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Barbell Squats – Perfect Technique (Powerlifting Style) With Mike Westerdal

February 18, 2011

Yes, we’re mostly about bodyweight exercise. But we know many of you also like the gym, so we decided to take our squat technique series one step further. This time we’ll look at the barbell squat with our friend and iron expert Mike Westerdal. Think powerlifters have nothing to teach you about lifting for fitness? [...]

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Goblet Squat – Great Leg Exercise, Anywhere, Anytime

February 16, 2011

What the heck is a Goblet Squat? You could be forgiven for assuming that it’s some strange cellar maneuver dreamed up by Ryan for filling his wine glass straight from a barrel of vintage Bordeaux… Bu no, it has nothing to do with drinking. The Goblet Squat is basically a front squat performed with the [...]

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Bodyweight Squats – Ultimate Bodyweight Exercise For Legs

February 14, 2011

When it comes to equipment-free exercise options, bodyweight squats or some variation of them make it into just about every bodyweight workout program. That makes sense, because squatting is a fundamental human movement. It should be simple, right? Unfortunately this isn’t necessarily the case. Our increasingly sedentary lifestyle messes with our movement patterns, pulls apart [...]

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Suspension Training — Inverted Hip Thrust

February 12, 2011

Upside Down Right Thick… I haven’t been to a Dairy Queen restaurant in over a decade, but I used to LOVE the double Reece’s Pieces Blizzard. I’m not even sure if they still do this, but I’d also get a real kick out of the way they served up a Blizzard, flipping it over and [...]

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Dynamic Warm Up For High Performance Workouts

February 5, 2011

Are you warming up before you hit it hard? If you answered “no”, then I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad gnus… You’re selling yourself short. And you’re cheating your workout. Yes, performing a thorough warmup lowers your likelihood of injury. That shouldn’t come as a surprise to very many people. But did you [...]

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Resistance Cardio — Ditch The Old Low & Slow Cardio Conundrum

February 3, 2011

I don’t know many people who truly LIKE “cardio”. Yeah, I know a couple guys who enjoy going out for the occasional run or hitting the road on a bike. But as far as I can tell, they’re part of a small minority — and I am not among them. I’d love to trash talk [...]

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Rub One Out: Foam Roller Massage for the Upper Back

January 28, 2011

The foam roller is an excellent tool for your recovery arsenal. You can pick one up for about twenty bucks, and it offers many of the same benefits as sports massage —performed right in the comfort of your own home. You don’t even have to nag your significant other to do it. You can get [...]

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Your Complete Beginner Bodyweight Circuit

January 25, 2011

You’ve probably heard the old travel cliche that says every journey begins with a single step. It’s true of course — how could it not be? But one crucial bit is always left out. No one ever tells you how utterly frightening those first steps can be. You’re setting out into the unknown, to a [...]

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Desk Jockey Exercises — Remedy For The Office Worker’s Hunch

January 22, 2011

You begin the day with the best of intentions. Your back is straight, your shoulders are pulled back, you feel light and energetic. And then you get a stressful phone call that sets you off… You know what comes next. You hunker down to write that report you’ve been putting off. And the next thing [...]

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