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December 18th , 2009
-	Moving the Force-Time Curve to the Left - By Charles Staley
-	Straight Bar Dips for Chest - By Nick Nilsson
-	Fibromangina: A Mandemic!!! - By Phil Stevens
-	Orthorexia and the New Rules of Clean Eating (Part 2) - By Tom Venuto

December 11th , 2009
-	The Illusions Of Olympic Weight Lifting - By Charles Staley
-	V-Bar Pull-Ups For the Lower Lats - By Nick Nilsson
-	Positions Explained: Clean vs. Deadlift - By Phil Stevens
-	Orthorexia and the New Rules of Clean Eating (Part 1) - By Tom Venuto

December 4th , 2009
-	Healthy Knees for Life - By Charles Staley
-	High/Low Chest Pre-Exhaust Training - By Nick Nilsson
-	Money Can’t Buy You Progress - By Phil Stevens
-	Politically Incorrect (But EFFECTIVE) Tactics For Working Out In A Busy Gym! - By Jeff Anderson

November 20th , 2009
-	Burning Calories Is Easy...By Charles Staley
-	Handstand Push-Ups - The BEST Shoulder Exercise You Can Do - By Nick Nilsson
-	How Can You Have Your Pudding?…By Phil Stevens
-	Football Strength Training: 3 Rules for Success - By Steven Morris

November 13th , 2009
-	Your Workout Sucks - By Charles Staley
-	Full Range Quads...Sissy Squats to Leg Press In the Rack - By Nick Nilsson
-	No Such Thing As a Bad Question - Part 5 - By Phil Stevens
-	Power Building and Resistance Cardio: The Killer Combo! - By Elliott Hulse

November 6th , 2009
-	Sports-Specific Training Questions and Answers - By Charles Staley
-	Swiss Ball Incline Press Negatives - By Nick Nilsson
-	Deloading For Dummies - By Phil Stevens
-	Primal Workouts - By Mike Westerdal and Elliott Hulse

October 30th, 2009
-	Pain And Performance; Production And Profit - By Charles Staley
-	The CURE For Stubborn Shoulders...The Two-Phase Barbell Shoulder Press - By Nick Nilsson
-	Champion the Journey Not the Destination - By Phil Stevens
-	Can The Body Digest More Than 30 Grams of Protein at One Time? - By Will Brink

October 23rd, 2009
-	Oh, Those Aching Shoulders! - By Charles Staley
-	High Rep Deadlifts - By Nick Nilsson
-	Lift 4 Hope Recap - By Phil Stevens
-	Stay Out of the Fridge You Fat Bastard - By Leigh Peele

October 16th, 2009
-	Strength Development Fundamentals for Golfers - By Charles Staley
-	EZ Bar One Arm Rows - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Art of the Mindless Meat Head - By Phil Stevens
-	The Top 20 Healthy Habits To Living Longer - By Sean Barker

October 9th, 2009
-	Occam's Barbell: Putting An End To Paralysis By Analysis - By Charles Staley
-	"3D Abs!" - Three Unique Abdominal Exercises In The Three Major Planes Of Movement - By Nick Nilsson
-	Realize Your Leverages For Maximum Progress - By Phil Stevens
-	3 Unique and Powerful Chest Training Secrets - By Jeff Anderson

October 2nd, 2009
-	Customizing Your Workouts for Maximum Results - By Charles Staley
-	Solo Bench Press Negative Training - By Nick Nilsson
-	What's Phil Up To? By Phil Stevens
-	A Type of Trans Fat That Makes You Leaner? + 3 Vegetables That Make You Leaner - By Mike Geary

September 25th, 2009
-	Tri-Quality Training: Three Ways To Move Big Weights - By Charles Staley
-	The Bicep In-Set Superset - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Olympia Weekend Preview - By Phil Stevens
-	The Shell Game that is the "Proprietary Blend" Nutritional Supplement - By Will Brink

September 18th, 2009
-	Acceleration: The Middle Path - By Charles Staley
-	Explosive Hammer Curls - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Spot Reduction Fallacy - By Phil Stevens
-	3 Simple Steps To Maximum Muscle - By Sean Barker

September 11th, 2009
-	Quality Has a Quantity All Its Own - By Charles Staley
-	I Got My Butt Kicked by a 68 Year Old Woman...My Experience at a TFT Seminar - By Nick Nilsson
-	Fat is Phat! - By Phil Stevens
-	The Power of Partial Movements - By Tony Dare
-	Libérese del Clásico Entrenamiento de Sobrecarga - By Charles Staley

September 4th, 2009
-	Understanding Training Foundation - By Charles Staley
-	Why Your Big Toe Is Your Key To Great Calves! By Nick Nilsson
-	Phil Stevens and Sam Cox Talk Shop...By Phil Stevens
-	Obsess Much? By Troy Paradiso

August 21st, 2009
-	Why I Don't Want To Clean 315 Pounds - By Charles Staley
-	2 Up 1 Down Stiff-Legged Deadlifts - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Aerobic Conspiracy - By Phil Stevens
-	Football Training 101: Olympic Lifts for Explosive Power - By Steven Morris

August 14th, 2009
-	The Punishment/Reward (PR) Method - By Charles Staley
-	How To Do Heavy Dumbell Bench Press on the Swiss Ball - By Nick Nilsson
-	Fitness Worldwide: UK - By Phil Stevens
-	3 Lifting Mistakes You MUST Not Make - By Jason Ferruggia

August 7th, 2009
-	10 Thoughts On Loading Parameters - By Charles Staley
-	Rack-Rail Leg Raises for DOUBLE-Torching Your Midsection - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Time to Start Living is Today - By Phil Stevens
-	4 Mental Tricks To Increase Your Bench Press By 20%! - By Jeff Anderson

July 31st, 2009
-	Structural Versus Randomized Training Concepts - By Charles Staley
-	Suspender Deadlifts - A Unique Technique for Assisted Deadlifts - By Nick Nilsson
-	Fitness Worldwide: Trinidad and Tobago - By Phil Stevens
-	Rates of Perceived Exertion (RPEs) - By Michael Tuchscherer

July 24th, 2009
-	The Problem With Sitting...Problems Associated with Long Term Seated Postures - By Charles Staley
-	Seated Negative Barbell Curls to TRASH Your Biceps - By Nick Nilsson
-	Phil Stevens and Christopher Drummond Talk Shop...
-	Are You Sick of Being Sore? The 7 Best Ways to Relieve Muscle Soreness - By Sean Barker

July 17th, 2009
-	Pressed for Time: Life Management Skills for Bodybuilders - By Charles Staley
-	Zercher Squats Off the Floor - By Nick Nilsson
-	Fitness Worldwide: Explained - By Phil Stevens
-	The Little Thing in Your Head That's Keeping You Fat - By Tom Venuto

July 10th, 2009
-	Mixed Qualities Training for Anaerobic Events - By Charles Staley
-	Bottom Start Barbell Shoulder Press For Monster Shoulder Power - By Nick Nilsson
-	4 Things That Piss Me Off! - By Phil Stevens
-	How to Build Muscle with High Rep Leg Training - By Jason Ferruggia

July 3rd, 2009
-	The Problem With Periodization - By Charles Staley
-	One-Legged Glute Deadlifts - An Exercise That Will Kick Your Butt - By Nick Nilsson
-	Seeking and Accepting Mediocrity as Excellence! By Phil Stevens
-	Why Excess Abdominal Fat is More DEADLY Than You Think - By Mike Geary

June 26th, 2009
-	Fear Of Technology - By Charles Staley
-	Power Rack Dips - What To Do When You Don't Have Dipping Bars - By Nick Nilsson
-	My Take On Training the Next Generation - By Phil Stevens
-	The Big Picture of Permanent Weight Loss - By Will Brink

June 19th, 2009
-	Creative Applications of Circuit Training: Fatigue Management Strategies for Bodybuilders, Part II - By Charles Staley
-	One Shoulder Barbell Squats - A TOTAL-Body Ab Exercise - By Nick Nilsson
-	Primary Goal Setting and Its Impact On Your Success - By Phil Stevens
	Watch Your Waistline - 5 Tips For Eating Out This Father's Day - By Sean Barker

June 12th, 2009
-	Creative Applications of Circuit Training: Fatigue Management Strategies for Bodybuilders, Part I - By Charles Staley
-	Swiss Ball Reverse Hyperextensions - By Nick Nilsson
-	Failure and Its Many Faces - By Phil Stevens
	Escalating Density Training - By Jade Teta ND, CSCS and Keoni Teta ND, LAc, CSCS

June 5th, 2009
-	Some Thoughts On Mindset: 5 Mental Health Secrets For Great Workouts - By Charles Staley
-	Side Ball Push-Ups...A New Twist on a Classic Chest Exercise - By Nick Nilsson
-	Pop Quiz 4: Let's Brush Up On Our Knowledge...By Phil Stevens
	The Ten Fat Loss Mistakes You Are Making at the Gym - By Matt Lisk

May 29th, 2009
-	Quality Strength for Human Athletic Performance: A Guide to Speed Strength Training - By Charles Staley
-	One Arm Sandbag Cleans For Explosive Power - By Nick Nilsson
-	Build a Bigger Chest in 3-4 Workouts or Less - By Tom Venuto

May 22nd, 2009
-	7 Easy Ways to Improve Your Squat - By Charles Staley
-	Heavy Dumbell Slides - Good, Honest, Core Work...By Nick Nilsson
-	No Such Thing As a Bad Question… Late Spring Edition - By Phil Stevens
-	3 Hardgainer Tactics For Building Maximum Muscle - By Jeff Anderson

May 8th, 2009
-	A Basic Primer on Endurance Training - By Charles Staley
-	Dumbell and Machine Squats - By Nick Nilsson
-	Get Stiff to Build a Strong and Powerful Midsection - By Phil Stevens
-	How You Can Add Up TO 50 Pounds To Your Bench Press IMMEDIATELY By NOT Pyramiding! - By Doberman Dan Gallapoo

May 1st, 2009
-	Cleaning Up Your Clean - By Charles Staley
-	One Dumbell Shoulder Press - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Addictive, All-Or-Nothing Personality: Your Strongest Tool Or Your Worst Enemy? "Harnessing the Power" - Part 4 - By Phil Stevens
-	5 New Ways to Workout - By Sean Barker

April 24th, 2009
-	My 10 Best Injury-Management Tips - By Charles Staley
-	Plank One Arm Dumbell Rows - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Addictive, All-Or-Nothing Personality: Your Strongest Tool Or Your Worst Enemy? "No Problem, its Done" - Part 3 - By Phil Stevens
-	Stand and Deliver: Three Ways to Instantly Improve Your Athletic Ability - By Steven Morris

April 17th, 2009
-	Get Out of the Rut! Ten Powerful Ideas to Get Back On The Road to Progress - By Charles Staley
-	Foot-To-Hand Kettlebell Raises - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Addictive, All-Or-Nothing Personality: Your Strongest Tool Or Your Worst Enemy? Part 2 - By Phil Stevens
-	K.I.S.S. - By Patrick Ward

April 10th, 2009
-	The Bouncing Stiff-Legged Deadlift - By Charles Staley
-	Close Grip Push-Ups to Bodyweight Extensions - By Nick Nilsson
-	6 Tips For Cutting Fat - By Phil Stevens
-	3 Ab Exercises NOT to Do - By Craig Ballantyne

April 3rd , 2009
-	Every Rep Counts - By Charles Staley
-	Weighted Abdominal Planks For Rock-Solid Core Strength - By Nick Nilsson
-	The Addictive, All-Or-Nothing Personality: Your Strongest Tool Or Your Worst Enemy? - By Phil Stevens
-	The "Cred" - One Arm Dumbell Snatch - By John A. Peck

March 27th, 2009
-	Re-evaluating the Practice of "Training to Failure" - By Charles Staley
-	Bicep Superset - Preachers To EZ Curls - By Nick Nilsson
-	Is Your Chosen Path Healthy or Irrational? - By Phil Stevens
-	5 Exercises You Shouldn't Be Doing - By Sean Barker
-	Interview With TC Luoma - Part 2 - Interview By Julianne Van Valkenburg

March 20th, 2009
-	Principles Continued: Your Operating System - By Charles Staley
-	When Can You Have TOO Much Training Variety? - By Nick Nilsson
-	Dietary Basics - By Phil Stevens
-	Adaptations to Sprint Training By Vince DelMonte

March 13th, 2009
-	The Absence of Logic: Possible VS Likely - By Charles Staley
-	Band Supported Dips to KILL Your Upper Body - By Nick Nilsson
-	Pop Quiz 3: Let's Brush Up On Our Knowledge...By Phil Stevens
-	The 5 Exercises Athletes MUST Do - By Steven Morris
-	Interview With TC Luoma - Interview By Julianne Van Valkenburg

March 6th, 2009
-	The Principles of Progress - By Charles Staley
-	In-Rack Dumbell Split Squats - By Nick Nilsson
-	No Such Thing As a Bad Question… Early Spring Edition - By Phil Stevens
-	Strongman vs. Power Cleans For Explosive Football Gains - By Elliott Hulse

February 27th, 2009
-	Do You Have a Protocol? - By Charles Staley
-	Kneeling Sandbag Shouldering - By Nick Nilsson
-	Pain vs. Strain Defined - By Phil Stevens
-	How to Cheat In Powerlifting...and Get Away With It - Part 2 - By Christopher Drummond, Staley Sponsored Athlete
-	Interview With Troy Paradiso - Interview By Julianne Van Valkenburg

February 20th, 2009
-	The Truth About Women and Pull-Ups - By Charles Staley
-	Front to Back to Wide Stance Squats - By Nick Nilsson
-	Every Peak Has Two Valleys - By Phil Stevens
-	How to Cheat In Powerlifting...and Get Away With It - By Christopher Drummond, Staley Sponsored Athlete
-	Interview With Charles Staley - Part 2 - Interview By Julianne Van Valkenburg

February 13th, 2009
-	Truth of Fiction? A Look at Bodybuilding Maxims - By Charles Staley
-	Barbell Weighted Chin-Ups - By Nick Nilsson
-	Do’s and Don'ts the Week Before a Meet - By Phil Stevens
-	ART Therapy - Active Release Techniques for Strength Athletes - By Mike Westerdal
-	Interview With Charles Staley - Interview By Julianne Van Valkenburg

February 6th, 2009
-	Maximize Your Efficiency: Three "Tweaks" That Will Revolutionize Your Workout - By Charles Staley
-	MAX Range Dumbell Squats - By Nick Nilsson
-	Give It 30 Days...By Phil Stevens
-	How to Get Big Calves - By Jason Ferrgguia
-	Interview With Phil Stevens - By Julianne Van Valkenburg

January 30th, 2009
-	Prove Me Wrong! Why BMI Could Actually Discourage Training! - By Charles Staley
-	Heavy Dumbell Swings - By Nick Nilsson
-	Adversity Leads to Real Passion - By Phil Stevens
-	Fat Burning Secrets Of The U.S. Military! - By Jeff Anderson

January 23rd, 2009
-	The Ten Most Common Strength Training Mistakes Made by Martial Artists - By Charles Staley
-	"Forehead on Bench" Rowing - By Nick Nilsson
-	Pop Quiz 2: Let's Brush Up On Our Knowledge...By Phil Stevens
-	The Training Triangle - The Secret to Building Maximum Muscle - By Sean Barker

January 16th, 2009
-	The Can't-Fail Mass-Gain Triad: Eat Big, Train Big, Sleep Big - 2 - By Charles Staley
-	How To Do Barbell Cheat Curls - By Nick Nilsson
-	Interview with NAHA Co-Founder D.J. Satterfield - By Phil Stevens
-	An Overview of DoggCrapp Training - By Mike Westerdal

January 9th, 2009
-	The Can't-Fail Mass-Gain Triad: Eat Big, Train Big, Sleep Big - 1 - By Charles Staley
-	Front and Back Grip Straddle Deadlifts, a.k.a. Jefferson Lifts - By Nick Nilsson
-	10 Predictions for 2009 - By David Barr
-	Saturdays at the Bed & Barbell - By Phil Stevens
-	You Don't Have To Be Young To Be An Athlete - By Jason Ferrugia

January 2nd, 2009
-	10 Overlooked And Misunderstood Facts About Ab Training 2 - By Charles Staley
-	Stiff-Legged Deadlift Top Partials - By Nick Nilsson
-	Make a New Years Devolution - By Phil Stevens
-	Central Nervous System (CNS) Fatigue - By Mike Westerdal

 

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