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5/3/1 and N.O.V Gift Guide 2016
13 Great Gifts $30 Or Less- Starting At $5. Don't let a holiday stress you out. Be thoughtful and efficient. All of the gifts and "stocking stuffers" below serve a function and meet the 5/3/1 and NOV standards of awesome...
Ramble On - Random Thoughts on Training
1. You do more tinkering than training.
2. You train harder than you can recover.
3. You aren’t honest about your goals or your effort.
4. You use the exception to prove the rule.
5. You don’t eat to support your goals...
Pressing the Bar Overhead Kicks Ass
The Training Max: What You Need to Know
5/3/1 For College & Pro Baseball
How To Build Your Own Kroc Dumbbell
Fasted Cardio
Weighted Chin Ups
Small Changes, Big Impact
Mentoring Wendler
I was intimidated. I couldn't even put 25-pound plates on the bar to incline press. My bench was equally as awful. My squat sucked. But I stuck with it.
My older sister, who was in high school, was even told that I was going to get beat up if I kept coming into the weight room. I figured a good beating was worth it; no one was going to keep me away.
Training and Fashion
Training and Fashion Clothing-wise, wear whatever you think is comfortable to train in. I generally wear cutoff cargo pants and whatever T-shirt/long sleeve shirt I have on that day. As for gear, the two biggest things that...
Uni-lateral Training: Let it mellow or flush?
Stress and Lifting: Get Off Your Knees
I think we've all been in situations that completely drain you emotionally, physically, and mentally. It could be from school, death, divorce, money woes, or significant other stress. What I've always done is make sure lifting remains a huge part...