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  • Partner Preference

    Q: What’s your take on having a training partner? Is it best to train with a partner or alone? A: Neither—I’ve...

    Charles PoliquinMarch 15, 2011
  • Why Does Bench Pressing Hurt My Shoulder?

    Without doubt, the bench press is the most popular weight-training exercise in North America. Anyone who asks, “How much do you...

    Joseph M. Horrigan, D.C.March 3, 2011
  • Beginner’s Bliss, Part 5

    On Tuesdays, immediately after a work set of squats, one guy would rush to the nearest flat bench and do a...

    Stuart McRobertFebruary 22, 2011
  • The Pros and Cons of Strapping On

    Wrist straps are common in any heavy gym. They enable trainees to handle more weight on big movements—shrugs, deadlifts, dumbbell rows,...

    Joseph M. Horrigan, D.C.January 17, 2011
  • Beginner’s Bliss, Part 3

    It was Saturday, four weeks since I’d seen Arnie. I dropped by the gym while he was working out. After we...

    Stuart McRobertDecember 29, 2010
  • The “Right” Amount of Training vs. Overtraining

    Our enthusiasm and desire to build our physiques often makes us want to train as long and as frequently as possible....

    Skip La CourDecember 19, 2010
  • You Can Injure Abdominal Muscles Too

    We’ve been seeing more abdominal injuries over the past 10 years. The term that came out of them—sports hernia—really doesn’t tell...

    Joseph M. Horrigan, D.C.November 30, 2010
  • Beginner’s Bliss, Part 2

    One of the secrets of bodybuilding, especially for beginners and intermediates, is to find the level of hard but not hardest...

    Stuart McRobertNovember 21, 2010
  • Crank Up Your Intensity for Real Results

    Intensity in training can be described as giving 100 percent of your mind, body and soul to every repetition, every set,...

    Skip La CourNovember 6, 2010
  • Beginner’s Bliss, Part 1

    I’d seen Arnie a few times at the gym. Although a beginner, he was on a three-day-split program: three days on/one...

    Stuart McRobertOctober 25, 2010
  • You’ve Already Won

    The reality is that far more people than anyone will ever know about have achieved success—not necessarily “in” bodybuilding but “through”...

    Ron HarrisOctober 22, 2010
  • Beginning Natural Bodybuilding

    When training for muscle definition, I don’t change my workout program. I still train as heavy as I can with the...

    John HansenOctober 10, 2010
  • The Purpose of Training

    We train for many reasons, and that fact has led to many styles of training. The choice of training method is...

    Joseph M. Horrigan, D.C.September 25, 2010
  • Preexhaustion vs. Postexhaustion

    Q: What’s your take on using the preexhaustion method that Arthur Jones touted so much? A: It’s a valuable training method....

    Charles PoliquinSeptember 7, 2010
  • Anabolic Adolescence and the Mind

    Although I was obviously overtraining, I still gained 20 pounds of muscle in that first year. I was only 135 pounds...

    John HansenSeptember 1, 2010