Ground Up Strength

BASIC Progression and Bulgarian Split Squats

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I am always bringing up, obsessively you might say, how there are many different ways to progress in strength training. And, in fact, how many different things we do and achieve represent progression that we don't even recognize.

Getting stronger is such a narrow concept for most people. That narrow scope opens the door for stagnation, faulty training, and injury. That is why I try to discuss getting BETTER with people rather than just getting stronger. When…

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Clean Style Deadlift versus Powerlifting Deadlift

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I'm going to make this quick.

There is no such distinction. There never was. I am sure that many powerlifters think that they have a style of deadlifting that should be called a "powerlifting style deadlift" but the deadlift is not a derivative of the clean and jerk and there is no style that distinguishes such.

People may display different styles of doing anything but it's usually one person who decides to place a style moniker on something…

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Ninety Second Rest Periods For Strength? Are You Kidding Me?

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Ok, you are at your favorite forum or you are talking to one of the trainers in the gym and you want to know about rest periods.
"How long should I rest between sets", you ask.
Here is the typical first response you will get from the forum:
"What's your stats?"
Now you'd get that response from the forum whether you asked about rest periods or whether most people prefer chocolate chip over macaroons. "What's your stats" is bro-lingo 101 so we have to…

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Its A War Not A Battle

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This post is related to some of the concepts discussed in Strength: Simple But Difficult
I really like a good analogy. And I consider myself pretty good with them. I've noticed that some people are masters of good analogies. And others…not so great.
The trick with an analogy is you have to argue with yourself. When you come up with an analogy to illustrate something you need to try to tear it down. Come up with situations where the analogy doesn't…

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Strength: Simple But Difficult?

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In my last post about strength training misconceptions I made a statement that needs to be expanded on, cleared up, qualified, etc. because you could read into it and maybe think I am saying something I'm not.

QUALIFIED.
That is a very important word. A reason I avoid using terse, oversimplified statements, which I refer to as aphorisms, is because for them to be useful they usually need to be qualified. That is, a set of conditions and explanation have…

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Misconceptions Abound: Strength, Fatloss, Skills, and Progression

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Part 1 of a 2 (or more) part post.
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This page is a blog page. That means that I am not going to provide a bunch of scholarly references at the end. I am not going to do a week of research to prepare. I might have done a little cross checking but these pages are meant to be informal reactions, opinions..me drawing on my experience, etc. And HOPEFULLY, to stimulate discussion of ANY kind.
That is my idea for this particular blog. Many others…

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