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How Fast Eddie Got Fast: The Use of Light Weights to Develop Speed and Precision
If you’ve been reading Performance Menu for a while, you know that I love to include a lot of film and literature references in the articles I write. I’m a big reader and a movie lover, so famous quotes and one-liners always seem to poke ... Continue reading
If you’ve been reading Performance Menu for a while, you know that I love to include a lot of film and literature references in the articles I write. I’m a big reader and a movie lover, so famous quotes and one-liners always seem to poke ... Continue reading
Weightlifting Program Design: A Case Study
Program design is one of those topics that is overwhelming both to read and write about. Most literature is necessarily nebulous and vague, and individuals interested in learning more often find themselves inundated with a collection of concepts that... Continue reading
Program design is one of those topics that is overwhelming both to read and write about. Most literature is necessarily nebulous and vague, and individuals interested in learning more often find themselves inundated with a collection of concepts that... Continue reading
Motivation
While I have been wanting to write this article, and my good friend and training partner, Kara Yessie, has been encouraging me to write it, I was avoiding it simply because I didn’t want it to seem as if I were pulling out a page in my diary fo... Continue reading
While I have been wanting to write this article, and my good friend and training partner, Kara Yessie, has been encouraging me to write it, I was avoiding it simply because I didn’t want it to seem as if I were pulling out a page in my diary fo... Continue reading
Recipes: Issue 66
Cabbage Ceviche Time: 15 minutes • 1 lb shrimp, tail off. (can be either pre-cooked or raw) • 1/2 head of cabbage • 1/2 cucumber • 1/2 red bell pepper • 1/2 cup cilantro • 1/4 cup chopped red onion • 1-2... Continue reading
Cabbage Ceviche Time: 15 minutes • 1 lb shrimp, tail off. (can be either pre-cooked or raw) • 1/2 head of cabbage • 1/2 cucumber • 1/2 red bell pepper • 1/2 cup cilantro • 1/4 cup chopped red onion • 1-2... Continue reading
When the Olympic Lifts aren't Appropriate
The Olympic lifts are not for everyone. I’m sure that sounds funny considering the source—most people who don’t train in our facility assume that all we do is Olympic weightlifting, even with our fitness clients. This is of course i... Continue reading
The Olympic lifts are not for everyone. I’m sure that sounds funny considering the source—most people who don’t train in our facility assume that all we do is Olympic weightlifting, even with our fitness clients. This is of course i... Continue reading
Let Your Freak Flag Fly
When I first got started in Olympic Weightlifting, a very thoughtful coach was nice enough to give me a couple of VHS video tapes with tons of weightlifting footage on them. He knew I was interested in becoming a weightlifter and he wanted to help me... Continue reading
When I first got started in Olympic Weightlifting, a very thoughtful coach was nice enough to give me a couple of VHS video tapes with tons of weightlifting footage on them. He knew I was interested in becoming a weightlifter and he wanted to help me... Continue reading
Organic: To Buy Or Not To Buy?
Let's face it. While eating 100% organic food is an ideal many strive for, a variety of circumstances (such as financial constraints or simply convenience) make it impossible not to sometimes fall short. But how do you juggle the desire to minimize y... Continue reading
Let's face it. While eating 100% organic food is an ideal many strive for, a variety of circumstances (such as financial constraints or simply convenience) make it impossible not to sometimes fall short. But how do you juggle the desire to minimize y... Continue reading
In Your Corner: Book Excerpt
The following is excerpted from In Your Corner: Marketing, Media and PR for MMA Fighters and Managers by Yael Grauer and Brant DeLorenzo. Interview Tips & Tricks There's a few things you should know about interviewers before they show up, ... Continue reading
The following is excerpted from In Your Corner: Marketing, Media and PR for MMA Fighters and Managers by Yael Grauer and Brant DeLorenzo. Interview Tips & Tricks There's a few things you should know about interviewers before they show up, ... Continue reading
Recipes: Issue 65
Pickled Vegetables You can take this base recipe and make pickled vegetables from whatever veggies you like or have on hand. This is just one of many variations. Prep time: 7 min Total time: around two days Vegetable example: • 1/2 he... Continue reading
Pickled Vegetables You can take this base recipe and make pickled vegetables from whatever veggies you like or have on hand. This is just one of many variations. Prep time: 7 min Total time: around two days Vegetable example: • 1/2 he... Continue reading
Beginning Weightlifting as an Adult
In my dreams, I coach in a system like the Chinese, in which I have a few dozen elite lifters handed to me between the ages of 18-20 after they’ve spent the last 8-10 years training under excellent coaches and are already world-class lifters at... Continue reading
In my dreams, I coach in a system like the Chinese, in which I have a few dozen elite lifters handed to me between the ages of 18-20 after they’ve spent the last 8-10 years training under excellent coaches and are already world-class lifters at... Continue reading
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