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Why Are You Chasing PRs and Personal Bests?
If you are not creating an environment for growth, you are creating one for injury.
DeShawn Fairbairn
The Benefits of Intuitive Lifting
Have you ever shown up for a workout and aren't feeling it? What do you do? How do you make adjustments? Intuitively. That's how.
Josh Williams
Should You Track Your Nutrition?
Many diet plans brag about not counting calories. But will they work for you?
Charles Staley
EDT: Time Management Meets Weight Training
This method allows you to pack a powerful workout into a short time frame.
Charles Staley
How Often Should I Squat?
Your goals dictate how much, how often, and how hard you lift.
Charles Staley
The Hub and Spoke Method for Attacking Weaknesses
This scheme will help you with whatever skill you're trying to develop, while maintaining other areas.
Charles Staley
How I Was Wrong About Linear Periodization
Focusing on one adaptation doesn't have to mean losing ground on another.
Charles Staley
There's Nothing Fancy About Getting Fitter
Your goals are simpler than you think, and so are the methods that will get you there.
Charles Staley
5 Ways You're Wasting Your Time in the Gym
If any of these movements are staples of your routine, you can do better.
Charles Staley
Microcycle Programming: Organize Your Training Week
Intelligent attention to the details of your plan allows you to squeeze every ounce of progress from your workouts.
Charles Staley
Learn the Rules, Then Break Them
The fitness industry is all about creating rules, but you can break all of them and still succeed.
Charles Staley
Bulky Is a Lie: Why Women Need to Lift Weights
It's time to move past the outdated fear that weight training makes women unfeminine.
Charles Staley
Don't Let Your Wants Obscure Your Needs
If you only train what you enjoy, you will not make progress.
Charles Staley
Specificity: It's All About Context
Your specific needs as an athlete determine whether or not an exercise has utility for you.
Charles Staley
Don't Dismiss Machines for Athletic Strength
Smart athletes think not only in terms of effectiveness, but also in terms of efficiency.
Charles Staley
When You’re a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail
If you only know one way to do things, what happens when that way doesn't work?
Charles Staley
3 Musts of Athletic Success: Progression, Support, Nutrition
These behaviors are non-negotiable. If you're missing one, you're falling short of your potential.
Charles Staley
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