Olympic Weightlifting: A Complete Guide for Athletes & Coaches
Once you find the proper ROM, your next challenge is to make it your consistent ROM. Your technique should look the same no matter how much weight you’re lifting. That’s harder than it sounds.
Jeff Nippard • The Muscle Ladder: Get Jacked Using Science
When you step under the bar and prepare to squat a weight that you have never tried before. SISU
James Clear • Sisu: How to Develop Mental Toughness in the Face of Adversity
I will restate my ‘iron communist’ views: 1. You must lift heavy. 2. You must limit your reps to five. 3. You must avoid muscle failure. 4. You must cycle your loads. 5. You must stay tight. Tension is power. 6. You must treat your strength as a skill and ‘practice’ with iron rather than ‘work out’. 7. You must strive to do fewer things better.
Pavel Tsatsouline • Beyond Bodybuilding: Muscle and Strength Training Secrets for The Renaissance Man
stronger does not necessarily mean more weight on the bar. Resist the temptation to add weight at the expense of correct technique
Mark Rippetoe • Starting Strength
Years ago, when I first met Pavel Tsatsouline, he challenged me to do a “40-day workout.” I followed his simple instructions to a T. “For the next 40 workouts, pick five lifts. Do them every workout. Never miss a rep, in fact, never even get close to struggling. Go as light as you need to go, and don’t go over 10 reps for any of the movements in a
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