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21 Aug
Alternative, Coaching, Community, Health, Professional Resources, Strength training, United States

Bells and Whistles

  • August 21, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
Image via WikipediaI get to have a lot of conversations with people who are coaches or are looking into becoming a coach. I also like to be involved in the on-line lifting community...

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15 Jul
Deadlift, Health, Lumbar vertebrae, Muscle, Powerlifting, Shear stress, Vertebral column, Weight Training

Good Form Bad Form

  • July 15, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
It is almost uniformly accepted in the strength and conditioning world that one should look to keep a "natural lumbar curve" when performing lifts such as the deadlift. There is a rational for...

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26 Jun
Body composition, Business, Environment, Health, Medicine, Meta-analysis, Noise and Vibration Control, Physical exercise, Research, Systematic review

Vibration Training – A Review.

  • June 26, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
Welcome to the latest and greatest in exercise science whole body vibration training a modality that is guaranteed to shake the boat! (sorry first and last time I use a pun).It is one of...

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17 Jun
Health, Knee, Ligament, Medicine, Physical exercise, Physical therapy, Quadriceps femoris muscle, Sport, Strength and Conditioning, Weighlifting

Squat Depth – much too do about nothing.

  • June 17, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
Squat depth is one of those issues in the field of strength and conditioning, physiotherapy and gym rats the world over that can cause massive divides as soon as it is mentioned. It can...

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13 Jun
Ben Goldacre, Dietitian, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Health, Meta-analysis, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Protein, Research, Science in Society, Scientific method, Social sciences

Agentism, Bias and Horrible Reasoning

  • June 13, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
Ironically enough whilst listening too the latest strength and power hour episode I heard a couple of things that got my back up a bit. Three female presenters and Dr. William Kramer were...

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26 May
Fitness, Health, Physical exercise, Population, Shopping, Templates, United States

The idiot proof programme for getting strong as fuck cuz.

  • May 26, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
We can talk all day about science, rational thinking, physiology et al what ever floats your boat, hell I love it. One of my favorite things is to either delve into some real...

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23 Apr
Bodybuilding, Food, Genetically Modified Food, Health, marc keys, Nutrition, Organic, Science, Weighlifting

Genetically Modified Horse Shit.

  • April 23, 2010
  • Posted by Marc Keys
"Nutritionists" around the globe are decrying the evils of "Frankenstein foods" and GM plants. It has come to the point where you can go to a supermarket and either spend 90p ($1.38) for...

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