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The End of Traditional Marathon Training - Part I

Submitted by performancegaines on Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:04pm.

  Today, many people look to more active lifestyle goals in order to feel a sense of accomplishment.  It is this desire to be active and the need to feel "engaged" which causes most to look towards competitive activities to drive them to begin ... Read more »

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Combine Principles for Fast Results

Submitted by jmeacham on Wed Dec 9, 2009 6:30pm.

There are an ton of great resistance training methods, principles and theories.  Each one is used at various times in your workout or program.  By identifying your favorite training principles, you can begin to combine them within your workout t... Read more »

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Breakthrough Plateaus with Continuous Tension

Submitted by jmeacham on Wed Dec 2, 2009 9:37am.

Anyone who has been working out for a significant and steady time period knows that inevitably you will encounter a results "plateau".  All we mean by this is that progress toward whatever goal you are training to achieve seemingly stops.  There... Read more »

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Build Muscle & Burn Calories - Quality Training Principle

Submitted by jmeacham on Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:51pm.

The Quality Training Principle is one often used by people engaged in competitive sport and competition.  It is also used by people wanting to improve their physique and take their fitness level up a notch.  In a nutshell, the Quality Training P... Read more »

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Gain Muscle Strength & Size with Rest-Pause

Submitted by jmeacham on Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:05pm.

Rest-pause is a training principle that is often overlooked.  It is also one of the few training principles that can be applied to any exercise.  Traditionally rest-pause is used while performing resistance training exercises and so we will di... Read more »

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GPO - The Key to Fitness Results

Submitted by jmeacham on Sat Nov 14, 2009 4:39pm.

Trainers call it "GPO", physiologists know it as "Gradual Progressive Overload" and personal training clients know it as the key to their results.  This principle is one that embodies just about every aspect of exercising and eating for a specifi... Read more »

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