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Stretching type and muscle contraction strengthYutetsu et al of the University of East Asia, Yamaguchi Japan looked at the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitated  (PNF) stretching and static stretching on maximal voluntary contraction (MVC).  The research involved 13 males...

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So it's still January your still going to the gym and your still sticking to your resolutions as best you can but the little specter of doubt has started to rear his ugly little...

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Athlete's beside the stoning platform Stuart Murray, Organiser WSM competitor and Forearm AdonisWhere - Burns Gyms, Dunfies, ScotlandWhen - 12th January 2013Who - 22 Scottish Athletes from the length and breadth of the country,...

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So we are approaching the end of the first full week of 2013 and by now the majority of you will be well into the swing of your new years resolutions.  It is with...

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Tip 1 - Food is your friendEveryone has been told at one stage in their gym life that they need to consume more calories to grow and get bigger, your aware of it... then...

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Of the three lifts that make up the sport of weightlifting (Snatch, Clean and Jerk) the clean and power clean are ubiquitous in both general gym training and sports training.  As such they are...

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In a couple of previous programming related posts I wrote about Ed Coan's training and from which I wrote a 10 week programme for training.  I had tremendous success using this 5 week block...

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Dear Sir/Madam,I am writing to convey some thoughts on your goals that I feel you may find of some use, coming from a person who has been engaged with physical training for over 15 years and...

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Mistake number one - not taking advice form experienced lifters.I will freely admit I am more than a little egotistical and pig headed I am yet to meet a lifter of ability who didn't...

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 Squat Depth and Relative Muscular EffortMegan Bryanton et al from the University of Alberta, Canada looked at the effects of squat depth (determined by angle of knee flexion) on the relative muscular effort of...

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I was talking to one of the younger athletes I coach a couple of weeks ago about a flatmate he had previously told me was going to come and seek me out for some...

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"Assistance" work can include a huge variety of exercises that are often included in programmes sometimes for great reasons and other times just because I seen this guy doing it.  Assistance can be an...

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My bodyweight has fluctuated wildly over the last 6 years during that time I have been as low as 88kg (193lb) and as high as 114kg (250lbs) and almost everywhere in-between.  During my time I...

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A story published yesterday on the BBC newsbeat website (their children's news show) seem to want to raise the agenda that extra protein intake was somehow dangerous.  This story is a classic example of...

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obsession n1. (Psychiatry) Psychiatry a persistent idea or impulse that continually forces its way into consciousness, often associated with anxiety and mental illness2. a persistent preoccupation, idea, or feeling3. the act of obsessing or the state of being obsessed -...

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