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Study Claims Heavy Lifting Not Necessary to Build Muscle

Saturday, August 21, 2010

A recent study from McMaster University claims heavy lifting is not necessary to build muscle. Don’t trade in your Nautilus machines and barbells for pastel rubber dumbbells yet, though, because the study is severely flawed. From an article on the study at Science Daily; “Rather than grunting and straining to lift heavy weights, you can [...]

Strength Training Myths in the Martial Arts

Saturday, August 21, 2010

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I enjoy reading about different styles of martial arts and recently purchased The Complete Guide to Northern Praying Mantis Kung Fu by Stuart Alve Olson, since my son studies Wah Lum Tam Tui Northern Praying Mantis. Considering the book was only published a few years ago, I was very disappointed to find some of the worst misinformation [...]

Book Update, Site Redesign and Other Projects

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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High Intensity Bodybuilding will be out within the next few weeks. Thanks to everybody who has assisted with the project, the e-mail list members who responded to the request for questions, all my one-on-one and phone clients, and everybody who has shown an interest in the book. While it has taken much longer than expected, [...]

Dynamic Exercise Order for Greater Strength and Size Gains

Saturday, April 10, 2010

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I have received numerous e-mails from people with questions about fixed versus dynamic exercise order since I mentioned it in my interview with High Intensity Nation. This is covered in detail in the upcoming book, High Intensity Bodybuilding Part 1: Principles and Applications for Maximizing Muscle Mass, but here is a brief overview of the system, [...]

High Intensity Nation Interviews Drew Baye

Monday, March 22, 2010

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Check out my interview with Dave Durell at HighIntensityNation.com http://www.highintensitynation.com/2010/03/bonus-high-intensity-interview-drew-baye/

Are You Training Hard Enough?

Sunday, March 7, 2010

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In a previous post I wrote about the ten biggest bodybuilding mistakes, I listed not training hard enough as the number one mistake. How hard is enough, though? To stimulate increases in strength and size it is minimally necessary to 1. work your muscles harder than they are accustomed to, which means 2. always attempting [...]

The Myth of Core Stability

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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This article is posted with the written permission of the author, Professor Eyal Lederman of CPDO Ltd. in London. Thanks to Steve Turner for making me aware of the article and to Professor Lederman for allowing me to post it here. This is important reading for anyone involved in exercise, either professionally or for their [...]

The Ten Biggest Bodybuilding Mistakes

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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If you’re not making regular gains in muscular strength and size you’re probably making one or more of the following common training mistakes. These are some of the biggest mistakes a bodybuilder can make, and correcting them can often make the difference between outstanding gains and none at all. 1. Not Training Hard Enough To [...]

American Council on Exercise Responds to Time Magazine Article

Friday, August 21, 2009

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The American Council on Exercise has now also released a statement about the Time magazine article, and are just as mistaken in most of their points as the American College of Sports Medicine in their response. The following is their editorial (inset) along with my comments: Editorial: Why Time Magazine’s Article on Exercise and Weight [...]

How Many Calories Is Your Time Worth?

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Fitness and weight loss “experts” like to recommend finding ways to incorporate more physical activity into daily life, usually exchanging efficiency or convenience for increased physical exertion, based on the mistaken belief that doing so makes a meaningful contribution to health, fitness, or fat loss. They claim these little changes add up to a lot [...]

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