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Here are some recommended reads from the archives for today:
An Easy Way to Rotate Strength Exercises – One of the biggest frustrations of training in a commercial or home gym is that there just aren’t enough opportunities to create variety and fluctuations to the resistance training stimulus.  This post highlights one simple way to double [...]

Today’s guest blog comes from Brian Grasso, the director of the International Youth Conditioning Association.
The myths and falsehoods associated with coordination training are plenty.  I’ll outline the “Top 3″ here:
1.       Coordination is a singular element that is defined by a universal ability or lack of ability
2.       Coordination cannot be trained nor taught
3.       Coordination-based stimulus should [...]

Here are a few blasts from the past that I think you’ll like to kick off the week:
Peak Power or Vertical Jump – Which one should you test in athlete training programs, and why?
Back Squatting with a Posterior Labral Tear – This is a good follow-up to last week’s post on shoulder mobility with squatting [...]

Of all the supplements on the market today, one of the most well-known and also misunderstood is creatine. Most of us have heard of it before, but most don’t really know what it can do for you to help you reach your fitness goals.
What Does Creatine Do?
The easiest way to explain what creatine does is [...]

Jon Benson’s 7 Minute Muscle dispels all of the myths about how to best build muscle and replaces them with the facts.