by Alfred Page | May 20, 2009 | Articles, highlighted
Blob50 and York Legacy Blobs. A Blockweight or ‘Blob’ as it is commonly known, is a single cut head from a dumbbell. A Blob can come in any size, weight or shape depending on which style of dumbbell it has been cut from. The most common are...
by Scott Bird | May 18, 2009 | Articles, highlighted
Disused Equipment.I received an email this morning from someone looking to upgrade a few items from their home gym, and wondering what to do with the old equipment. The short answer – give it away. How? Glad you asked. Running Shoes : if you enjoy an occasional...
by Derek Peruo | May 11, 2009 | Articles, highlighted
Foam Roller work. As strength athletes, we spend much of our training time lifting and moving very heavy weight. These loads place tremendous strain on the body and can lead to tension and improper muscular alignment when performed without proper recovery. I’m...
by Methuselah (Pay Now, Live Later) | May 4, 2009 | Diet and Nutrition, highlighted
More like this. I won’t go into detail on what the Paleo diet is, since that’s covered elsewhere. This article is about how to transition to it rather than what it is. However, it is worth briefly pointing out that there are a number of variants that...
by 'Napalm' Jedd Johnson (Diesel Crew) | Apr 27, 2009 | Articles, highlighted
Rugby Tackle.As we learned in Part I of Hammering Strength into the Wrists, wrist strength is very important in sports. With strong wrists, the athlete is more capable of controlling and exerting force with the sporting implement. Also, the athlete with strong,...
by Justin Andrushko | Apr 16, 2009 | Articles, highlighted
Band Suspended Weight.You may have heard of the “Crazy Bell” bench press exercise made popular by Louie Simmons of Westside-Barbell with the use of a bamboo bar. Instead of having the weight slide onto the barbell like a typical bench press exercise, the...
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