February 28, 2012 – 04:24
Fat Burning Exercise Tips for Busy Parents & ProfessionalsBy: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MSTurbulence Training for Fat LossThe great thing about strength training and intervals for fat burning is “efficiency”. Because you are working harder, the signal to your body to change is stronger. You cut time when you increase intensity and you burn fat faster.
Now [...]
February 21, 2012 – 04:23
BLAUER TACTICAL Combat Philosophy
The usefulness of the toolbox is that it carries a variety of tools to suit the ‘mechanic’s’ dilemma. Fighters are like mechanics. When they are confronted with a problem, they must fix it. (This applies to the street and competitive arenas.)
“The superior fighter has no emotional attachment toany particular range of combat.” [...]
I made the drive to Bellingham. It’s suppose to be an hour and a half drive, but those of you that have seen I-5 around Seattle know to double your time minimum. It took me four hours. I had just spent 19 hours the day prior sitting in HMMWV’s, so needless to say I was [...]
Top Secret Interview with James Smith about his new project
By Nathan Cragg
Prior to the release of his new AMD muscle building product, I was able to talk with my friend and strength coach Jim Smith.
<Nathan> 1. Smitty, what’s this latest product you’ve been working on?
<Jim> First off, let me say thank you for allowing me to [...]
The Next Level of Core Training – Dynamic Planks
By Jim Smith
When you think about the most basic abdominal exercise, the first one that pops into your head is probably planks. Planks are where a person lays out into a push-up position but instead of being on their outstretched hands, they rest on their forearms. In [...]
Nathan’s Athletic 9mm’s
Couple years back I read an article by Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins called Athletic guns. It really is an ingenius program when you look at it and add in some factors. Using Chad Waterbury’s Anti-Bodybuilding method of 10 sets of 3 to maximize strength while maintaining high volume. So in this context our best [...]
Pull-up Strength 2.0-More ways from Zero to Hero
Since the premiere of the Zero to Hero, it has been the most popular article on the site. The original article utilised grease the groove during the period of your entire day. Some of you don’t have the time and resources or are looking for a way to [...]
Westside for 220th Skinny bastards
Warning: This program will make your clothes fit tighter, draw attention from really hot girls and become freaky strong. You’ve been warned!
Those of you not familiar with Joe Defranco, you’ve been missing out. The program that follows is from his WS4SB (WestSide for Skinny Bastards) series. Specifically I pulled the template from part [...]
December 27, 2011 – 04:14
Plyometrics-what they are By Danny O’Dell
In a nut shell plyometrics are activities commonly seen on most elementary school yards through out the civilized world. These include the running, jumping, skipping, and hopping movement’s children do every day during recess. Athletes use plyometrics for an altogether different purpose and that is to become stronger and more [...]
December 20, 2011 – 04:13
Tabata’s: What the hell are they?
Tabata’s aren’t some silly Italian bread or a some dirty street cat. They are a very effective method to improve both aerobic AND anaerobic capacities. Not only that but they blow torch fat off like white phosphorus and challenge your mental capacities to the limit. All in four minutes….
First an [...]
