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13 Football Players Hospitalized After Saturation Workouts

by Pete Sisco

Yesterday the Associated Press reported on thirteen football players from the University of Iowa being hospitalized after a workout that included 100 squats. Highlights of the article: – they were all diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, “a stress-induced syndrome that can damage cells and cause kidney damage and even failure in severe cases” – even with severe [...]

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What About Soreness?

by Pete Sisco

Believe it or not, this subject makes me chuckle more than any other subject related to weightlifting. But not for any malicious reason. It’s because I get two categories of e-mail about soreness and they go like this: Pete, you’re a genius, I just did a Static Contraction workout and I’ve never been so sore [...]

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