Relative Strength

For athletes, one of the most important athletic traits that can be developed is relative strength, i.e. how much weight you can move for a specific exercise relative to your body weight. But, for some people, their relative strength is so low for some movements that being able to control and move their body without any external resistance is a challenge in itself. Check out this article by Keir Wenham-Flatt for information on how to increase your relative strength when you have difficulty moving and controlling your body.

When Body Weight is Just Too Heavy by Keir Wenham-Flatt

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This Past Week (11/28-12/4)

This past week was my second week of 2-a-day lifts, lifting legs and chest on Monday and Thursday and back and arms on Tuesday and Friday. On Wednesday I did recovery cardio, ala "The Parasympathetic Secret". By the end of the week, though, I was fried. My muscles felt fine, but man my nervous system was shot. My lifts on Friday ended up being deload lifts, and Saturday I was back on the treadmill for more recovery cardio. As much fun as it has been lifting twice a day for the pat two weeks, I am looking forward to slowing down with a deload week this upcoming week.

I published a new article on my website called "Evolve Your Warm-Up, Part 2". It is the second part of the Evolve Your Warm-Up series (obviously). This article tells you how to design a proper warm-up for your training sessions.

Aside from that, I put in a lot of hours at the gym. November was a huge month for my business, and with the holidays coming up and people leaving to go out of town, I am hoping I can maintain that level during December and then pick up where I left off in January with the huge New Year's fitness boom.

That's all for this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.

Get big or die tryin'.

Corrective Exercises for Life Training

Here is a great article by Doug Balzarini on how to incorporate corrective exercises into MMA training. Realistically, though, you could substitute MMA for any sport or life in general and the advice in this article would still be applicable.

Corrective Exercise: Does It Have a Place in MMA Strength Training? by Doug Balzarini

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Time For Change

Here is an article by Kyle Newell about starting something new in life. If you are no longer excited to go to the gym, it may be time to switch up your training routine. What other areas of your life can be improved upon by switching up your routines?

Novelty is the Biggest Aphrodisiac by Kyle Newell

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This Past Week (11/21-11/27)

This past week was a huge week for me in the weight room. If you have been keeping up with this blog ormy Twitter feed you will know that I have begun taking Protandim, and because of that my work capacity in the weight room has skyrocketed. I am able to recover significantly faster from my workouts, so much that I decided to do double strength training sessions last week. Instead of lifting my normal four times, I doubled up and lifted eight times last week, and I felt GREAT!

**For a more detailed version of what happened this past week, check out my Protandim story. To avoid taking up by space repeating myself, I will keep this blog post short.

Sunday I did my squat workout that made me so sore the week before. I also played basketball in the evening. Monday was my first day of double lifts, with chest in the morning and back in the afternoon. Tuesday I did arms in the morning and legs in the afternoon. Wednesday was the same workout as Monday, and with Thursday being Thanksgiving I waited until Friday to do my second arms day.

That's all for this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.

Get big or die tryin'.