Ingredients1kg Chicken Breast3 Peppers100g MozzarellaFijita Spice MixBarbacue SauceOlive OilPepperHerbs du provinceInstructionsChop Chicken into large bitsize piecesChop peppers into stripsPlace Chicken in BowlMix through - 5-6 tbl spoons olive oil, Fijita spice mix, Pepper, Salt...

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Have you ever wondered why when someone performs a rep of something it never really quite looks the same even when they are highly skilled at the exercise.  If you watch a world class...

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A touching tail of how a mongoloid with a fixation for lifting heavy used a sets x reps scheme he hated to fix his squat. Preface. I suffered an acute injury in my groin...

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Another month and another look through the Journal of strength and conditioning....Change of Direction, Jump Performance and Casual relationships.Castillo-Redriguez et al of the University of Malaga, Spain looked at the relationship between counter movement...

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Eric Spoto hitting 292.5 kg x 4 unequippedSin City Iron hitting up 225 kg for 9 reps on the close grip benchAn oldie but a goodie from the shirtless sheriff James Henderson.Ted Arcidi benching...

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In the last two installments I broke down the thinking behind 5/3/1 as a programme and talked about the things I liked and didn't like about it as a programme, over the next three...

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In the last instalment of this article series we looked at just what 5/3/1 was and we went over some of it's merit's.  In this article we will looks at some of the thing's that I...

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Every one starts somewhere is something you really do need to keep reminding yourself when you spend your days in a lifting environment where a 140kg bench press is considered pretty weak.  So as...

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Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 ebook and programme is one of those systems/programmes that has achieved a critical mass on strength forums and bodybuilding websites in general.  It has received a lot of attention for a...

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Jim Halliday who won a bronze medal in the weightlifting lightweight division at the 1948 games in London. What makes a bronze medal won 60 years ago in an event where British success is rare?...

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Were into the second month of the year already, my how time fly's when your getting swole.Insulin Sensitivity after Maximal Strength and Endurance Resistance Training.If you only haven't just connected to the internet some...

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Ah the single leg bridge challenging for the biggest, strongest muscle in your body with a percentage of your own body weight!  When will those silly strength coaches learn that using exercises designed to...

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This topic receives more attention then a bent over Anna Kournikova it's a huge topic and one that get's completely muddled in translation.  In a previous blog post I addressed why getting the skill...

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Another month and another gloriously bound copy of the Journal of Strength and conditioning await perusal.  So with out further ado let's pick out the best bits.Weightlifting Shoes and Trunk Lean.Kimitake Sato et al...

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Recently I have decided to drop down a bit of body fat for the purposes of motivation and giving myself a record of what I have achieved I took some progress pics, this reminded...

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The current unequipped all time world record holder (715lbs/324.3kg) and former all time equipped bench record holder (1030lbs/468kg) made a thread on the bodybuilding.com misc forum where he posted up a spoon picture confirming his...

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Friday 16/12/20113.45am start so I could get my 5am bus to london. After 10 hours I got a 3 hour bus to Bournemouth. Checked in at my hotel, had a shower...

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Over the course of this article (and possibly over the course of a regular installment) I will be looking at the current Issue of the JSCR (Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research) and choosing...

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