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So You Want to Write Your Own Program
If you've decided to build your own training plan from the ground up, here's how to get started.
Walter J. Dorey
Waves of Strength: Soviet-Style Periodization
Get strong, stay strong, and keep getting stronger by decoupling volume and intensity.
Craig Marker
Balance Variety and Routine for Year-Round Progress
If you always do everything, you will often hit plateaus. The trick is to regulate your variation with phases.
Charles Staley
Do I Need to Squat? Smart Strength With Charles Staley
Strength training veteran Charles Staley is here to answer our readers' questions about life and lifting.
Charles Staley
Volume and Intensity: Smart Strength With Charles Staley
Strength training veteran Charles Staley is here to answer our readers' questions about life and lifting.
Charles Staley
Hormonal Response to Block Periodization in Special Forces Operators
A new study suggests block periodization can help special operators avoid overtraining.
Craig Marker
4 Secrets of Soviet Weightlifting (As Revealed by Pavel)
I was fortunate to learn from Pavel himself about the Soviet secrets of dominance and longevity. Here is what I discovered.
Craig Marker
A Simple Guide to Periodization for Strength Training
Failing to utilize any periodization could lead to overtraining, failure to recover, and the inability to progress.
Lee Winer
Periodization Increases Strength, Regardless of the Method Used
A new research review suggests it doesn't matter which programming plan you use, as long as you have a plan.
Doug Dupont
CrossFit Should Not Be Based on a Dare
Mixing and matching from boxes and CrossFit celebs is a prescription for failure. Seeking out the most heinous crush-fest is just plain reckless.
Patrick McCarty
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 2: Challenging the Overreaction
I encourage everyone to analyze the true contribution of a new trend to your training before committing to long-term implementation.
Ian King
Unilateral Leg Training, Part 1: Historical Perspectives
Everywhere you look in the training world today you see single leg exercises. But it wasn’t always this way.
Ian King
How Often Should You Compete in Weightlifting?
Weightlifting does not really have a competitive season. So the question arises for newcomers: "How often should we compete?"
Dresdin Archibald
Why the CrossFit Hopper Model Is Broken
The hopper model relates to selecting workouts at random. Surely there are better ways to program CrossFit?
Eric Auciello
Block Periodization Versus Linear Periodization: Which Is Better?
A new study asks which method produces better improvements in strength and power.
Doug Dupont
How to Assemble a SEAL Astronaut Ninja Training Program
What you may need to become a full-fledged superhero is different to what your workout buddy may need. How can that be?
Andrew Read
Blood Doping, Deal Breakers, and WTF Moments
As a female, I can't help but be fascinated by the images of women in the fitness world. For that reason, two particular articles made my picks this week, as well as five others you shouldn't miss.
Becca Borawski Jenkins
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