Anthony Springman’s story could have come straight out of one of those old Charles Atlas ads in the back of comic books. But nobody’s kicking sand in this multi sport champion’s face now! Read on to find out how he does it! Anthony, thanks for talking to all of us garage meatheads around the world. How long have you […]
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Anna Woods is a wonder. She’s not only a devoted stay at home mom, but also a personal trainer specializing in adults with special needs, an online coach and a business coach to other fitness coaches. Plus she still competes in Crossfit, powerlifting, adventure races and 5ks! Find out how this modern day shieldmaiden is
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I’ve never been in shape. That’s an embarrassing admission considering that I’ve been lifting weights or at least exercising for 23 years. I started out as a skinny kid and that didn’t change until my girlfriend at the time had to rescue me from under a bar loaded to 135lbs. I weighed five pounds less
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I know that’s a weird title. Seems like I just said the same thing twice. But here me out. What I mean is you should be actively involved in problem solving during your training session if you want to be successful long term. Working out has developed a bit of a bad rap over the
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We don’t need as much advice as we think we do. That may sound odd after posting three blogs giving out advice but hear me out. Within the last twenty-four hours I’ve responded to the following questions: I don’t care about drug testing in fact, I prefer a non drug tested federation and I’m not likely
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What does my powerlifting total have to do with Narnia or even leopards? A lot. It also has to do with my grand uncle who manned up when he found himself in a tight spot. A Little Background I’ve been struggling with my lifts lately. When I was just exercising to get in shape, whatever
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Diet & Nutrition gets a lot of press IIFYM, Clean Eating, Paleo, Low Carb, 40-30-30, Moderate carb low-fat. Just trying to understand all of the diet options out there is enough to drive anybody crazy. So I don’t. I’ve come up with a simple approach that works most of the time. I like to think
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I started training for powerlifting three years ago and competing in full meets last year. But I’ve been lifting recreationally for twenty plus years. In that time, I’ve noticed that lifters become ridiculously tribal about their training methodology. I’m running 5/3/1, I run Westside or I’m doing Sheiko. As a garage athlete you’re free from the
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Training Partners are Important But should you be training partners with your significant other? My wife does triathlons, 5k races and bike rides. Her goals are to do a century ride. Mine are to squat 500, bench 350 and deadlift 600. Doesn’t seem like something that would allow us to train together. But we make it
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There is No Magic to Monday I received a text recently that read, “I’m feeling better. Should I train today or wait until Monday?” My answer was, “There is no magic to Monday”. If you feel good enough to train today, do whatever you would have done today if you hadn’t had the layoff. Yes, you
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