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Female Training—Top 6 reasons why women should lift heavy

By |2018-04-18T18:56:11+00:00April 18th, 2018|Training|

Besides looking cool in the gym by pulling and pushing barbells, weightlifting is the most effective physical activity for achieving any fitness goal, and doing so in record time.  We’re not talking about the catch all phrase “resistance training” but, lifting big, heavy weights repeatedly. For unbeknown reasons, weightlifting and women is often [...]

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Practicing technique produces more results in a safer way

By |2018-04-03T19:44:03+00:00April 3rd, 2018|Training|

Conversations about exercise technique often revolve around the movement patterns, what classifies one motion over another and the overall value of following such guidelines.  Some movements are fairly straight forward often isolating one or two muscles at a time.  Others are more compound, developing force over several joints and body planes.  Due to [...]

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Squats equal Stronger Body

By |2018-03-26T15:38:36+00:00March 26th, 2018|Training|

We all want to improve our strength, lean body mass and develop an athletic-look in the process.  The most common question being, how can I get stronger?  If you compare successful training programs they all tend to have two things in common.  One, each program progressively delivers their intensity curves; and two, all [...]

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Power Clean — Explosive Strength Development

By |2018-01-22T15:42:22+00:00January 22nd, 2018|Training|

Related Articles: Strong is Sexy—6-week Strength Training Program Power Snatch—Explosive Strength Development We all want our training to be efficient and productive at the same time.  Due to progressive popularity of Crossfit and other athletic performance training regimes, olympic weightlifting is becoming mainstream.  These movements are complex, but once understood and practiced, produce a [...]

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Power Snatch — Explosive Strength Development

By |2018-01-15T13:44:34+00:00January 15th, 2018|Training|

Fitness goals often include looking and feeling our best by having more energy, burning body fat while building lean mass.  Countless articles talk about such very topics, each one providing an option, a “hack” of most effective exercise.  To enhance body physique, we need to increase overall performance.  The most effective way to jolt [...]

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Strong is Sexy—6-Week Strength Training Program for lean and athletic body

By |2018-01-02T04:20:21+00:00January 1st, 2018|Training, Workouts|

Related Article:  Strong is Sexy—Strength Training Program Details and Design Six week program that uses popular 5x5 training set along with some of the dynamic / power components.  The overall program is easy to use and simple to follow through linear progression in set intensity.  The program will have:  3 microcyles consisting of 6 training sessions [...]

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Strong is Sexy—Strength Training Program Details and Design

By |2018-01-29T21:51:04+00:00December 26th, 2017|Training|

We all know strength as an ability.  On the surface, strength is associated with lifting heavy weights, having greater muscle mass, improved performance while looking more athletically fit.  Though there are several varieties of strength, the one we’re going to focus on is the absolute kind.  This version includes using maximal or just-below maximal [...]

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Warm-Up and Stretching—often interchanged but distinctively different

By |2017-12-20T14:28:43+00:00December 20th, 2017|Training|

Many of us understand the importance of warming-up prior to beginning a training session or any other physical activity.  And, a large component of any warm-up includes Stretching.  Often warm-up and stretching are used interchangeably and though these terms overlap, each differs from another in several factors, especially when it comes to function and [...]

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Bench Press – The Stronger Leaner Faster Guide

By |2017-10-09T14:21:43+00:00October 9th, 2017|Training|

Upper body strength has been and continues to be a popular discussion platform.  We are all fascinated with strength, its power and the learning process of its development.  Hence, the reason why so many of us marvel at individuals with muscular pecs, shoulders and arms.  Among gym goers, regardless of physical performance level, the [...]

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Deadlifts — The Stronger Leaner Faster Guide

By |2017-09-12T17:18:28+00:00September 12th, 2017|Training|

Many often ask, what is the best exercise to do in the gym?  This is a loaded question as it primarily depends on what your definition of “best” is.  At Science and Strength, we measure effectiveness of the movement based on ability to engage numerous tissues and body systems.  With this definition, arguably the [...]

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