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STRENGTH SENSEI BOOKSHELF
Strength Sensei Bookshelf Overcoming Strength Training Plateaus At 35 pages, this book is relatively small, but it packs a big wallop with some practical training advice to help you jump-start workouts that have stopped working. Mark Sherwood was a fitness

Wednesday Training Tip
Recharge Your Training with One Lift Per Day Workouts Despite our love for lifting, sometimes we get burnt out and need to do something to get back into the proper mindset for training. For some, a short layoff could

The Strength Sensei on Concentrated Training Blocks
The Strength Sensei on Concentrated Training Blocks How to get a lot of hard work done in a short period Charles R. Poliquin believed that training is both a science and an art. He intensely studied research journals

STRENGTH SENSEI BOOKSHELF
STRENGTH SENSEI BOOKSHELF Plyometrics for Speed and Power “I feel the need, the need for speed” is a popular expression from Tom Cruise’s Top Gun that has become a motto of many sports and strength coaches. One training tool to

Change Grips Intra-Set for Bigger Lats
Change Grips Intra-Set for Bigger Lats One of Charles R. Poliquin’s favorite training methods was drop sets, which were also a favorite of the first Mr. Olympia Larry Scott. Scott was introduced to them by Steve “Hercules” Reeves. By

The Strength Sensei on Buying Barbells
The Strength Sensei on Buying Barbells What to look for in this fundamental training tool Gym owners frequently asked Charles R. Poliquin what equipment he recommended. For barbells, the short answer would be, “You only pay for quality once,