5 Tips If You're Struggling with Your Training
Are you struggling with your training? Here are a few ideas and suggestions that may help guide you forward.
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Krypteia - 2 Days/Week
You can be as creative or as boring as you want/need to be. The key is awesome bar speed on the main lift and total control/build muscle on the assistance lift.
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Weight Vest Training (Revisiting the WALRUS)
It’s called WALRUS Training because it is the fat, gross cousin to the Navy Seals. I also refer to it as being a Suburban Commando. No lawn too big to mow!
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Infrequent Squats and Perfect Programming
In training, like life, nothing is free. You always have to pay a price
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7 Exercises To Help Your Press
I love doing dips, although I'm 100% convinced they didn't help my bench press. I do think they helped my press, though.
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Hail Victory! London Red Raiders Post Season Honors
I watched "average" teenage boys become headhunters; boys that are taking their first steps into becoming Men of Action. In a few years, I hope they can take the lessons of aggression, leadership and action and put them to good use for themselves, their family/friends and where ever their lives take them.
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5/3/1 and Muay Thai
Let's start with whether or not the Krypteia program is suitable for someone who is also doing Muay Thai 3x's a week.
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Running, Lifting and Becoming a Marine Officer
The thing you need to remember with your training is this: you are training to be a Marine Officer. You are not training to become a Powerlifting Marine Officer or a Bodybuilder Marine Officer.
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5/3/1 Bench Press Questions
Question:
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You have listed 5x5/3/1 as the go to template to use for bench on the hardgainers template. Also I have noticed it pop up on other programs sort of the way widowmakers go with squats and BBS goes with the press. My question is have your thoughts now changed regarding the use of 5x5/3/1 as the go to for bench?
Can't Do Dips?
However, don't get too wrapped up in doing dips just to do dips - meaning there are a ton of great movements out there you can use for assistance work and still be awesome.
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Boring But Big: Beefcake Training
Boring But Big is the top monkey for two reasons. First, it is simple to follow and truly lives up to its name: boring. Second, it does a good job of putting on strength and size.
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Getting Surgery?
My response to a question regarding recovery:
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I don't know how your surgery/back problems relate to mine but I'm going to assume that they are somewhat similar. I had trouble training, walking, sitting, sleeping... living. I had severe nerve impingement, sciatic pain and massive leg pain on both sides all the way down to the foot. However, it did give me a good excuse to fly first class...I just told me wife I needed more room. More room for free alcohol.
Making the Hard (Exercise) Choices
I serve our country abroad, and am getting ready to go back overseas. We have a yoke rack, Texas/BC powerlifting bar, and lots of plates/accessories. The weight adds up, and we are dangerously close to our maximum allowance, the exceeding of which would be no bueno for our bank account....what do you recommend?
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