A while back I posted on Dr. John Berardi's experiment with a plant-based diet for muscle building. Well, the results are in and they look pretty good. Keep in mind he did eat eggs, but other than that, he was vegetarian. He did a little more bodyfat that I would like to see in a month, but when put...

Hop, Slam, Jump, Run, Repeat! 5 rounds of 30 seconds work/15 seconds rest Mountain climbers Hoop hops or in and outs  Rotational slam ball or med ball twist  Jump rope or jumping jacks  Swimmers or Slamball  10 yard shuttle run  We took a minute rest between rounds...

Michael Boyle at T-Nation, takes a look at sport-specific training and finds it lacking. In general speed is speed and strength is strength, so exercises need to be tailored to the strengths and weaknesses of the client's physiology. Tall guys don't squat so well, but they tend to pull pretty well. ...

I've been doing this exercise for a long time, but never really knew it had a name other than calling it "those damned hard dumbbell squats." Nick Nilsson, over at Staley Training Systems, spells out how to them correctly and offers a video. Nick Nilsson - MAX Range Dumbell Squats Let me just start ...

Very cool - women can be damn strong and still be, well, women. Very inspiring! Women Power Lifting Faith Ireland (Jeannie Yandel) View the Slideshow Jeannie Yandel JANUARY 31, 2009 var player_base_url = "http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/"; // Download | Embed...

From the team that brings you T-Nation, the best hard-core training site on the web, Figure Athlete offers serious training and nutrition information for women. There are articles from some of my favorite authors, including Alwyn Cosgrove, Mike Robertson, Chad Waterbury, and John Berardi. Here are a...

10 minute couplets Do 20 seconds work/20 seconds rest for 10 minutes at each station using the GymBoss Timer. Here are the couplets Couplet 1 Kettlebell swings Slam ball or fire hose chops   Couplet 2  Jumping pullups Burpees  Couplet 3  Kettlebell high pull Kettlebell ...

The The Canadian Bear Program is a power lifting program designed by Christian Thibaudeau that incorporates the density training of Charles Staley's EDT model with the power lifting focus on the "big three" lifts (squat, bench, deadlift). Thibs is a former power lifter who now looks like a bodybuild...

"Today's class will feature no less than three Bon Jovi songs," our Body Pump instructor gleefully announced this afternoon. Oh hell yes! Way to turn around my bitcharse disposition in one sentence. You cannae beat a bit of the Bon. The tunes turned out to be a really dodgy techno remix of Living On...

[DB squats] Don't have time to spend an hour in the gym? Don't feel like going to the gym, but you have DBs at home? Then this is exactly what you need. I admit it, some days I am lazy. Today was one of those days. No clients to see, so I just didn't feel like going in to the gym. So I dug out an ol...