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- Training for Maximum Muscle Growth Explained
- Allocating Volume to Maximize Muscle Growth
- 5 Tips for Leaning Out
- The 3 Essential Workout Methods for Muscle
- Compound vs. Isolation Movements: How to Train for Optimal Muscular Shape
- Squats and Deadlifts Won’t Make Your Waist Blocky
- 7 Reasons to Squat Like a Man
- Discussing Muscle Hypertrophy Science With Brad Schoenfeld
- Inside the Muscles – Best Shoulder and Traps Exercises
- Inside the Muscles – Best Chest and Triceps Exercises
- Inside the Muscles – Best Back and Biceps Exercises
- Inside the Muscles – Best Leg, Glute, and Calf Exercises
- Inside the Muscles – Best Ab Exercises
- Leg Press vs. Squat: The Final Chapter
- Cure for Cowardly Calves
- The Hypertrophy Specialist (Interview with Brad Schoenfeld)
- 3 Total Body Programs for Big Arms
- Why Bodybuilders are More Jacked than Powerlifters
- The Truth About Bodybuilding Genetics
- How do Pro Bodybuilders Train?
- 5 Things We Can Learn from Arnold About Building Muscle
- 6 Lessons Learned from the Master Blaster
- ABC – Can a Testosterone-Challenged Man Still be Muscular?
- Best Reps for Hypertrophy and Sport-Specific Purposes
- What Women Want
- Machines vs. Free Weights: More Research is Needed
- Oh What a Difference One Year Can Make
- How to Attain a Slender Look (like Jessica Alba & Zoe Saldana)
- Defending Hugh Jackman: Don’t Be a Fitness Snob!
- 2 Mechanisms for Rapid Muscle Growth
- For the Millionth Time, Spot Reduction is a Myth!!!
- The B & B Connection: Episode 1 – Hypertrophy Science
- The B & B Connection: Episode 4 – Variety in Training
- The B & B Connection: Episode 6 – Tempo Training
- Strength Trumps Conditioning for Body Improvements
- Is the Mind-Muscle Connection Valuable in Strength Training?
- Transform Your Physique: Mariah’s Story
- Do We Even Need to Lift?
- An Interview With Dr. Stu Phillips on Muscle Hypertrophy and Sports Nutrition
- February Research Round-Up: Hypertrophy Edition
- A Simple System for Progression: 3 Set Total Reps
- Do Light Weights Tone and Heavy Weights Bulk? Separating Fact from Fiction
- A Scientific Approach to Muscle Hypertrophy Training
- Want the Fastest Path to Long, Lean Muscles?
- Are Unweighted Curls Legit? & More Questions with Bret Contreras
- The Bret Contreras Podcast: Episode 3 – Bodypart Splits versus Total Body Training
- Eat, Lift, and Condition to Lose Fat and Maintain Muscle
- Is Your Ab Workout Making You Look Fat? Stop Blaming Blocky Waists on Squats and Deadlifts
- How a 41 Year-Old Mom of Three Got Her (Figure) Groove Back
- Impressive Strength Levels
- How Femur Length Affects Squat Mechanics
- 10 Best Unilateral Exercises
- Ten Training Tips for the Ladies
- 5 Things People Need to Stop Overthinking
- This is 40
- The B & B Connection: Episode 2 – HIT Training vs. Higher Volume Training
- Average Female Strength Gains Over a Six Month Period
- Strength Training is Fat Loss Training
- For maximal strength gains, should you use slow eccentrics?
- Expose Your Weaknesses to Get Strong!
- Operation Barbell: 10 Money Exercises
- Ben Bruno’s Top Four Landmine Exercises
- Ten Manliest Exercises
- Rule Number One: Do What Works
- The Best Damn Pushups Article Period
- Pushup Research
- Max Out on Squats Every Day
- Daily Training
- The New Rules of Strength Training
- 21 Exercises for Injury-Free Mass
- 20 Almost Laws of Strength Training
- 8 Laws of Strength Training
- Contreras Files IV: 15 Practical Tips
- Contreras Files V: 15 More Practical Tips
- The Five Keys to Getting and Staying Big and Strong
- ABC – Are Training Logs Necessary?
- Decline Pressing from the Floor
- ABC “Ask Bret Contreras” – Rep Calculators
- Topic of the Week #4 – Pushing and Pulling Ratios
- How I Finally Deadlifted 12 Plates
- The Pitfalls of Progressive Overload
- Ten Minutes a Day Keeps the Doctor Away: A 5-Set Full Body Program
- Neck Training 101
- Strength Goals: Don’t Be Afraid to Abandon Them
- Home Workout With No Equipment
- Female Strength Levels
- Training Women
- Basic Workout Template
- How Low Can You Go?
- Special Workouts
- Interview With Matt Perryman
- How Important is Psychological Stress for Your Gains?
- 3 Tips for Faster Strength Gains
- You Got Guru’d: Max Relative Trap Bar Deadlift Strength Perfectly Predicts Speed, Power, and Endurance Performance
- Ten Keys to Optimal Strength Training
- 13 Exercises That’ll Floor You
- How to Get an Amazing Workout With Just Your Partner for Resistance
- 12 Observations From Training Women
- Unilateral Leg Training For Greater Gains
- How Much Training is Necessary to Maintain Strength and Muscle?
- Pull Ups Made Easier and Better
- The Ten Rules of Progressive Overload
- How to Increase Your Chin-Ups
- How to Military Press
- How to Bent Over Row
- How to Front Squat
- What’s the Difference Between a Romanian Deadlift, American Deadlift, Stiff Legged Deadlift, and Straight Leg Deadlift?
- I Am Woman, Watch Me Lift
- The Bulgarian Split Squat Solution
- 6 Upper Body Landmine Exercises – Ben Bruno
- I Want to Do A Chin Up! 15 Tips to Improve Your Chinning Progress
- The Dead-Stop Reset Push-Up
- Four Reasons to Push Press
- The Ladies of Strong by Bret
- 20 Ways to Train Smarter
- The Importance of Chasing Strength
- 10 Things Every Lifter Should Try
- 20 Incredible Feats of Strength
- 10 Things All Beginning Lifters Should Know
- The Most Under-Utilized Exercises for Developing Devastating Power
- Maximizing Power Production
- The Importance of Load Vector in Physique Enhancement and Sport Training
- June Research Preview: High Velocity Edition
- Load Vector Training (LVT)
- Should We Train at 30% of 1RM to Maximize Power Production?
- Stiffness: What is it?
- Post-Activation Potentiation: Theory and Application
- January Strength and Conditioning Preview: Vertical Jump Edition
- Olympic Weightlifting vs. Kettlebells on Lower Body Strength and Power
- Dynamic Effort Box Squats and Acceleration Improvements: Interview with Scott Taylor
- An Interview With Sports Scientist Natalia Verkhoshansky
- Insight for Strength Coaches: Power, Full Squats, Correlations, and Training Studies
- An Interview With Behemoth Dan McKim, a Highland Games Champion
- A Simple Tip for Olympic Weightlifting Training
- From the Lab to Your Pocket: Groundbreaking Leg Power Measurement With Your iPhone
- Building Multi-Directional Strength and Power
- How I Became A National Level Olympic Weightlifter In A Year
- How Does Usain Bolt Train?
- Sprint mechanics in world-class athletes: a new insight into the limits of human locomotion
- 21 Questions for JB Morin on the Topic of Speed
- Why is Christophe LeMaitre so Damn Fast?
- Sprinting Performance is Not Solely About Force Put Into the Ground
- Sprint Research, Biomechanics, and Practical Implications – An Interview With Matt Brughelli
- An Interview with Carlo Buzzichelli
- Simultaneous Hip Extension and Hip Flexion
- 4 Reasons Why Athletes Must Sprint
- Get More from Your Sprint Workouts
- July Research Preview: Sprinting Edition
- Reverse Hyper Sprints: The Best Speed Exercise You’re Not Doing
- Heavy Sled Towing Trumps Light Sled Towing for Acceleration
- Glute Training and Speed Development: A Case Study
- October Strength Training Research Preview: Sprinting Edition
- Are Usain Bolt’s Sprinting Mechanics in Need of an Overhaul?
- Sprinting & Glutes
- Basic Biomechanics: Terms and Definitions
- Who Are the Experts?
- What’s All the Fuss About EMG?
- Impact Factors, Peer Review, and Elitism in Science and What We Can Do About It
- Should Force, Power, and RFD Outputs be Primary Considerations for Exercise Selection?
- Mel Siff on Directional Specificity
- The Contreras Files Volume I
- The Contreras Files Volume II
- The Contreras Files: Volume II
- How to Conduct EMG Experiments
- Titin and Myotilin Comin’ Through in the Stretch
- What You Need to Know About Rhabdomyolysis: Insights from the University of Iowa Incident
- November Strength & Conditioning Research Preview: High Intensity Functional Training Edition
- How to Make Your Rehab, Deloading, and Peaking More Effective
- September Research Roundup: Bench Press Edition
- From the lab to your pocket – Part 2: Accurate max strength measurement with your iPhone
- What Does Sports Science Research Have to Say About Warming Up?
- March Research Preview: Deadlift Edition
- Pain Science: An Interview With Pain Expert Jason Silvernail
- Insight for Strength Coaches: Power, Full Squats, Correlations, and Training Studies
- October Research Roundup: The Recovery Edition
- November Research Round-Up: Sleep-Edition
- December Research Round-Up: the HRV Edition
- February Research Round-Up: Supplement Edition
- March Research Round-Up: Muscle Fiber-Types Edition
- April Research Round-Up: the Rugby Edition
- January Research Round-Up: FMS Edition
- The odds of being born a superhero: An examination of the genetic limits to strength
- How Does Foam Rolling Work? And Why “SMR” Should be Called “SMT”
- December Research Round-Up: Foam Rolling Edition
- August Research Preview: Agility Edition
- The Illustrated Guide to a PhD
- What Can a Wrench Teach You About Strength Training?
- February Research Preview: Leg Press Edition
- 5 Things I Learned About Training Through Reading Research
- May Research Round-Up: Bloodflow Restriction and Hypoxia Training Edition
- Are Cheat Reps Beneficial? A Discussion of the Evidence and Implementation
- December Strength & Conditioning Research Preview: High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for Fat Loss Edition
- Ignorant and Incompetent People Aren’t Aware of Their Ignorance and Incompetence
- June Research Round-Up: Stretching Edition
- July Research Round-Up: Soccer Edition
- August Research Round-Up: Push-Up Edition
- September Research Round-Up: Rest Period Edition
- March Research Round-Up: Pain Science Edition
- April Research Round-Up: Muscle Protein Synthesis Edition
- April Research Preview: Concurrent Training Edition
- June Research Round-Up: Bodybuilding Edition
- July Research Round-Up: Fascia Edition
- May Research Preview: Strength Edition
- Functional Strength Gains by Leg Pressing?
- July Research Round-Up: Vibration Training Edition
- Strength & Conditioning Research Preview: Muscle Activity Edition
- A Larger Muscle is a Stronger Muscle Due to Increased Strength and Leverage
- The Bret Contreras Podcast: Episode 4 – Real Functional Training
- September Research Preview: Mental Training Edition
- October Research Preview: Vertical Jumping Edition
- November Research Preview: Stability Specific Edition
- December Research Preview: Rate of Force Development Edition
- January Research Preview: Resisted Sprinting Edition
- February Research Preview: Maximum Strength Edition
- February Strength and Conditioning Research Questions
- How to Maximize Concurrent Training
- Can Motor Unit Recruitment Be Inferred From EMG Amplitude?
- Using VMO Research as a Teaching Tool for Understanding Evidence-Based Decision Making
- Muscles Cannot Change Size Without Changing Shape
- Is the Thermic Effect of Food Higher if You Are Lean?
- A Valgus Collapse Epiphany
- You Got Guru’d: Postexercise Cold Water Immersion
- Squat vs. Hip Thrust vs. Deadlift Study Predictions
- Hip Thrust Wiki Page
- Gluteus Maximus Research (by Chris Beardsley, reviewed by yours truly)
- Ten Steps to the Perfect Hip Thrust
- Squats Versus Hip Thrusts: Which is Better?
- Heavy Hip Thrusts Done Right are Not Dangerous
- Squats Versus Hip Thrusts Part I: EMG Activity
- Squats Versus Hip Thrusts Part II: The Twin Experiment
- Squats Versus Hip Thrusts Part III: Forcetime Data
- Squats Versus Hip Thrusts Part IV: Transfer to Performance
- One Small Step for Man; One Giant Thrust for Mankind
- How to Design an Optimal Glute Training Program
- A Multiplanar Approach is Best for Developing the Glutes
- Anatomy of the Perfect Hip Thrusting Station
- Evolution of the Hip Thrust: 10 Year Anniversary
- Your Optimal Training Frequency for the Glutes Part I: Exercise Type
- Hip Thruster 2.0
- Yeah, She Thrusts
- What Builds the Glutes Best?
- Bigger, Better Glutes
- Do More than “Just Squat”
- Training Glutes on the Smith Machine
- How to Train for a Bikini Competition: It’s All About Glutes!
- Hip Thrust & Glute Science
- New Research: Targeted Glute Activation Training Makes the CNS More Efficient at Recruiting the Glutes
- Glute Science
- Serious Glute Development for Serious Lifters
- Proper Hip Thrust Technique: Head & Neck Position
- 12 Tips for Better Hip Thrusts
- Practical Glute Training Tips
- January Research Round-Up: The Glute Edition!
- November Research Round-Up: Gluteus Medius Edition
- How to Get a Better Butt: Step Up Your Knowledge
- Dispelling the Glute Myth
- Advanced Glute Training
- I Am the Glute Guy and Here Are My Secrets
- How Bodybuilders Train the Glutes
- 30-Day Glute Challenge
- The 30-Day Ultimate Better Butt Challenge
- The 30 Days of Thrusting Challenge
- 30 Days of Booty-Blasting Moves
- 100-Rep Back Extension Challenge
- All About Back Extensions
- All About Box Squats
- Growing Glutes Without Growing the Legs
- The Hip Thrust Plus
- Fiber Type Training: The Most Effective Way to Train the Glutes
- Knee Valgus (Valgus Collapse), Glute Medius Strengthening, Band Hip Abduction Exercises, and Ankle Dorsiflexion Drills
- How do I Keep my Glutes While on Vacation? A Simple Bodyweight Glute Workout
- Which Type of Squat Maximizes Glute Activation?
- Show Me the Booty!
- Progress in Glute Training: It’s Not Always What You’d Expect (But It’s Still Progress)
- Kettlebell Swings: Go Heavier for Greater Glute and Hamstring Activation
- A Better Way to Teach Barbell Glute Bridges and Back Extensions
- A Set of Goblet Squats per Day Keeps the Doctor Away
- How Other Pros Train Glutes: Episode 1 With Chris Hitchko
- How Other Pros Train Glutes: Episode 2 With Cem Eren
- How Other Pros Train Glutes: Episode 3 With STA Sports Performance
- Brazilians Know Booty Best: An Interview With Nathalia Melo (Ms. Bikini Olympia Champion)
- The Hip Thrust Only Experiment
- The Jane Fonda Experiment
- Form Analysis Episode 1
- Frog Pumps: A Highly Effective Bodyweight Glute Activation Drill
- Frog Pumps and Frog Thrusts
- Kick-Ass Kim
- Poll Results: You Love the Hip Thrust!
- A Simple Test for Glute Activity
- Which Glute Bridge is Best?: an Amputee Case Study
- The Hands-Free Hip Thrust: A Simple (Yet Very Effective) Hip Thrust Teaching Tool
- Quadruped Leg Swings
- Squats and Deadlifts aren’t Panning Out the Way I Hoped
- How to Get the Bar Into Proper Position During Hip Thrusts
- How to Get the Bar Over the Thighs When Hip Thrusting
- The Glute Guy’s Secrets: The Art of Glute Building Part I – The First Session
- The Glute Guy’s Secrets: The Art of Glute Building Part II – Programming
- The Glute Guy’s Secrets: The Art of Glute Building Part III – Practical Solutions
- 10 Secrets to the Perfect Bodyweight Squat
- The Evolution of the Hip Thrust
- The Evolution of the Gluteus Maximus
- What’s the Best Single Leg Exercise?
- How to Do Band Hip Thrusts
- Charles Staley on Band Hip Thrusts
- The Standing Band Hip Thrust
- The Band Kneeling Hip Thrust
- Top Ten Hip Thrust Variations
- A Squat Devotee No More
- Who thinks CrossFit needs a Glute WoD?
- How to Burn the Glutes and Get a Glute Pump
- Pre-Party/Backstage Glute Pump
- Glute Burnouts
- Lower Body Training for the Amputee and Able-bodied Athlete Alike
- The Effect of Daily Glute Activation Workouts on Maximal Strength Retention
- The Year of the Booty: The 25 Best Booty Songs of All Time
- How to Hip Thrust
- Hip Thrusts Helped Me Deadlift 705 lbs (Over 3.5 Times Bodyweight)
- You Can’t Stop the Hip Thrust, and You Won’t Break Our Stride
- The Glute Ham Tie-In
- A Spectacular Glute Transformation
- Sasha’s Glute Transformation Story
- Tammy’s Terrific Transformation
- Strength Creates Curves
- Always Be Thrusting
- Glute Training for Men
- The Glutes Can Take a Beating
- Glute Training: Pay Attention to the Eccentric Phase for Better Results
- How to Fix Glute Imbalances
- How Do I Know if I Have a Glute Imbalance?
- The 2-1 Method for Fixing Glute Imbalances
- The Most Effective Squats for Maximizing Glute Activation and Development
- The Gluteus Medius – WTF?
- Which Variation Produces Greater Glute Activation: Barbell Hip Thrusts, American Hip Thrusts, or Band Hip Thrusts?
- Master The Mind-Muscle Connection To Build A Better Butt
- Quit Going So Darn Heavy on Hip Thrusts: Train Your Glutes, Not Your Ego
- 4 Myths About Female Glute Training
- 6 Glute Training Myths
- Targeting Different Gluteal Regions
- A Multiplanar Approach is Best for Developing the Glutes
- Should Women Squat if They Don’t Want Big Legs?
- Bret’s Booty-Blasting Protocol
- What Are the Best Glute Exercises?
- 30 Days to a Big Butt & Great Squat
- An Excellent Body Transformation Powered by Serious Glute Strength
- How the Best of the Best Train Their Glutes
- Band Glute Exercises for the Win: Erin McComb’s Intriguing Training Methods
- Are Heavy Kettlebell Swings Better than Deadlifts?
- Ask Bret Contreras (ABC): Why Swings Over Jump Squats and Oly Lifts?
- 12 Hamstring Exercises for Hardasses
- Fantastic Hamstring Movements
- Gutting the Glute Ham Raise
- Interview With Jurdan Mendigutxia
- Inner/Outer Core is B.S.! Another Interview With Jurdan
- Are the Hamstrings Really Primarily Fast-Twitch?
- October Research Round-Up: Hamstring Injury Edition
- How to Isolate the Quads and Hams in a Garage Gym
- The Nordic Ham Curl: A Staple Exercise for Athletes
- May Research Round-Up: Hamstring Strain Injury Prevention Edition
- The Best Damn Posterior Chain Exercises
- Can’t Turn This
- To Crunch or Not to Crunch
- A Strong Case for the Rounded Back Deadlift
- Standing Rotary Training is Whole Body Training!
- Rotational Training
- Rotary Training for Badasses
- Ab Training for Absolute Badasses!
- Topic of the Week – Spinal Rotation Exercises
- Topic of the Week #3 – Core Training
- The Hollow Body Position and PPT Straight Leg Bridge
- Core Stability Training for the Advanced Lifter
- Long Lever Posterior Tilt Planks Kick the Shit Out of Traditional Planks
- Squats and Deadlifts Won’t Make Your Waist Blocky
- First Powerlifting Meet: 20 Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
- 9 Best Deadlift Tips
- The Effect of Range of Motion and Posture on Isometric Deadlift Strength
- 19 Squat & Deadlift Variations
- 7 Squat Dilemmas Solved
- The Keys to Stronger Squats
- The Keys to Stronger Deadlifts
- Dynamic Effort Training: BS or Legit?
- Calculating Joint Moments in the Squat
- 3 Experts – 5 Optimal Training Programs
- The Best Damn Bench Press Article Period
- Five New Powerlifting Assistance Exercises
- Deadlift 5 Plates Like a Champion
- An Interview with Marte Elverum – A Women’s Norwegian Elite Powerlifter
- The Best Assistance Exercises for the Three Big Powerlifts
- Topic of the Week 2 – Best Squat and Deadlift Combination
- Topic of the Week #1: Type of Squat
- Traditional Squat vs Powerlifting Squat vs Box Squat
- Straight Bar Deadlift versus Hex Bar Deadlift
- Squats Before Deadlifts
- On “Creating Torque” by Screwing the Feet Into the Ground
- 8 New Exercises for a Thicker, Stronger Back
- 3 Things I Learned At The 2013 World Powerlifting Championships
- Glute Training is Good for Powerlifters
- Operation Get Strong and Sexy: Week 1
- Operation Get Strong & Sexy: Week Two
- Operation Get Strong & Sexy: Week Three
- Operation Get Strong & Sexy: Week Four
- Operation Get Strong & Sexy: Final Weeks of Training & Meet Results!
- From Wannabe to the Platform: My First Powerlifting Competition
- A Better Way to Cue “Knees Out” in a Squat
- Forward Lean in the Squat – is Knee-Dominant or Hip-Dominant Better for Moving More Weight?
- Grip Training for Deadlifting
- First Powerlifting Meet Results
- Second Powerlifting Meet Results
- Bret’s Third Powerlifting Meet: What a Crazy Day!
- Ronnie Coleman’s First Powerlifting Meet
- Reduced Load & Effort for Increased Results
- Why Percentages Fail Some Lifters
- 3 Hacks to Improve Your Bench Press
- Simplify Your Deadlift
- A Long Term Plan to Build Your Deadlift
- Deadlift Lockout Strength
- Why People Must Squat Differently
- How to Increase Your Bench Press
- How to Increase Your Squat
- How to Increase Your Deadlift
- Why Do People’s Knees Cave Inward When They Squat?
- Why Should I Use “Good” Form if I’m Stronger With “Bad” Form?
- Finding Your Ideal Squat Depth
- Should I do a Powerlifting Competition?
- 5 Smart Assistance Exercise Strategies for Powerlifting And Overall Strength Mastery
- The Bret Contreras Podcast Episode 1: Ideal Squat Mechanics
- The Bret Contreras Podcast: Episode 2 – The State of S&C Coaching and More Squat Mechanics
- How to Become a Metabolic Machine! An Interview With Katie Anne Rutherford
- All About Box Squats
- Switching Focus from Bikini to Powerlifting
- Post Powerlifting Meet Reflections
- When Being Anatomically Jacked Can Benefit You
- Current Position Statement on Anterior Pelvic Tilt
- Don’t Be Like Donald Duck
- Back Pain: The Postural-Structural-Biomechanical (PSB) Model & The Bio-Psycho-Social (BPS) Model
- The Sacroiliac Joint Takes a Beating!
- The Deleterious Effects of Sitting
- How to Get Rid of Chronic Back Pain
- Weight Belts: To Wear or Not to Wear
- Weightroom Solutions: The Hyperextension-Prone Lifter
- Squat Biomechanics: Butt Wink – What is it, What Causes it, & How Can it be Improved?
- The Importance of Locking Out With the Glutes: Gluteal and Pelvic Biomechanics
- A Day With Stu McGill
- Three Hours of Conversation With Dr. Stu McGill
- Transcribed Interview With Stu McGill
- New Research: The Glute Max is Really Good at Stabilizing the SI Joint
- 5 Things You Should Do Everyday
- Increase Athleticism in 6 Minutes
- Do Sit-Ups Ruin Your Posture?
- Learning Proper Form in Strength Training
- Neural Flossing for the Strength and Conditioning Professional
- Degeneration? More Like “Normal Aging”
- How to Be a Popular & Successful Fitness Authority
- Individual Differences: The Most Important Consideration for Your Fitness Results that Science Doesn’t Tell You
- Don’t Be a Slave to the Scale
- What to Do When an Exercise is Causing Pain or Injury
- The Physical Effects of Progressive Strength Training: A Case Study With Tawna Eubanks
- How To Get Lean & Sculpted With Limited Time: Why Strength Training Trumps Cardio
- Pimping Your Program Design
- Flexible Dieting and Foods that Are Truly High in Protein
- Basic Screening & Assessment
- You Should Definitely Avoid This Movement
- Why I Lift, And Why You Should Too
- Trust Me, You Have the Time: Fitness Excuses Under Scrutiny
- Topic of the Week: What Types of Cues Should Trainers and Coaches Provide?
- Muscle Strengthening Doesn’t Fix Form; Motor Control Training Does
- 10 Stupid Things Coaches Do
- Evidence-Based Coaching
- The B & B Connection: Episode 7 – Evidence-Based Fitness
- How to Be Successful in the Strength & Conditioning Field
- The Difference Between a Bad Trainer and a Good Trainer
- The 50 Commandments of Commercial Gym Etiquette
- 120 Thoughts and Observations on Training Women
- Loving Your Body
- Interview With Rob Panariello
- Eight Considerations for Weight Room Training
- You’ll Never Squat Again: Why Physical Therapists and Doctors Should Learn Some Biomechanics
- Fitness is Not Religion or Politics, and there are Many Ways to Construct a Good Training Program
- 5 Things Every Fitness Enthusiast Can Learn From Paleo (Even If You Don’t Favor the Diet)
- We Are 90% Microbe and 10% Human: Can We Lose Weight by Boosting Good Bacteria With Probiotics & Prebiotics?
- Genetics of the 21st Century: Microbes Affect Disease Susceptibility, Body Weight, and Ability to Build Muscle
- Courageous Conversations With Coaches: Anterior Pelvic Tilt With Elsbeth Vaino
- A Call to Action for S&C Writers: Quit Using the Term “Intensity”
- What’s the Biggest Problem in the S&C Industry?
- How to Be the Worst Personal Trainer Ever!
- The B & B Connection: Episode 3 – Periodization
- The B & B Connection: Episode 5 – Good Versus Bad Exercises
- If You Could Only Do One Lift…
- How to Graduate from a Powerlifter to a Strength Coach
- How to Strip the Weight Off of the Bar After Heavy Deadlifts
- What The Gambler Can Teach You About Strength Training
- A Response to the Internet Expert
- Threat and Performance: Central Governors
- Should the Rehabilitation and Strength and Conditioning Professional Abandon “Traditional” Bi-lateral Leg Exercise for Single Leg Exercise Performance?
- Considerations in Athletic Performance Enhancement Training: Overhead Weight Room Exercises
- Rehabilitation vs. Athletic Performance Enhancement Training: Are we Asking Questions that are Already Answered?
- Protein: The Most Important Macronutrient for Weight Loss?
- Do Carbohydrates Make You Fat
- Saturated Fat: Good or Bad?
- How Much Protein Do You Really Need?
- Why Eating Less and Exercising More Doesn’t Always Work for Long-Term Weight Loss
- Why You Don’t Really Need a Post-Workout Protein Shake
- How Being Overweight Can Make You Fatigued and Inactive
- Sugar: The Sweet Truth
- Addicted to Fatigue
- It’s My PR
- Your Own Personal World Records Are The Only Thing That Matter
- Learning From Case Studies
- Introducing The Glute Lab: Part I – The Gang & The Strength Equipment
- New & Improved Garage Gym
- The B & B Connection: Episode 8 – Functional Training
- “You’re All a Bunch of Pathetic Weaklings,” Says the Steroid Using Powerlifter
- The Unexpected Flaw of the Paleo Diet Philosophy
- 4 Keys to Better Gut Health and Improved Fitness
- The Top 3 Diet and Lifestyle Changes to Make for Better Training Results
- 3 Ways to Be An Insufferable Fitness Snob
- A Discussion With Paul Carter on Anabolic Steroids
- Considerations for the Rehabilitation of the Post-operative Knee: Restoring the Athlete’s Active Knee Range of Motion
- Why is There Hesitation With Regard to the Application of Heavy Weight Room Intensities for the Post-Rehabilitated Athlete and During an Athlete’s In-Season Training?
- The Overhead Shoulder Rotation Quandary
- Should Strength and Conditioning Professionals Attempt to Incorporate “Everything” into Their Training Program Design?
- Creatine: A Versatile Supplement
- Not Seeing Results? You Might Be Lying to Yourself
- The Most Dangerous Exercise of All
- Cardio & Appetite: Does Cardio Make You Fat?
- No Two Hips Are The Same: How Anatomical Variance Can Affect Your Range of Motion
- To Bulk and Cut or Not to Bulk and Cut
- The Ten Worst Types of Personal Trainers
- Ladies, Make Sure You Periodize (Pun Intended)
- Long, Lean Muscles: Oh, the Irony
- How to Become a Functional Movement Guru in 40 Easy Steps
- To Crunch or Not to Crunch
- Exercise Technique: Barbell Hip Thrust
- Strategies for Optimal Core Training Program Design
- Do Single Joint Exercises Enhance Functional Fitness?
- Non-Uniform Changes in MRI Measurements of the Thigh Muscles Following Two Hamstring Strengthening Exercises
- The Biomechanics of the Push-Up: Implications for Resistance Training Programs
- Effect of Hand Position on EMG Activity of the Posterior Shoulder Musculature During a Horizontal Abduction Exercise
- Exercise Technique: The Long Lever Posterior Tilt Plank
- Movement Pattern Continuums – A Fundamental Component of Personal Training
- Are All Hip Extension Exercises Created Equal?
- In Response to Letter to the Editor
- Is Postexercise Muscle Soreness a Valid Indicator of Muscular Adaptations?
- The Muscle Pump: Potential Mechanisms and Applications for Enhancing Hypertrophic Adaptations
- The Increasing Role of the Hip Extensor Musculature With Heavier Compound Lower-Body Movements and More Explosive Sport Actions
- The Role of Kettlebells in Strength & Conditioning: A Review of the Literature
- Effects of Different Volume-Equated Resistance Training Loading Strategies on Muscular Adaptations in Well-Trained Men
- The Effect of Maturation on Adaptations to Strength Training and Detraining in 11-15-Year-Olds
- Regional Differences in Muscle Activation During Hamstrings Exercise
- lncreasing Role of Hips Supported by Electromyography and Musculoskeletal Modeling
- An Electromyographic Comparison of a Modified Version of the Plank With a Long Lever and Posterior Tilt Versus the Traditional Plank Exercise
- Muscle Activation During Low- Versus High-Load Resistance Training in Well-Trained Men
- The Functional Movement Screen: A Review
- Effects of Load on Good Morning Kinematics and EMG Activity
- Influence of Resistance Training Frequency on Muscular Adaptations in Well-Trained Men
- Biceps Brachii and Brachialis Cross-sectional Areas Are Major Determinants of Muscle Moment Arms
- A Comparison of Gluteus Maximus, Biceps Femoris, and Vastus Lateralis EMG Activity in the Back Squat and Barbell Hip Thrust Exercises
- A Comparison of Gluteus Maximus, Biceps Femoris, and Vastus Lateralis EMG Amplitude in the Parallel, Full, and Front Squat Variations in Resistance Trained Females
- A comparison of two gluteus maximus EMG maximum voluntary isometric contraction positions
- Acute effects of anterior thigh foam rolling on hip angle, knee angle, and rectus femoris length in the modified Thomas test
- An examination of the gluteal muscle activity associated with dynamic hip abduction and hip external rotation exercise: a systematic review
- Biomechanical implications of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy: a musculoskeletal model
- Greater electromyographic responses do not imply greater motor unit recruitment and ‘hypertrophic potential’ cannot be inferred
- A comparison of gluteus maximus, biceps femoris, and vastus lateralis EMG amplitude for the barbell, band, and American hip thrust variations
- A comparison of increases in volume load over 8 weeks of low- versus high-load resistance training
- Attentional Focus for Maximizing Muscle Development: The Mind-Muscle Connection
- Effects of Varied Versus Constant Loading Zones on Muscular Adaptations in Trained Men
- A Comparison of Increases in Volume Load Over 8 Weeks of Low-Versus High-Load Resistance Training
- Upper body muscle activation during low- versus high-load resistance exercise in the bench press
- Effects of a six-week hip thrust versus front squat resistance training program on performance in adolescent males: A randomized-controlled trial
- The modified Thomas test is not a valid measure of hip extension unless pelvic tilt is controlled
- Strength, body composition, and functional outcomes in the squat versus leg press exercises
- Differential Effects of Heavy versus Moderate Loads on Measures of Strength and Hypertrophy in Resistance-Trained Men
- Effects of 6-week squat, deadlift, or hip thrust training program on speed, power, agility, and strength in experienced lifters: A pilot study
- Roman Chair Back Extension Is/Is Not a Safe and Effective Exercise?
- Biomechanical, anthropometric, and psychological determinants of barbell back squat strength
- Differential effects of attentional focus strategies during long-term resistance training
- Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage and Hypertrophy: A Closer Look Reveals the Jury is Still Out
- Mechanical Misconceptions: Have we lost the “mechanics” in “biomechanics”?
- Vertically and horizontally directed muscle power exercises: Relationships with top-level sprint performances
- Resistance Training Volume Enhances Muscle Hypertrophy but Not Strength in Trained Men
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