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Is your Rep Speed really an important factor in building muscle?
I did not write this. Just passing along... There’s so much confusion about this essential muscle building principle, that I wanted to dive in an take a closer look… I bet you are confused right now about at least one of these questions... “Should I be training fast?” “Should my reps be explosive?” "What is tempo?" “What…
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5 Common Mistakes that will keep you small, weak, and fat
I have made all of these mistakes at some time or another... Article by Mike Matthews: http://www.muscleforlife.com/5-common-fitness-mistakes-to-avoid/ Here are the highlights/mistakes: 1. Focusing on high-rep “burnout” workouts. 2. Doing too many isolation exercises, and too few compound exercises. 3. Following silly…
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Respectable PRs
I know this is pretty subjective and not terribly relevant (which means it fits perfectly with 95% of the web) but wanted input from you guys.. What do you think a decent 1 rep PR would be in the DL, squat, and bench for a 43 year old guy who is 5"10, 175, lifting almost a year? I am, ummm, asking for a friend. Thanks.
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Concentric and Eccentric help please.
Hey guys. I scrolled around the group and have not seen this addressed. Hope MFP improves the search feature one of these days. Anyway, what is your experience on getting the most from your reps in terms of slow vs fast movements? Every article I seem to read varies. Explosive concentric and slow eccentric/negatives seems…
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Degrees of Muscle Definition (Terminology) - PIC HEAVY
This is from Rusty Moore at fitnessblackbook.com. I thought it was fun and interesting..
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Checking In
So how is everyone doing in knocking out those last 10-15 lbs? I have been going in the wrong direction. My waist is a 1/2 inch bigger and my weight is up 3-4 lbs. I am surprisingly calm about it. This would have ruined my day (or week) in times past. I know I am not going to stop working out. I know I am going to control…
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Lessons Learned
My fitness journey started well over a year ago now (Jan. 2012). I was reflecting back over that time and thinking about things I have learned about fitness, nutrition, myself, the fitness industry, etc. I would like to hear some of the truths you have discovered along the way... Some of the items that came to my mind are:…
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Nutrition is SIMPLE. Agree or No?
*Disclaimer: This was posted in another fitness forum by someone else. I like how succinct (simple) the post is. A year plus into my weight loss and fitness journey of trying many different things, I have found this approach to be true (and the most sustainable long term). So I am reposting on MFP :) ... There are only 2…
