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More learning from the gym this Winter Mark Brown February 21, 2023 Over the past year I have been able to identify specific sequences of lifts that fit together very well for power, strength and muscular development. They are a combination of the main – supplemental – accessory lift structure I use as the core …
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Even MORE Lessons! Mark Brown January 25, 2022 Lesson 5: Specialty bars are luxuries. The ultimate gym accessories are specialty bars. Yes, lat pulldown machines, t-bar rows and landmines are all very useful accessories but they don’t compare much to bars in the grand scheme of things. I use those 3 specific examples because they …
Lessons Experienced Over The Past 2 Years Mark Brown January 12, 2023 I started lifting in high school for baseball in my senior year of high school then stopped for reasons that I there is no real explanation for. When I started doing it again in 2013, I worked out through a commercial gym chain …
Bench Press Development Mark Brown December 29, 2022 Squat might be the lift that improved the most in 2022, but bench press is the one that got the most stable in terms of raw, repeatable strength. I thought going into this year that getting to 315 pounds with the lifting structure I finished 2021 with …
Deadlift and Pulling Development Mark Brown December 28, 2022 Entering 2022, I would have said the deadlift was my best lift. It was my most consistent lift. It was the lift I was doing for more weight week to week than anything else. Development slowed in 2022 for it when I subconsciously started to push …
Squat Development Mark Brown December 27, 2022 Going into 2022, the squat was the weakest of my main lifts. I restarted squatting in summer of 2020 after a year and half break from it. I have been doing it much more consistently since the summer of 2021. During a 12 week program that was more …
Part 1: General Overview Mark Brown December 25, 2022 This year has been a period of progress in my strength training. It also saw multiple shifts in my thought process towards lifting and everything that goes into it. Certain areas and lifts saw more improvement than others did. I will detail them in subsequent entries. …
November 7 – November 13, 2022 Mark Brown November 14, 2022 MondayScheduled Rest Day – Recovery TuesdayBox Squats, Cambered Bar – 175 x 5, 265 x 6, 355 x 3, x 3; 375 x 3, x 3; 395 x 3, x 3; 405 x 3, x 3; 415 x 3, x 3; 425 x 3, …
Mark Brown October 27, 2022 When talking about critically thinking through programs, I’m looking for contradictions between the 3 core tenets and the goals I have set for myself. Effectively it’s asking the question “Does this lift have direct benefits to my stated goal?” If that answer is no, then the program or goals need …
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Evaluating Programming Mark Brown October 12, 2022 Value has been a dominant thought in my mind recently, as evidenced by the 2 part essay that I released over the last couple of weeks. I seek to put value in a different light this time. Value is best stated through actions taken. That inherently involves making …
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