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The New Rules of Lifting for Women
In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe, and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning, and nutrition plan destined to...
The New Rules of Lifting
Ten unique programs for fat loss, muscle gain, and strength improvement for beginners and elite lifters. Want to get more out of your workout and spend less...
The Book of Muscle
The World's Most AUTHORITATIVE Guide to Building Your Body You probably know a lot about building muscle. You know which curl is the best for your biceps,...
The Testosterone Advantage Plan
Wide shoulders, narrow waist, thick chest, muscular arms and legs: today's male ideal physique is the same as that of ancient Greece. Aerobics and the Food...
The Home Workout Bible
Get bigger biceps, broad shoulders, a bigger bench press, powerful legs, cut abs . . . without ever leaving your home! The body you want, in the space...
Built For Show
No-nonsense workouts to build a lean, strong, eye-catching physique. Every young, single guy is looking for an edge, some way to get single women his age to...
Huge In A Hurry
Men's Health Huge in a Hurry will add inches to your muscles and increase your strength, with noticeable results quickly, no matter how long you've been...
Gatorade has some explaining to do.
For years, Gatorade has been in the rehydration business. To support its sports drinks, it's hired a small army of brand-name nutritionists to go around the country talking to journalists, dietitians and trainers.
Their mission: To convince us that every exerciser in...
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Swedish inmates went on strike because prison officials cut back on their access to weight-lifting equipment:
The prisoners, whose protest sparked no violence, were locked in their cells after refusing to attend any workshops or study sessions. Around 1,000 inmates from 20 of Sweden's 60 prisons protested.
"We...
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If you think yoga practitioners are inclusive and nonjudgmental, then you must not be familiar with L.A.'s uniquely twisted, competitive, trash-talking yoga scene.
From John Rosenthal in the L.A. Times:
[W]hen I moved to Los Angeles a year ago, I was surprised to hear Iyengar yoga described in...
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It's easy to joke about strippers. After all, they dance naked for a living. Which is kind of funny. What's surprising, though, is the effort it takes to get into shape for that kind of work.
Check out this training program, from stripper-faq.org:
What kind of shape...
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I'm working with a dial-up modem this morning, so on top of feeling all the usual post-holiday malaise and pre-deadline panic, I have a sizeable bit of anger at my local cable provider for failing me on a Monday morning.
So blogging will be light until the...
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Let me tell you about something I invented. I call it "weight lifting." Maybe you've heard it called "strength training," or "resistance training," or even "bodybuilding." But when I made it up in my basement, I called it "weight lifting."
That's the opening line of the...
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I've never made secret my disdain for endurance exercise. I don't like it, I'm no good at it, and it beats the hell out of my feet, ankles, and knees.
On a theoretical level, I think its benefits have been wildly exaggerated, and its dangers swept under...
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