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Starting with the overhead squat
We currently live in a very anterior dominant world; a lot of work in the gym is completed on the front portion of the body with the posterior chain being treated as a second thought. Not to mention that most clients work in environments that…
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Improving Running Performance… Let’s Raise The Lactic Threshold
Improving running performance can be achieved through the development of three components. Maximal Oxygen Uptake Lactate Threshold Running Economy It has been suggested that these 3 variables alone account for over 70% of the runner’s variation in long distance running performance. Running programs have therefore…
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Rep Schemes For Developing Functional Hypertrophy
Muscle hypertrophy can be defined as the increase in size of the muscle; this can be achieved though two main mechanisms. Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy– which refers to increasing the sarcoplasmic fluid in the muscle cell, such as increased glycogen stores around the muscle fibre Myofibrillar hypertrophy–…
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Can Complex Training Effect Body Composition and Maximal Strength?
It is well established that the combination of conventional exercises in a low rep range, such as the squat or dead-lift, combined with a plyometric action, that mimics the original exercise, develops power. The rationale behind this approach is that the stimulus for the plyometric…