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Psyched to start our new mace & steel club classes next Monday!
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Crushing the basics again
Getting strong from every angle
Life is unpredictable, at best, you never know what you might be facing that day when you get up in the morning. I believe that our training should build a well-rounded readiness for any situation. If someone were to ask how we train at the Cave, for instance, “Do you do Powerlifting or Olympic Weightlifting?”,Continue reading “Getting strong from every angle”
“Do-It-Youself” Isometric Training Station
Read the step by step instructions here
Simple strength circuit
Combining basic strength-building exercises is a good alternative for circuit training. We did one at our Iron Brotherhood Mens Weightlifting Club yesterday.
Building mass with bodyweight exercises
I love to lift barbells and other heavy things. That kind of training gets results! However, my other training passion is bodyweight training. Bodyweight exercises are deceptively hard to do. Most don’t look that difficult, but wait until you try them! Here’s an excellent training resource on bodyweight training, which I have studied already. IContinue reading “Building mass with bodyweight exercises”
Ed Coan in action
Anyone who missed Ed Coan’s Powerlifting seminar on June 4 right here “in our own backyard” will probably regret it for a long time.
Recap of Ed Coan’s Powerlifting Seminar on June 4, 2016
The heat index was 112 degrees today in southwest Florida, and nobody cared if there was no air conditioning. We were there to learn from the incredible Ed Coan. Most of the people who came were extremely strong already, but they knew the value of expert coaching, they knew they could get even stronger. IContinue reading “Recap of Ed Coan’s Powerlifting Seminar on June 4, 2016”
Tendon strength–the missing link in training
The first time I heard tendon strength mentioned as a focal point of training was back in 2004 at a Russian Systema school here in my city. The instructor, Saulius “Sonny” Puzikas, had served in Special Operations (Spetsnaz) before the collapse of the Soviet Union. He knew what mattered in the real world when. itContinue reading “Tendon strength–the missing link in training”
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