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To all powerlifters: What do YOU think is the best way to standardize squat depth for ALL federations?

Wilcox Jack – jeff, if we can figure that out, it should be bottled and given to MLB homeplate umpires! Abraham Harrod – should be pretty easy using a camera at knee level and some software developed by a high schooler… Tim Durrett – just break parallel I’m tired of seeing 1/2 squats getting passed [...]

Jeff Green’s Article in the Hammer Strength Newsletter!

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Workout of the Month: Internal Contrast Method

Internal Contrast method (example) Bench press 2 reps at 85-95% 3 explosive reps at 60% X number of slow reps to failure with 60% 3 explosive reps at 30% X number of slow reps to failure with 30% slow static hold 2 inches off chest for 3 minutes! Jeff Green MS,CSCS,USAW,USATF,CES,PES,NSCA-CPT Exercise Physiologist Owner-ICON Performance [...]

Old York Barbell Singles Routine

Singles Regimen Pick one lift and train it daily Use only 70% Monday-3×1 Tuesday-5×1 Wednesday-7×1 Thursday-9×1 Friday-11×1 Saturday-13×1 Sunday-15×1 On Monday next week, add 5-10 lbs Once a month-re max

Conquest of the 20 Rep Squat

This is a reprint by Silver. He said it so well in this post, that it needs to stand pat. So READ AND PAY HEED… Conquest of the 20 Rep Breathing Squat by Silver I believe many have dumped the use 20 rep squat to early on in their training because of refusing to play [...]

Top 30 Toughest Workout Protocols – #2 EDI Training

Now, this series is in no particular order. Just a list of the hardest protocols dreamed by obsessed mad crazy people on a quest for muscular growth beyond imagination and are willing to train to untold levels of intensity and pain to achieve it….God Bless ‘Em. The next on the list is the EDI Training [...]

Top 30 Toughest Workout Protocols – #1 The Rest-Pause System

The Rest-Pause System has been around for quite a long time and lots of strength training enthusiasts looking for mounds of new muscle has used this system extremely effectively. Sergio Oliva was a big proponent of this system as well as internet trainers like DoggCrapp training and the monster Trevor Smith. It is a low [...]

Iso-Extremes: Try Iso-Push to Reach New Levels in Your Bench Press

A recent study comparing the level of muscle activation during isometric, concentric, and eccentric muscle actions found that a person can recruit over 5% more motor-units/muscle fibers during a maximal isometric muscle action than during either a maximal eccentric (lowering) or maximal concentric (lifting) action; that’s 95.2% for isometric compared to 88.3% for the eccentric [...]

Core Function Test: The TVA Activation Test

What the heck is the TVA muscle and why the heck should I care? The TVA (Transverse Abdominus) is the body’s internal weight belt. It keeps the stomach wall flat, draws the belly button in toward the spine and is one of the core’s strongest stabilizers. Believe me, if you had a 1000 lbs on [...]

Simple Test for Athlete’s Fiber Make Up

The 80% Rep Test After a simple, yet effective warm up use 80% 1 RM to test the strengths / weaknesses in the athlete’s fiber make up by executing a rep max with the assigned weight. The results are as follows and provide a lot of insight in your program design considerations. Number of Reps [...]

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