08-30

Another Russian Super Cycle

Copyright 2001 Advanced Fitness Solutions, Inc. This article first appeared in Powerlifting USA magazine. Call (800) 448-7693 to subscribe. In case you got all starry ...

Pavel Tsatsouline 2002-08-20

Strongman Training: Look Outside the Box

Since becoming the first NASS (North American Strongman Society) State Chairman for Nebraska and Iowa, I have had many people contact me, asking how to ...

Joe Secord 2002-08-01

In Search of Strength

Comrades, some of you know me and some of you don’t so I’ll introduce myself. My name is Simon Forsyth.. My main goal in life ...

Simon Forsyth 2002-07-24

The Devil Is in The Details - The Bench Press

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: THE BENCH PRESS by Jack Reape I do not consider myself a great bench presser. I know a couple great Bench Pressers, ...

Jack Reape 2002-07-02

Strengthening The Core to Help a Beginning Deadlifter

As a fairly recent convert to the joys of deadlifting I’ve struggled with getting my lift beyond my body weight (currently around 225 lbs. at ...

Mark Taintor 2002-06-14

The Evolution of a Deadlifter's Training

I started lifting in what I like to think of as the golden years of powerlifting, the early 80s, before politics and training gear destroyed ...

B. Philip Workman 2002-06-04

Mind Power Doctrine of an Iron Warrior

There is an old adage that says, Think big, act big, to get big. It is therefore very important to learn about mind doctrine ...

Dennis B. Weis 2002-06-04

TNT - A Simplified Approach to Powerlifting

I do not claim to be an expert on Powerlifting by any means. I am not a Ph.D., or a qualified coach, and have never ...

Jack Reape 2002-06-04

The Power of Simplicity in Strength Training

Routine construction is the induction or baptism of sorts for the apprentice strongman/woman. It is a necessary evil in that it offers an intellectual guide ...

Richard-Anthony Morris 2002-06-04

On Constant Weight Training

Many congratulations poured my way from All-Round buddies at last years USAWA national championships when I topped the platform for the final lift of ...

John McKean 2002-06-04

Manual Labor is not the President of Argentina

Having spent the past thirty years or using my hands to make a living I can really appreciate the concept of hard work. My various ...

Tom Furman, RKC 2002-06-03

Rear Wheel Drive

Todays media has glamorized the male torso in print, TV, and the film arena. Male models and actors exhibit physical development that represents a cosmetic ...

Tom Furman, RKC 2002-06-03

Why You Should Keep PTP and RKC Training Separate

One the most frequent questions posted on the Dragondoor.com forum is why keep the PTP (Power to the People!) and RKC (Russian Kettlebell Challenge) training ...

Craig Culver 2002-06-03

Power to The People! Workout Spreadsheet (PDF)

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Paul Butterfield 2002-06-03

Power to The People! Workout Spreadsheet

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Paul Butterfield 2002-06-03

The Original 3 to 5 Method for Maximal Gains in Very Little Time

I first met Pavel a few years ago at a course in Minneapolis. I had only recently rekindled my interest in strength training after ...

Indrananda 2002-05-30
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