Posts by Smitty

• High Tension Back Workouts to Build More Muscle

  In my last high intensity article on how to build a bigger back, I talked exclusively about ladders and how they can be very effective for higher volume sets.  I also talked about how the progressive rest periods are great for keeping your form tight...

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• Make Your Hips Feel Amazing and Lift More Weight

  Before performing assessments on any new athlete, I would probably be right on the money if I said that they lack mobility at the hips and their hip adducors are tight and weak.  This is common in most everyone, regardless of age. We attack this...

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• How to Clean and Catch Low Every Time

  The “power clean” is a staple of modern athletic strength training programs. Unfortunately the ugly ass power clean ends up in most of those programs too. A better way to power clean is needed to make huge gains in this lift. Just pulling on the...

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• The Simplest Weightlifting Program…Ever

  Editor’s Note: We’re really excited to announce that Wil has been brought on as our Director of Weightlifting for CPPSCoaches.com and will be running the first ever CWPS Certification in Bloomington, IL on August 3-4, 2013. —————————————— People like the bare minimum. Instinctively we want...

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• Minimalist Hamstring Training

  Quick Overview 1. You don’t need a ton of equipment to get the job done 2. A superset of a heavy strength training exercise followed immediately by a high rep accessory exercise is a great way to create an optimal muscle building environment and make...

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• High Volume Push-up Ladders

  Quick Overview – Ladders are a simple way to program your workouts and are great for metabolic or bodyweight finishers – Each progressive set in a ladder can be jumped any number of repetitions – Ladders allow you to focus on good quality repetitions because...

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