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Should I Push or Pull for Deadlifts?
03 Jun 2011 16:26
I see this all the time. Should I just call this blog the "false dichotomy" blog? However, if there is one thing I hate more than people always preaching one of two extremes in strength training it's people teaching the deadlift that don't know what they are doing.
Verbal cues become mental cues. Mental cues slowly morph into mental imagery. Mental imagery becomes a visual mental schema of the lift. What am I saying in plain language here? I am saying that the words people use will eventually affect the way you "look" at an exercise with your mind's eye. It will 'become' that word. If I say "wet" to you then you visualize water. You don't think about the concept of "wetness" in some abstract way. Well, the same thing goes for most everything, whether you wish it or not….
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What Is Force?
27 Jan 2012 22:05
Training for maximal strength is essentially training to exert maximum muscular force. So what is force? The easiest way to think of a force is as a simple push or pull. When you push or pull on a barbell or other implement you are exerting a force. The pull of the Earth's gravity on an object is a force. Friction is a force. To be more precise, then, a force is something that causes or tends to cause a change in the motion or the shape of an object….
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Spotting Bad Fitness Articles: A Study Said This
10 Jan 2012 16:22
Raise your hand if you have recently read a news or magazine article, on the web or elsewhere, explaining the results of one study and making concrete conclusions based on that one study. Yep, all of you. I figured as much.
A study in Australia revealed that young women fight off colds better than young men. Case closed. Not. First of all, "a study in Australia" is not an appropriate reference. No reference, no credibility. Second of all, there is no way that ONE study could possible "reveal" conclusively that young women have colds that go away quicker than young men….
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20 Home Remedies for Treating Minor Burns: Not!
04 Dec 2011 21:14
Instead of listing out twenty tips in an obviously deceitful display of "yeah right you gullible fool," all I really need to say is this: Pick twenty random things from around your house that can be smeared on a burn, poured on a burn, etc. And you have your twenty home remedy tips.
Soy sauce. Mustard. Vinegar. Hey, take some chewing tobacco, chew it up real good, and spit it on your burns. I swear, it works wonders. My grandmother used to swear on it for bee stings, too. The point is it doesn't matter what I say, there is someone who will believe it….
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Propofol: The Real Story
17 Nov 2011 14:10
Most people probably first heard of propofol when reports of Michael Jackson’s untimely death broke. As the shocking circumstances were unraveled and revealed, an unusual drug was reported to be responsible. Propofol became a household word, well, almost, anyway. But, for those who work in healthcare and especially, anesthesiologists, use of this drug really is an everyday occurrence. In fact, most anesthesiologists will probably use this medication in one manner or another on almost every patient….
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How Muscles Are Named
09 Nov 2011 17:18
The various scientific names of the body's 600 to 650 or so muscles,1 at first, appear to be a bewildering hodgepodge of Greek and Latin. You may think that anatomists were just picking mysterious words out of an ancient hat in order to confuse you. That is not true at all, however. Although in some cases the methods used to name muscles are not very effective, the names of muscles are based on a naming system and, believe it or not, there is order and logic in how the muscles are identified. The more you are exposed to the study of skeletal muscles, the more you will begin to recognize the underlying structure. Often, knowing the meaning of the words will help you understand what muscle is being referred to just by its name. Sometimes, though, even knowing the meanings of the words will not help and all you can do is memorize them….
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Gripping the Bar for Deadlifts: Correct Grip, Supporting Strength, and Calluses
28 Oct 2011 14:57
This post is meant to discuss three basic propositions about training the deadlift. The first concerns a statement that we frequently read or hear concerning the development of supporting grip strength for deadlifts: Deadlifting is all you need to train your grip for deadlifts. I'm going to explain to you why this false assumption is made and how it is not true for everyone. The second has to do with the correct way to grip the bar. I am not sure that many people even know there is a correct method to grip the bar that results in a more secure grip and more protection against ripping the skin, and ripping off calluses. The third concerns calluses themselves. So here goes….
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Extensor Digitorum Muscle: Location, Actions, and Trigger Points
15 Oct 2011 00:21
The extensor digitorum1 muscle gets its name from the Greek and Latin ex which means "out of", and the Latin tendere, which means "to stretch". So an extensor is a muscle that stretches out or straightens out a joint. The word digitorum is from Latin, indicating the digits or fingers. Communis is Latin for "common" and it refers to a muscle which has several branches or structures.Bibliography item doyle not found.…
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Sugar Glossary: A Quick Reference to Simple Sugars
30 Sep 2011 22:50
The following is a simple guide to the many different kinds of simple sugars found in prepared and processed foods. All of these sugars contain about the same carbohydrates and deliver the same amount of calories, and so are essentially equivalent, to white table sugar. To begin, the basic monosaccharides and dissaccharides important in nutrition are briefly discussed….
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Misconceptions About Food Nutrients, Toxic Plant Compounds, and Nutrition Information Versus Alternative Medicine
06 Jul 2011 03:20
In my post Homeopathy Is Not a Drug and Other Babbles I had quite a rant, albeit a very informative one, about some idiotic things a NaturalHealth.com article said about homeopathy and about homeopathy quackery in general. If you read that you will be more in flow with what is to follow. Cuz I'm not done!
Much of that post concerned chemicals. The food faddist or the homeopathic zealot, when he hears the word chemical, cries "POISON!" Yet, chemicals are what our food is made of and the term toxic chemical, taken by itself is meaningless….
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The Difference Between Sea Salt and Ordinary Table Salt: Is Sea Salt Really Healthier?
05 Jul 2011 19:54
Sea salt is often touted as a more healthful alternative to ordinary table salt. Many food products are now proclaiming the use of sea salt on their labels and health food stores have long promoted it's healthful benefits. Although some of today's food advertising concerning sea salt is in regards to it's giving a better flavor to the food products there is no doubt an additional incentive to take advantage of the public's perception of sea salt as more nutritious and health giving….
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Splenius Capitus and Cervicis Muscles: Location, Actions, and Trigger Points
04 Jul 2011 21:16
The splenius muscles are broad and thin, getting their name from the Greek word splenium, meaning bandage. Capitus comes from the Latin word for head, caput which refers to the origin of the splenius capitus on the mastoid process and adjacent occipital bone of the skull, underneath the sternocleidomastoid. Cervicus derives from the Latin word cervix which pertains to the neck, referring to the splenius cervicus having its origin on the cervical spine. Bibliography item arnold not found.,Bibliography item simons not found.…
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Lifting and Carrying Stuff: It's Not Just About Your Legs and Arms
26 Jun 2011 04:12
Bench press, bench press, bench press. I'm amazed at how many bench press warriors I come across. No, I'm not talking about the guys who just love to bench press and like to see those numbers go up, but they try to keep their training balanced. I'm talking about people who only train upper body and actually consider bench press (and curls) to be a good measure of "strength"….
Comments: 6
It's All About Time: Ideas for Manipulating Rest Periods in Strength Training for Force Potential (not Bodybuilding)
20 May 2011 22:17
Most people know two things about interset rest periods for strength training: you can rest shorter or you can rest longer. If you rest shorter you are training for endurance and if you rest longer you are training for strength.
That is a fairly simplistic way of viewing it and yet that is just about the level of sophistication that most trainees bring to thinking about rest periods. But wait! It makes sense on some level. To keep things simple, for our purposes we can define strength and endurance in the following way:…
Comments: 2
Inventing the Couch Potato: An Exercise Myth That Needs to Go Away
11 May 2011 16:32
I've talked about the athlete fallacy many times. This fallacy is related to exercise guilt and the feeling that if you are not "going all the way" you are doing something wrong, wasting your time, may as well not bother, etc. and so on.
Also related to this idea, intrinsic to it really, is the idea that you must regularly go to the gym and engage in an exercise program or training plan in order to derive any health benefits from exercise. So, in other words, it takes a few weeks to a month to see any true benefit because that benefit is always from the cumulative results of regular exercise….
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Metabolically-Healthy Obesity
11 May 2011 14:44
This is a each part of a 5-part series delving into the fascinating and seemingly paradoxical research on people who despite being obese, remain metabolically-healthy.
Is Metabolically Healthy Obesity an Oxymoron?
To date, countless epidemiological studies have shown that as you move from a normal weight (BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) towards overweight (BMI = 25-29.9kg/m2) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) the risk of many diseases increases exponentially.
Does this imply that every individual carrying excess weight is guaranteed to develop diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, or some other disease?…
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The Almighty EWAG and Some Big Old Belly Fat: How Strength Training Justifies Being Overweight
30 Apr 2011 23:19
I was just reading a review of Mark Young's new "How to Read Fitness Research" product. A few questions occurred to me. One, what in the heck is fitness research? There are so many different types of studies and different types of subjects, all of which could fall under the "fitness" umbrella. Many of these have their own specific pitfalls and unique challenges. A person would need to have a more thorough background in the sub-disciplines before simply "learning how to read a study"….
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