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How Many Times A Week Should You Train Deadlifts And Squats?

December 27, 2018
Brandon
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Are you looking to significantly improve your deadlifts and squats?
How frequently are you practicing your deadlifts and squats?
Are you wondering if it’s possible to practice deadlifts and squats multiple days a week?
How many days a week can you practice your deadlifts and squats without overtraining?

The short answer here is that it’s possible for you to perform deadlifts and squats up to 4 to 6 days a week. As a concrete real world example the world’s strongest man and legendary strongman performer Paul Anderson has been documented squatting up to 5 days a week.

Granted he was the world’s strongest man and had progressed his training to that point while certainly figuring out what worked with his life schedule and his body in order to take on this type of volume.

Now even though Paul Anderson was the world’s strongest man and could squat up to 5 days a week this doesn’t mean that you wouldn’t be capable of such frequency yourself. It really just depends on your own personal goals and how much time and energy you’re willing and capable of devoting to the cause.

What Training Protocols Will Improve Fight Performance?

December 20, 2018
Brandon
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Are you satisfied with the direction of your fight skills and martial arts training?
Do you feel that you’re lacking an element in your martial arts training?
Are you interested in giving your fight fitness a serious upgrade?
Are you interested in developing a more serious level of conditioning and athleticism for your fight performance?

When it comes to your fight performance there is no substitute for speed and reaction time. Like anything else the more you practice to get better at something the better you will get at doing it. In my experience if you’re talking about fight training then this is the case more than just about anything else. Today I want to talk about some training protocols you can put into place to enhance your speed and reaction time and to make you a more athletic fighter.

5 Ways To Develop Power While Getting Lean

December 18, 2018
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The original publishing date of today’s article was back on September 10, 2015.

I wanted to pull this one from the archives. I did this to help you understand how to go about building muscular power while also developing lean muscle. If you haven’t applied the following steps to your own training then you need to make some adjustments.

Read and apply.

One great truth about strength is that it has different faces. I mean who’s stronger…Is it the guy that can squat 700 lbs., or is it the guy that has a 40 inch vertical? Obviously these are both great examples of strength, but the point is that BOTH are very different. Being different is what makes these types of strength so special. Aside from being different both do demonstrate an impressive level of power.

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!

Relative Strength: Why Fighters Are Much Stronger Than They Look

December 10, 2018
Brandon
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Are you curious as to why athletes such as fighters are so strong, but aren’t built anything like Mr. Olympia?
Did you know that your training is specific to the type of muscle that you’re trying to develop?
Did you know that certain athletes such as fighters are capable of several feats of strength consisting of both lifting heavy weight and impressive calisthenics?
Are you interested in building strength and muscular function like that of a fight athlete?

Relative strength is a hell of a thing. One thing I learned a long time ago from training Muay Thai in a fight gym is that the muscular 250 lb. guy rarely concerns me as much as the 160 lb. slender guy. So why is this? The reason is because fight athletes train in such a way that they have to develop a lot of strength relative to their size due to their sport.