Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By: Eric Cressey

Normally, we have qualified individuals like Christina Jenkins and Ko Attleberry put together The Rugged Kitchen for us. However, with qualified individuals come recipes that actually require thought and a passion for cooking. As a overworked grad student who really couldn’t care less about making his food look pretty, I tend to rely [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

An Interview with Brad Cardoza and John Sullivan
By Eric Cressey

Walk into any gym and you’ll encounter some really big guys. Heck, you might even find a few who can move some reasonably impressive weight on the bench. Rarely, you’ll see people who actually deadlifts. And, once in a millennium, you might encounter someone who [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

by Eric Cressey and Tim Skwiat
In Part 1, Tim and Eric set forth the dietary framework for Maximum Muscularity. Now, training and supplementation take center stage.
* Add Fuel to the Fire…On non-lifting days, we highly recommended that you perform high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in place of the resistance training. The fact that HIIT is most [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Tim Skwiat and Eric Cressey
Typically, whenever a trainee aspiring to improve his physique utters, “I want to gain muscle and lose fat…”, he is immediately greeted by eager critics from opposite ends of the spectrum. First, there are those experts that pounce on the opportunity to suppress such a bold quest. They proclaim that such [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Eric Cressey

It’s time to pick up where I left off last month in Part I.  To “reset” the stage, I’ll just say that fish oil is good because it helps with:
Crohn’s Disease:

Belluzzi et al (1996) found that 2.7 g of fish oil per day for one-year significantly reduced the incidence of relapse in Crohn’s [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Eric Cressey

If you’re even remotely up-to-date on your nutrition-for-health reading, you’re well aware of the benefits of fish oil. Moreover, if you’re anything like me, you’ve also gone to great lengths–often to no avail–to convince people that they should be taking it even if it does sound “icky.” In an effort to save you [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 29th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Eric Cressey
Last month, I covered the five myths that you’re bound to come across in any gym during your time in the iron game. This month, five more!

Myth #6: Stance width dictates recruitment of the different muscles of the quadriceps during squats and leg presses.
Contrary to what the local self-proclaimed bodybuilding guru might [...]

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Posted on Monday, 28th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

Kinesiology Myths that Need to Die
By Eric Cressey
Call me anal-retentive, but when intelligent, experienced writers make incorrect statements in their publications, it makes me question their credibility. As we all know only too well, myths abound in the area of weight training (”high reps for toning”) and nutrition (”protein is evil”). Since the kinesiology [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 27th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Eric Cressey

EC: Thanks for taking the time to talk shop with me, Kelly. Tell me a little bit about yourself; I don’t want our readers to think that I just pulled some lunatic off the street for an interview in order to get an article in on time.
KB: I’m 30 years old and work [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 27th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By: Eric Cressey

Q: I was looking around some internet forums in search of information about training programs for high school basketball players, and your name came up as the expert in that field. If you have any time, I was wondering if you could help me out. Basically, here’s the breakdown. I have an athlete [...]

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