Posts by Smitty

• Knee-Friendly Training to Develop Your Quads

  Knee-Friendly Quad Training Check out this very simple quad blaster that is friendly for busted up old knees that need lots of care. While I’m still squatting and deadlifting, there are certain quad exercises that give my right knee problems because I don’t have full...

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• 20 Critical Life Lessons

  Here are some important life lessons that I’ve had to learn the hard way. As Ram Dass said, “we are all just walking each other home.” And if these life lessons help you in some way, then I am glad I wrote them down in...

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• Unlock Your Upper Back

  Author: Brian Oberther How to Unlock Your Upper Back Are you helping or hurting your mobility? Movement occurs through the path of least resistance. This means that most mobility exercises are an “expression” of what we can already do and not an effective way of...

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• How to Perform Chaos Shrugs

  How to Perform Chaos Shrugs Many lifters have a hard time getting a powerful trap contraction because they use too much weight. This causes poor form, poor shoulder position, and too short of a range of motion. The trick of adding bands to the movement,...

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• How to Build Muscle

  This is an important article that discusses the most important strength training factors that determine if a workout has an optimal muscle building effect. When developing a workout or program in order to build muscle, there are training parameters that can be modified in order...

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• Top 6 Push-up Variations

  Top 6 Best Push-up Variations for Beat Up Shoulders #1. Push-ups on Multi-Grip Bars I’ve spoken in the past about how strength training and building muscle is all about finding lines of tension where the goal is to optimally engage the target muscle groups to...

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