flexibility

Proper Flexibility Training Means Using No Weights – Not Heavy Weights

by Pete Sisco

I really like the photo accompanying this post. It’s a beautiful illustration of what healthy flexibility really is. Apart from the comments and innuendo I’d hear from my male friends, what I think of when I look at this model is how dedicated to flexibility she must be. Look at the position of her chin [...]

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What About Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Training?

by Pete Sisco

One of the hundred or so fallacies that populate the field of strength training is the concept that different principles apply at different times. Among other things, this fallacy leads to the concept that any training regimen needs to offer different workouts for people who are beginning training than for people who are already training [...]

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Static Contraction Training and Flexibility Nonsense

by Pete Sisco

Here is the second-biggest lie in strength training: “you need to use a full range of motion.” Never mind that there is not one, single clinical study to confirm this ‘fact’, (yes, not one) let’s take a look at some common sense aspects of it that are apparent without the help of a team of [...]

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