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Programming

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weightlifting

Transitional Phases for Weightlifting

How should you train right after a meet? Max Aita discusses the value of Transitional Phases and how to implement them…

powerlifting

Undulating Periodization Strategies

Chad Wesley Smith elucidates the undulating periodization strategies he uses to help athletes better manage fatigue to…

powerlifting

The Best Program for You

What’s the best program for you? I am always perplexed by this idea that programming is some sort of magic trick. This…

powerlifting

Maximize Your Online Training Experience

This may come as a shock to everyone, but yes, I am old. When I started training, we read books, had subscriptions to…

powerlifting

Creating A Strength Block

How do you organize your training? In a traditional periodization model, we will divide training into 3 focused blocks…

Training

Overtraining or Undertraining? Plan From a New Perspective

Over the course of my weightlifting career, I have heard just about everything imaginable when it comes to designing…

Sports Training

Get Stronger and Faster with the French Contrast Method

My purpose of divulging the use of the French Contrast Method (FCM) is to improve rate of force development (RFD)…

powerlifting

Periodization for Powerlifting – The Definitive Guide

WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND PERIODIZATION. We talk about periodization, and various aspects of…

powerlifting

There Is Only One Type Of Periodization – Part 1

We have a problem when we talk about programming and periodization. We talk about periodization, and various aspects of…

powerlifting

JuggerCube

One Thousand and Sixteen Days, 1016 days…That’s how long between my last 2 squat PRs. 1016 days filled with injuries…

Fitness

5 Questions with Coach Jacob Tsypkin

Jacob Tsypkin is the head coach and owner of CrossFit Monterey. Has assisted in the development of numerous Regional…

Fitness

Pain Doesn’t Equal Productivity

By Christina Sloyer One of the biggest CrossFit lessons I’ve learned over the last year is that the “no pain, no gain”…