Last night was a CNS-tapping, high volume workout that was made harder by my actions of the previous day.

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You can go online, searching for information on a topic, like fitness and strength and it is much like drinking water from a fire hydrant. (While drinking from that hydrant, I already have forgotten where I read the analogy)!

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Getting Ready for the Gym

You come home from work after a long and hectic day and decide to take a “load off” and sit on the sofa for a few minutes and flip on the tv before you get ready to head out to the gym. That sofa is pretty damn comfy and soon you are sitting in it, as it engulfs your body, making it harder and harder to get out of it, (except of course to go get some snacks from the kitchen).

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Every sport, no every sector of our life is littered with cliches and “buzz-words”. Some of course, are much more annoying than others. Many started being cool but have a short shelf life and should just go away.

Words and their meanings are fascinating.

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When it comes to lifting weights and training, people either do not warm-up enough or fatigue themselves by spending too much time doing it.

When I trained with Ori Hofmekler with his Controlled Fatigue Training, (CFT), there was no pre-training warm-up session because he said the hungry lion on the African savanna wouldn’t wait for me to finish stretching and neither would the thief at the ATM. I always thought that was what adrenaline is for-a free pass to by-pass the warm-up in order to save your ass!

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In another guest post by Scott Brengel, C.S.C.S., Scott answers questions about injury rates in strongman training, Crossfit and strength training in general. I believe you will find Scott’s insights interesting and better, helpful to your own training, whatever that is.

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