From the category archives:

Strength

Aspiring To Greatness

by GEOFFN March 7, 2010

It’s 1:22am EST. What are you doing?
I’m still up. I went upstairs to my room at 11:30pm.
I can’t sleep.
I spent the weekend at a conference.
That’s right – I go to conferences on subjects that I want to learn more about – things that make me better at what I do.
So I go and hang out [...]

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Sometimes The Goofy Stuff Works

by GEOFFN February 28, 2010

I’ve been very “non-Party” in my strength training methods lately.
I’ve been using reps in the 10-20 range for non-ballistic exercises.
In fact, I must confess, I even like them.
There, I said it.
But really, it’s not the exercise or the rep range – it’s the outcome, or the result.
I’ve struggled to keep myself together over the last [...]

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The Most Underrated Exercise?

by GEOFFN February 16, 2010

At a certain point, I’ve got to wonder when, if ever, I will get tired of “discovering” new (old?) tricks, tips, and methodologies for my programming.
Lately, I’ve been focusing on Get Up based exercises/movements and anything that helps that particular movement. I came up with a series of exercises last month that were literally because [...]

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The Solution To Functional Muscle Mass

by GEOFFN February 15, 2010

One of the best programs I’ve ever used for packing on muscle was back in 2004/2005. And for muscle, I mean “go” not “show.” It was stuff you could really use.
At that point I was using a “Westside Template” – two “speed” days and two “strength” days. There were 2 snatch dominant days and 2 [...]

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Framing The Question

by GEOFFN February 14, 2010

In the marketing world, it’s said the answer your customer gives you is based on how you frame the question.
There’s A LOT of buzz right now about Gym Movement and Adam T. Glass. Adam, for those of you who don’t know him, is VERY strong – a professional performing strongman. He has been setting PRs [...]

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The Key To Success: Becoming A Student of Your Body

by GEOFFN January 19, 2010

My buddy Adam T. Glass has been posting a lot on his success and results with biofeedback. Biofeedback is simply communicating with your body about its opinion of what you’re doing. It is a form of autoregulation, which is kind of a fancy way to say intuitive/instinctive training.
Regardless of how you define it, it’s good [...]

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