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Lift 98% More Weight With Your PayPal Account

by Pete Sisco

My friend Dave over at 1-Ton Hooks told me that he updated his ancient website and among the improvements is the fact that they now take PayPal payments. Most of you already know that I highly recommend using lifting hooks for the proven reason that anyone who uses them can lift more weight. I’ve personally [...]

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True: Magic Pill Delivers 98% More Weight Lifted Per Set

by Pete Sisco

Suppose I could tell you about a pill I personally tested on myself and on people in a gym and, after taking the pill one time, they could immediately lift 98% more weight per set. It really happened. The Truth We tested using the lat pulldown. First we had the subjects do a complete set [...]

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My Own Dumb Workout

by Pete Sisco

A couple of days ago I did a workout at a crazy gym in Thailand. I posted a few photos on the Static Contraction Facebook page but for the benefit of the people not on Facebook I’ll put them at the bottom of this post. The gym was fun but the workout I did was [...]

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Maximum Push and Maximum Pull

by Pete Sisco

After you perform a few Static Contraction workouts you become very aware that what you are able to do for five seconds determines the success of all of your strength and muscularity goals. That is something that really focuses the mind. If you did a 5-second bench press of 280 lbs last time, you need [...]

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Tips for Effective Back Training

by Pete Sisco

It’s odd that back training gets largely ignored in the world of strength training. For one thing, the low back muscles are the antagonistic muscles to the abdominal muscles and keep that area of the torso in proper balance. The web and late-night television are full of ab exercises and gadgets yet barely ever talk [...]

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Get a 62% Increase on Three Big Exercises

by Pete Sisco

In the realm of strength training and muscle-building ‘intensity’ is everything. Well, almost everything. The human body grows more muscle in response to higher intensity work. Nothing else can trigger that response. Better nutrition won’t trigger it. The latest supplement won’t trigger it. Even drugs can’t trigger it. While all of the above can play [...]

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