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Happy New Year!

All over the blogosphere people are posting about their goals for the upcoming year.  Yet, we all know that New Year's resolutions have a notoriously high failure rate.  Why is this?  The New Year is an artificial deadline for setting goals so and perhaps choose...

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Learning Something New

The post season and early off season is a great time to experiment with new training ideas. You can learn new movement patterns without the pressure of looking for results. Cross training or learning a new physical skill is a great way to keep they body active while giving...

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I am not a guru training principles

A friend of mine from Explosive Sports Performance posted this on Facebook the other day...

Here is the link to the article

I bring this up for two reasons.

1.  The content.  Go read the article to which Phil is referring.

I don't always enjoy the tone of voice of T-Nation articles,...

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How to Get Your Training Back on Track

Melissa Wimter offers fitness training consultation

So it's about mid-season for club players in the US.  Hopefully all is going well with you and your training plan.  I hope you're feeling strong, fit, fast, and invincible.  If, however, you've gotten a bit off track don't beat yourself up.  Let's figure out what you need to...

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Protein and Poultry Days: Egg Eating Contest

I've gotten a lot of questions from my 25 Tips list about nutrition.  Today, I finally give a few answers about protein.  I'm no expert on nutrition but I can at least give you a few basics you NEED to know about protein if you're training hard in the weight room.

As an added bonus,...

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5 Things I Learned in Training and Traveling

Luckily my training over the past 2 months has been more consistent than would be indicated by the frequency of my posts.

I recently got back to the US after traveling in Europe since March 6th. While traveling I was working on my new training program (coming out June 6th!), giving a few clinics,...

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