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Gaining strength and size with Perry Rader
Back in the day there was a culture of build yourself up with the barbell. Somehow, this culture seems lost on many of today’s men. A shame, really. The barbell is a builder. Sure, I like kettlebells and all, but the barbell kind of stands out on its own as a builder of strong men.…
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Professional office worker fitness tips by George Hackenschmidt
We’ve all been there. You start getting the barbell bug and you’re making progress. And you think, I can just keep on going—with speed! How FAST can we get there? How quickly can it be done? Well, you can go pretty fast, but you’ll come to a screeching halt eventually. At least, if your fundamentals…
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Office worker Jeet Kune Do
The way of the intercepting fist applies to the office. The dull meeting where you need someone to come in with a bit of enthusiasm. The stupid project where you need someone to say, WTF? The sitting on the butt where you need to say to yourself, dude GET UP! The daily habits you adopt…
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Embrace the mundane, with variety for spice: key exercises for building muscle and strength
Do you struggle to create exercise programs? Do you go to the gym—or worse—not go at all because you don’t know what to do? Have you wondered if there is an easier way? Well, there is. And like in a lot of areas of life, constraints are a good thing. Limitations. What is it going…
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The benefits of the chin up and how to add weight to get even stronger
I was in the ol’ home gym the other day when all this popped into mind and I shot this video. I’ll embed it below. But first. Let’s talk about the benefits of this great exercise. And while I’m talking about the chin up, the benefits with pull up are very similar…the hand strength, the…
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Ectomorphic (hard gainer) training methods
So.you’re an ectomorph, eh? Skinny? Too skinny maybe. Hey, I’ve been there. But I got some good news for you. I’m about to give you a few paragraphs of key insights that will rock your world. Are you ready? Good. Here we go. This comes from Vince Gironda’s The Wild Physique, page 69 (insert immature…
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Tom Brady defeats the Packers and gets to the Super Bowl again—how?
I wasn’t watching the game—I was out sledding with my kids. But I certainly did hear about. Now, many people are thinning, aw man, not again. But I was thinking, oh man! I hope he does it again! Because Tom Brady is a disciplined SOB. “I don’t drink coffee because it dehydrates me” and that…
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The benefits of monotonous mundane cardio
If you’re like me, you hate cardio. I’ve never been a fan until I realized that I was being an idiot and that I needed cardio. So, there’s only two approaches here. Grin and bear it and hate every minute of it, OR Change your damn attitude. It’s like that with a lot of things,…
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Ask yourself these two questions
If you’re looking to make some self-improvement, start by asking yourself these two simple questions: What do I need to give up? / What’s holding me back? – note your first answer What is my emotional state as I’m doing this (driving to work, having breakfast with the family) Watch your reaction to the first…
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Each day has a specific focus
It was late July when I decided to shitcan coffee. Here’s what happened. One, I overdosed. One fine day with the kids and some new dark chocolate coffee…it was hot…I was drinking iced coffee and it was going down good. Later, I realized I felt like vomiting and was shaky. That overdose was coupled with…