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5/3/1 Forever: Contents & Excerpt on Supplemental Lifts

Using a different supplemental exercise has it’s place but if you are weak as piss and can’t do basic stuff like 10 chin-ups, 20 perfect hanging leg raises, actually perform some kind of mile run without choking on your tongue or clipping your own feet, let’s save the bullshit for later.
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Mike Alstott - www.jimwendler.com - In Season Training of the Multi-Sport HS Athlete

In Season Training for the Multi-Sport HS Athlete

I'm going to be speaking at a clinic. The topic is "Training the Multi-Sport HS Athlete." Anyway, I have my own experiences obviously, but was wondering since you are training HS kids now, have you had any experiences with kids who are multi sport? Just wanted your input.

So this answer is going to be a little disjointed and done in a bullet-point fashion. So these aren't listed in priority, just how I thought of them.

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    Daddy Warbucks - jimwendler.com - blog

    It's Not in My Budget (or is Jesus the only one saving?)

    I've noticed a trend on my Facialbook page and in the emails I get regarding equipment, including shoes and belts, racks and bar; it's that nothing is in anyone's budget. Luckily I've found a great way around such things: saving your money. Its different, I know but bear with me. Sometimes things are too expensive for us to afford RIGHT now.
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    5/3/1 Forever: Simple And Effective Programming For Size, Speed And Strength - jimwendler.com

    5/3/1 Forever Excerpt: Recovery

    The following is a portion of the new book, 5/3/1 Forever.  The book is extensive and covers how to PROGRAM your training for long term results.  Besides the actual weight training, conditioning, jumps/throws, mobility, conditioning and recovery are discussed.  This has been years in the making with a lot of successes and a lot of failures.  The goal of the book is to give you the tools to help plan and periodize your training, whatever your goals may be.
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    Jim Wendler - Kill Your Boss Tattoo - JimWendler.com

    Doing it Right the First Time

    I just had a question regarding missing reps.  I've done about 5 cycles of 531 now and love it.  Some odd days I might mess my final set up by having a bad starting position or something small.  I usually end up repeating the final set again properly, not sure if this is wise. 

    In the future, if I miss the # of required reps should I:

    (a) punch a hole in the gym wall, rip my hair out and worry about it for the next 4 weeks 

    (b) suck it up and do it again 

    (c) forget about it and continue to assistance work 

    (d) kill myself

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    Athletes, Cleans and Baseball - jimwendler.com - articles

    Athletes, Cleans and Baseball

    Athletes are not made of glass and you aren’t either.  You can train your body in a full range of motion and train heavy (relative to your strength level).  If these things didn’t work then steroids wouldn’t have made such a difference in baseball.  The same people who whine about steroids are usually the first on the stability ball.  Doesn’t make any sense to me.
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    Delicious Chicken Recipe

    Delicious Chicken Recipe

    Really? * Fire up the grill. * Put chicken on grill. * Cook chicken. * Eat it. ------------------------------------------------------- New Flask now in the store   Free Training Articles - The Forum - Training Programs   

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    Gaining Weight for Athletes - jimwendler.com Blog

    Gaining Weight for the High School Athlete

    I struggled to gain weight in high school and have gone through many of the same challenges most of you skinny guys have or will go through. By the time I was a sophomore I had been lifting for about three years, was a three-sport athlete (football, basketball, run/throw in track) and never really had any breaks from running or an off-season to gain weight. I really needed a plan for adding pounds. As a busy student athlete it had to be simple, it had to be affordable and I wasn't going to count calories or macronutrients or weigh anything, because that's neither of the above- time has always been especially valuable to me.
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    You Can Out Train Your Diet - jimwendler.com Blog

    You CAN Out Train Your Diet

    It's not a popular sentiment to say this, but you can out train your diet. People have done it for thousands of years and people do it today. I have done it and I have seen hundreds of other people do it. It's just not popular to say that if you are selling a nutrition program, idea or fitness lifestyle.

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    Goal Setting - Hill Running - jimwendler.com blog

    One Goal, One Year

    I have become better at reaching goals and goal setting. We all like to think we have goals and have good intentions to reach them but the reality is that many of us get side tracked on the way. Very few times is one's reach too far. I think most of us are pretty honest with ourselves. There are not a lot of 40 year old men who REALLY think they are going to make the Olympic finals in the 100m dash. The problem in reaching them is that the ACTIONS are more about the end goal than about the process to achieve them.
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    Chalk, Music and Plates - Building Your Home Gym

    Chalk, Music and Plates - Building Your Home Gym

    Building Your Home Gym Your home gym always depends on what you want to do in your training and what your goals are. But for simplicity sake, let's just say you want to be strong and awesome. This is by far the easiest thing you can train for, and probably the cheapest. Here's what you'll need.
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    Darkthrone - jimwendler.com blog

    Darkthrone or Metallica: Which Training are You?

    I've been on a mission the last few years to get people back to the roots of training; to get back to when training was fun, simple, and most importantly, free of the fluff and crap that has polluted MY WORLD.  When training was about strength, about moving weight, and moving bodies. About being proud of an added rep or 5 more pounds. Where performance and kicking ass are more important than how you look. Where people eat to live, not live to eat. Where trucks are pushed and sleds are pulled. Where reps and weight are counted, calories are not. Where running isn't considered the Devil and you don't measure your workout by how much you threw up.


    With that in mind, here's a list of some simple rules that we follow:

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    You Are Being Lied To - Jim Wendler

    Saying of the Weak

    "You have to find what works for you."

    This is especially popular amongst the population that believes that squats, presses, rows, chins, and pulls DON'T work for them. This is because...
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