On any given day, bad guys may have some ideas other than a heavy squat.

glycolytic power repeats, a smart type of glycolytic training that maximizes the benefits of acid while minimizing the problems caused by it. More about this type of training in the future.

there is no short-term progression, only practice and variability.

use the highest cadence possible without compromising the power or cutting the ROM.

you must be strong first. Once you are strong—even kind of strong—consider shifting your focus to power.

Russian scientist Andrey Antonov calculated that a regular untrained adult’s heart pumps out enough oxygen to enable him to keep up with advanced runners in a long-distance race. Then why does he not [keep up]…and, moreover, gets out of breath climbing to the third floor? Because his muscles have few mitochondria…Without

Soviet and Russian AGT, while it somewhat increases the mitochondrial quantity (size and number), is not optimized for it. It excels at enhancing the mitochondrial quality—upgrading the mitochondria to handle heavier traffic and rendering the incoming acid harmless.

war is not the only such environment. Less dramatic but equally unpredictable are a suburban house full of kids or a start-up campus. Hence, most adults should model their training on that of warriors rather than athletes.

The myokinase system ekes out some energy by breaking off another phosphate group from the “A-frame.”