Strength and Powerlifting

The Secret To Big Snatch Numbers

Geoff Neupert, Senior RKC

Sep 11, 2009 01:12 PM

How many times have you been frustrated by your lack of progress in the snatch? Sure, it's a hard lift, and there's technique involved, but many times snatch progress is [...]

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Training a Special Olympian

Robert Budd, RKC II

Jul 09, 2009 12:50 PM

Down's syndrome is a genetic abnormality caused by a defect of chromosome 21. People with Down's syndrome have varying degrees of cognitive and developmental disabiliti [...]

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Programming for the Deadlift

Brett Jones MRKC, CSCS

May 05, 2009 12:32 PM

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

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Huge in a Hurry

Chad Waterbury

Apr 29, 2009 03:58 PM

If you've been training for more than five years, I'll bet you've learned a lot. In fact, I'm sure you look back and think, "Damn, I wish I knew then what I know now." [...]

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

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Why training barefoot is beneficial

Sara Cheatham M.S., Sr. RKC

Apr 14, 2009 03:28 PM

Proprioception can be thought of as the brain's ability to know where the body is in space and time without keeping constant conscious awareness of it and the world aro [...]

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Scenes from a Weight room

[In the not too distant future]

Will Williams, Senior RKC

Mar 31, 2009 01:12 PM

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 I began to crank out this day would carry over int [...]

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

Dan John, RKC Team Leader

Mar 31, 2009 12:50 PM

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 this "head" of mine is part of the reason my [...]

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The Heavy-Light-Medium System for Strength and Power

C.S. Sloan

Mar 11, 2009 09:28 PM

For many years now, I've felt that the best all-around system of training is the heavy/light/medium system. It's great for beginning strength athletes since it teaches [...]

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My Thoughts on Strength

Unbreakable Adam T Glass

Dec 08, 2008 07:39 PM

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 side press 135 f [...]

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Figuring out Rest Periods for Your Training Goals

mc, PhD (human factors), CSCS, RKC

Nov 20, 2008 05:42 PM

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 answer thi [...]

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