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Free Weight Exercises Or Machine Exercises?Aaron Shaner and colleagues investigated the effects of using a multi-joint free weight leg exercise versus a multi-joint machine leg exercise...
August 5, 2015 -
How Many Sets For Small Muscle Groups?Researchers from Japan studied the effects of training volume—one versus three sets per exercise—on muscular strength and hypertrophy (muscle growth) in...
August 5, 2015 -
Training For Strength Versus Training For SizeWhat every lifter ought to know about training for strength versus training for size. Over the past few months we’ve examined...
August 4, 2015 -
Perfect Warm-Up For Serious WeightliftersA proper warm-up is essential to making the most of your training session and staying injury-free. I have a comprehensive warm-up...
August 3, 2015 -
Advanced Training: Myotatic Reflex RepsIf you’ve been following this column for the past couple of months, you know that my focus has been on providing...
June 2, 2015 -
Hafthor Breaks 1,000-Year-Old RecordTeam MHP strongman Hafthor Júlíus Björnsson (aka The Mountain from HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) broke a 1,000 year old weightlifting record...
February 4, 2015 -
Cross-Band Pullups
The wide-grip pullup is a classic back exercise—it’s one of the key moves for increasing back width. This variation, done with...
March 28, 2014 -
Strongman Championship League China
Biggest Strength Show in History by EVAN BALTER China will be the next stop for the MHP Strongman Champions League Series....
July 3, 2013 -
Wave Loading for Super Strength
Wave loading is a training method popularized by Bulgarian weightlifters. It involves pyramiding up and down the weights in a single...
May 14, 2013 -
Are You Hip Dominant or Quad Dominant?
Q: What is meant by the term “quad dominant”? A: Quad dominant is a popular term used in sportsmedicine that refers...
May 4, 2013 -
Mike Westerdal: CriticalBench.com
CriticalBench.com is a popular Web site created by Mike Westerdal in 1999. Mike is an interesting guy who knows his stuff...
February 11, 2013 -
Olympic Press vs the Jerk
Q: What do you think about using the Olympic press rather than the jerk as overhead work for athletes—because it’s such...
July 20, 2012 -
How to Squat for Best Gains
Q: What measures should I take in order to squat effectively? A: To make good progress on the squat, you must...
July 4, 2012 -
Give Yourself a Break
I’ve been training with weights for 52 years. I enjoy it just as much now, at 64 years of age, as...
February 27, 2012 -
Power Training vs. Density Work
Q: Thank you for clearing up the muscle-growth mystery for me . I’d...
February 18, 2012
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