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The Theory of Sport-Specific Conditioning

by Nick Horton

When we use the word conditioning, in normal parlance, we tend to mean it as a synonym for cardiovascular endurance training.  That isn’t to say that we mean it simply to be long-distance running.  It could be interval training, CrossFit, or boxing.  But, in any case, it’s meant as a form of training that gets… [Read More]

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Strength Plus Magazine – First Issue!

by Nick Horton

Check out the first issue of a new online strength magazine focused on Olympic Weightlifting, Strength Plus.  Scroll to the bottom and right click the image of Kendrick Ferris to ‘save as’.  It looks like this: This issue is ‘inside the French system’.  Oooh, sexy!  It’s pretty massive (70 pages).  It also includes an interview… [Read More]

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Everything You Know About Fitness is Wrong – Zen Quote of the Day

by Nick Horton

Oscar Wilde, from The Importance of Being Ernest Everything popular is wrong That may not sound very Zen, but it is.  It comes down to being aware of the natural human instinct to jump on bandwagons.  The more aware you are of any natural tendency the more rationally you can react to them.  And jumpin’… [Read More]

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