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How To Calculate Your Absolute Work Volume For Strength

February 14, 2019
Brandon
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How do you know what intensity to lift in order to get stronger?
Do you keep track of your total lifting poundage on a weekly basis?
How do you know how much total work volume you’re putting in for your strength training?
How do you calculate true strength gains?

If you’re looking to keep a measure on making some real gains in strength then you MUST understand how to measure it. To do this you need to understand how to calculate your absolute work volume.

What Is A Simple Beginner Training Program?

February 7, 2019
Brandon
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Are you a beginner when it comes to physical fitness and training?
Do you have an interest in a solid plan to improve your fitness and physical development?
Are you lost on where to begin when it comes to building strength from head to toe?

As a beginner when it comes building strength you need to focus on building up your foundational strength while emphasizing good technique before worrying about anything else. Otherwise you’ll just be attempting to put the cart before the horse. Remember that there is an order to operations to making progress my friend. This is why I believe you’ll appreciate today’s article.

4 Ways To Keep Crushing Strength Gains Beyond Your 30’s

January 1, 2019
Brandon
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Happy New Year!

Since this is the first day of the new year I figured I would share one more article from 2018 today when I went into the archives. The original publishing date of today’s article was back on July 3, 2018.

Whether you like it or not today is the day that many people start setting New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you do that or not I figured that today’s article may help to guide you. I figured this would be the case even if you decided it’s time for you to “tweak” your training looking at the new year. Read and apply!

Are you continuing to win your war on strength beyond your 30’s?
Do you currently try to lift and train the same now as you did in your 20’s?
Are you battling with ailments and injury more often?
Are you still trying to blast out record PR’s every 6 to 8 weeks in your 30’s?

If you’re looking to keep crushing your strength gains for the long haul then you’ve got to change up your strength and conditioning approach as you ease into your 30’s, 40’s, and beyond. Sure you can still blast some new PR’s and blow up the heavy weight, but I would strongly recommend going about doing it intelligently and with an eye for experience.

Rugged Strength Training: The Untold Benefits Of Outdoor Training

December 11, 2018
Brandon
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The original publishing date of this outdoor training article was back on June 9, 2016.

This article is one that I thought you might need to read especially if you’re interested in changing your training environment by doing some outdoor training. If you’ve been considering such a change in your program then you will want to take the time to read this article. Here you can better understand what you might be dealing with involving the change.

Perception may be the “reality” to you. If you fail to pause and look beneath the surface to seek out what is really going on then your perception will be your reality. This is true whether for good, or for bad. If you believe the only way to get in a full day’s work in your training is by having access to a fully stocked weight room then I’m here to tell you that your perception is NOT the reality. If you want to learn about the benefits of outdoor training then keep on reading my young Jedi!

Focus On Training Movement Instead Of Muscle

November 29, 2018
Brandon
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Which muscle group should you train more of?
Is the focus of your training targeting the improvement of your functional movement?
Are you programming your training for smarter gains?
Is your training making you more injury prone, or more resistant to injury?

Most importantly your focus should shift from worrying about training muscle groups to training movement patterns. Because I’ve been in the fitness business for over 17 years I can tell you most people develop movement dysfunction due to a number of reasons. The cause of these are typically due to poor movement, improper lifting technique, and bad exercise selection.