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Stupid Human Tricks: Burdick Loves CrossFit

April 23, 2013 By Jesse Burdick 11 Comments

By Jesse Burdick I don’t do CrossFit. I’m a powerlifter, and a pretty damned good one. For the past seven years, however, I’ve been associated with CrossFit in one form or another. I’ve worked in CrossFit-affiliated gyms, I’ve trained athletes for the CrossFit Games, and I’ve even done a little bit … [Read more...]

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How To Be Awesome: Dealing With Bad Days

March 20, 2013 By Jesse Burdick 10 Comments

By Jesse Burdick Eric Spoto’s day was shit. Absolute, total, unmitigated shit. At one in the afternoon, he’d managed just two hours of sleep since the night before. All he’d had to eat since three in the morning was a handful of pistachios, a cup of yogurt, and a glass of apple juice. For most … [Read more...]

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Training on the Bleeding Edge: Joel Jamieson and BioForce HRV

March 12, 2013 By DH Kiefer 5 Comments

Be brutally honest with yourself right now. What do you really want to look like? How do you really want to be able to perform? Most guys these days, when asked, will tell you they want to look and perform like they fight in the UFC. They may or may not want to get elbowed or choked on a regular … [Read more...]

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THE SEXY, STRONG WOMAN: LOSE WEIGHT, GAIN MUSCLE By Julia Ladewski

January 14, 2013 By Staff 2 Comments

If you want to get stronger, you have to get bigger, right? That’s what most people believe, and it’s essentially become a set-in-stone concession among all athletes, male and female, that in order to add significant amounts of strength, we also have to pack on significant amounts of bulk and fat. … [Read more...]

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Fat Loss, Endurance, and HIIT: Are You Making Cardio Mistakes?

January 4, 2013 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

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