Periodisation as a term in the sports science world has received a considerable amount of attention from research to books. It has been established by consensus that a periodised approach is better than...

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I've been having a bit of a change of heart recently regarding some of the programming that I usually follow.  I would normally advocate a pretty open ended approach that allowed a lifter to...

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In a previous post there was a 3 hour discussion by powerlifting G.O.A.T. candidate Ed Coan on his training routine and his approach to training.  A helpful poster on bodybuilding.com took some time to...

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Russian 105er and bookies favuorite was looking likly to not even make the platform following a herniated disc.  However in a recent interview he talks of his intentions to not withdraw from the competition.Russia's...

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Born in Bulgaria of Turkish descent, he was nicknamed "The Pocket Hercules" due to his small stature of 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in). He is the second of only seven lifters to clean and jerk three times their bodyweight. Suleimanov set...

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 These pictures where posted up on facebook the originals can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/NorthSportOlympicWeightlifting

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The really quite excellent tutorial series has been posted up on youtube if you haven't had the chance to watch them and are interested in learning the lifts they are definitely worth...

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The Russian Squat routine is a fairly well known and popular 6 week peaking phase for squats, however it shares some problems with programmes like smolov it's pretty hard to train other heavy lifts...

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The deadlift has a lot of fan fare and for good reason it is one of the best all body mass builders and it's fun to pull heavy weights from the floor.  It also...

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I like to advocate a view on training, nutrition and recovery that emphasis the importance of the big percentile efforts and doesn't sweat the small stuff.  When it comes to a question of should...

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I get to see a lot of different programmes throughout my week written by multiple people of various experience bases and I find myself more often than not scratching my head.  It's a favorite topic of mine on...

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Friday 15/6/2012IPF Classic -93kg Class10:00amGot to the venue and weighted myself in on the scales came in at 93.2 which was a massive relief since I hadn't had access to scales for 2 days...

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Monday 28/5/2012Bw - 96.5Bench Press (paused)60kg x 5100kg x 3140kg x 1160kg x 1175kg x 1180kg x 1 (slow)140kg x 8170kg x 2145kg x bailedHigh Incline Bench Press60kg x 590kg x 2 (stopped shoulder...

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Original Video can be viewed here - https://ria.ru/press_video/20120418/629300425.htmlThe original Post was put up on the Sugden barbell forum by member kirkynick an author and strength sports enthusiast who is has been living in Russia for the past 6...

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Here are some of the audiobooks and podcasts that have been keeping me entertained to and from work the last month or so.Dr. Kiki's science hour is a regular haunt for my ears, as...

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Spotting doesn't really receive much attention when it comes to writing about training and training practices yet ask any lifter who has been at it for a while and they will tell you that...

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Ingredients300g chicken400g cherry tomatoes100g mozzarellaHot Sauce4 large flat mushrooms.InstructionsHollow out the mushrooms - cut off stock and use a spoon to scoop out the insidesPre cook the chicken.  I cut into small cubes and grilled...

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