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BASIC Progression and Bulgarian Split Squats

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.

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Misconceptions Abound: Strength, Fatloss, Skills, and Progression

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.

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Knowing Too Much

Yesterday, my cousin asked me what he should do to gain weight.

It’s a simple question but it stumped me.

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What is Training People?

I was perusing "fitness" blogs today and the funniest thing happened. I saw a blog post in which the post itself didn't interest me. It was more of the same old same old simplistic reaction to a complex "human" problem. What got me wanting to blog about the page, on this, my first post on my blog here, was the TITLE.

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The House of Cards

Very recently I came across someone, and more importantly their training, and it warrants some blog attention.

This whole mess stems from single's training, which I dare say I know a thing or two about, and volume. The gist of the discussion is that if you perform more than one, or two, singles you are headed down the road to over-training. This person went from one extreme end, over-training, to the other, barely getting a training effect, and after posting a few comments and opinions I realized it was over before it began.

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Ignorance As A Form Of Progession- Revisited

Not so long ago an acquaintance asked me if I would take a look at his routine. He knew I was a regular gym goer and lifted some decent weights so he thought he'd get my opinion.

Being the nice guy that I am I critiqued his routine and offered to look at his form as well. I gave him an explanation and an alternative for everything so he had some flexibility with concrete reasons backing everything.

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Overtraining...

Overtraining as a term is used differently by different physiologists. I think it is important to understand, however, that ‘overtraining’ and ‘overtraining syndrome’ are not the same thing. Overtraining is what you do..the stimulus. Overtraining syndrome is a list of physiological symptoms resulting from that. In other words, it’s manifestations.

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Elite Athletes

We are a ‘term crazy’ industry

I see it all the time in the way coaches and trainers deal with young athletes.

In past articles, I talked to you about how some coaches use the word ‘peaking’ with their young athletes, and try to get their teenagers ready to climax for one particular competition or meet at seasons end.

I also explained the many reasons why this isn’t possible.

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• Training
  • A Bit About Specificity and Transfer Of Training Effect
  • Are Machines Safer Than Free Weights?
  • Bodyweight Exercises: The Wide Eyed Effect
  • Bracing
  • Common Misnomers and Mix-ups: Muscle Actions, Balance, Stability, Single Legs and Straight Back
  • Core Strength And Stability
    • Analyzing Core Stabilization Techniques - Bridging the Gap
    • Dead Bug Track (Using Posterior Pelvic Tilt)
    • Stability Ball Exercise Progressions for Building Muscle and Core Strength
  • Corrective Exercise: What I'm Really Tired Of
  • Dangerous Strongman Circuits for Women (or Men!)
  • Detraining and Deconditioning
    • I Had a Layoff from Training and Dropped Some Reps off My Bench Press. Why Have I Lost So Much Strength?
    • Soon Ripe Soon Rotten: Newbie Gains, Detraining and Strength Maintenance for Lifts that Last
  • Double Progressive System
  • Easily Convert Kg to Pounds (Lbs) in Your Head
  • Elite Athletes
  • Exercises
    • Banded Deadlifts
    • Bench Press
      • Bench Press: Flaring your elbows out versus tucking them to your sides. Plus, why you lift less on incline press.
      • How To Set Up the Dumbell Bench Press
      • The Reverse Band Bench Press
    • Deadlifts
      • Biceps Tears from Deadlifts?
      • Clean Style Deadlift versus Powerlifting Deadlift
      • Deadlifts and Muscle Mass: Myths that Sell
      • Hook Grip Versus Alternated Grip for Deadlifts
      • How to Deadlift with Standard Plates
      • How to do Deadlifts: Hips Too High, Too Low, or Just Right
      • One Legged Deadlift? What is That? And What Does it Do for your Strength Training?
      • Romanian Deadlift (RDL)
      • Romanian Versus Stiff Legged Deadlifts
      • Should I Push or Pull for Deadlifts?
      • Slow Versus Fast Pulls: Why is the Deadlift a Slow Pull and the Olympic Lifts Fast Pulls?
      • Snatch Grip Deadlifts
      • Suitcase Deadlifts
      • The Deadlift is not a Deadlift and Other Infectious Aphorisms
      • What Muscle Should I Feel Working When I Do Deadlifts and Why Do I Feel It Mostly in My Back?
    • Do Not Have a Huge List of Absolutely Essential Exercises
    • How to Perform the Military Press (Standing Overhead Barbell Press)
    • Olympic Lifts
      • Clean And Jerk
        • Clean and Jerk with Travis Ortmayer
      • Olympic Lift Video Tutorials
      • Olympic Weightlifting Basics with Travis Ortmayer
      • Snatch Lift
        • Olympic Snatch Technique Video Module from Lift Up
        • The Snatch Lift with Travis Ortmayer
    • Overhead Press And Weighted Pull-Ups
    • Pull-Throughs (Hip Pulls) Exercise
    • Pullups/Chinups
      • Can't Do One Pullup? Stay Positive
      • Deadhang Pullups Versus Whatever
      • For the Love of...Pullups And Chinups
      • Rope Pull-ups
    • Rows
      • Deloaded Barbell Rows
      • Row Right: Get More Bang For Your Back
    • Single Leg Exercises
      • BASIC Progression and Bulgarian Split Squats
      • Dumbbell Lunge Press (aka Dumbbell Lunge and Press)
      • Single Leg Supplements
      • Split Squats, Lunges, and Single-Leg Squats (Pistols)
      • Unilateral Press With Lunge
    • Squats
      • Anderson Half Squat
      • Anderson Squats
      • Can I Squat without a Squat Rack?
      • Front Squats
        • Difficulty Breathing During Front Squats: A Simple Training Drill to Solve the Problem
        • Front Squat Misconceptions
        • How to Perform the Front Squat Exercise (Barbell)
      • Front Squats and Back Squats
      • Front Squats Versus Back Squats
      • Impressive Overhead Squat
      • Kneeling Squats
      • The Four Squat Workout
      • The 'Wrong' Way To Squat
      • Tweaking the Overhead Squat: Dislocates, Reaching Back, Grip Width and Mobility Drills
    • The Cook Hip Lift
    • The Functional Big Three
  • Five Tips for a Better Strength Training Workout
  • Grip and Hand Strength Training
    • Beginner Grip Training
    • Gripper Info and Gripper Training
      • Gripper Guide Continued
      • Myths and Misconceptions: Torsion Springs, The Dog Leg, and 'Handedness'
      • Setting A Gripper
      • The Gripper Guide
    • Gripping the Bar for Deadlifts: Correct Grip, Supporting Strength, and Calluses
    • Grip Strength Training Equipment: Using A Blob For Pinch Strength
    • Hands Like Vise Grips
    • If You Can't Grip It, You Can't Rip It
    • Pinch Grip Dumbbell Deadlifts
    • Rubber Band Hand Extensions
    • The Crosswise Brick Exercise
  • How to Perform Your Specific Exercise Warm Ups
  • If you Don't Train to Failure, You'll Never Need a Spotter
  • Intensity
  • It's All About Time: Ideas for Manipulating Rest Periods in Strength Training for Force Potential (not Bodybuilding)
  • Learning The Lifts
    • Are Weight Training Images 'Picture Perfect'? - Can You Really Use Them to Learn the Lifts?
    • Teaching Versus Learning The Lifts
    • The Honeymoon Period
  • Mobility and Flexibility
    • Dynamic Mobility Videos
    • Mobility and Flexibility
    • Mobility Exercises and Drills
      • 4-Point Thoracic Mobilization
      • Bird Dog Exercise (4-point to 2-point Kneeling Spinal Stability Exercise)
      • Cat Stretch (aka Cat Camel)
      • Cook Deep Squat Mobility Progression with Video Demonstration
      • Scapular Push-Up (Push-Up Plus)
      • Scapular Wall Slides Exercise
      • Side Lying Thoracic Rotations
      • Static Spiderman Stretch (Lunging Hip Flexor Stretch)
      • Supine Bridge Exercise for Glute Activation and Dynamic Warm Up
      • Thoracic Extensions on Foam Roller
      • Warrior Lunge
    • Static Stretching Effects On Force Production and Performance
    • The Stretching Handbook
    • The Stretching Handbook 2
    • The Stretching Handbook 3
    • The Stretching Handbook 4
    • The Stretching Handbook 5
    • The Stretching Handbook 7
    • The Stretching Handbook 8
    • The Stretching Handbook 9
    • What Is Dynamic Mobility?
  • Overtraining...
  • Personal Trainers and Personal Training
    • 5 Big Lies Personal Trainers Tell Their Clients
    • What is Training People?
  • Pistols: What have you done for me lately?
  • Planks: Fitness Fad or Truth?
  • Programs and Methods Versus Principles: Wave Loading and Interval Training
  • Progression
  • Quantitative Measurements and Quality Evaluations: The Difference Between Numbers and Performance
  • Rest Periods
    • Defining Stress as Stress and Rest Between Sets
    • Ninety Second Rest Periods For Strength? Are You Kidding Me?
  • Should I Lift Fast or Slow? Training to Failure, Single Sets versus Multiple Sets, Non Sequitors and False Dilemmas
  • Strength Consolidation: An Example
  • Strength: Simple But Difficult?
  • Strength Training Rep And Set Range
  • Strength Training with Single, Double and Triple Progression
  • The Singles Scene - Your Guide to Single Rep Strength Training
  • Training Equipment
    • Dumbells
    • Squat Rack or Power Cage
  • Training To Fail Series
    • Training to Fail Part 2: Intensity Cycling and High Intensity Overtraining
    • Training to Fail Part 3: The Failure of Intensity Cycling
    • Training to Fail Part 4: Optimal Training
    • Training to Fail Part 5: Focus and Pick A Program
    • Training to Fail Part 6: Biomechanics, Injury Prevention, and Performance
    • Training To Fail: The Failurists
  • Valsalva Maneuver
  • Want to Increase Strength without Adding Muscle?
  • What is Fitness-Fatigue?
  • Wobble Boards, Bosu Balls, or Foam: What's The Difference?

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