The Straight Dope
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Size Matters

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I recall a conversation while watching an old training video of Ben Moon and Jerry Moffat that went something like this. PERSON ONE Makes me...
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Monday, September 27, 2010

WFH: Back On The Board

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Moving into the final phases of the Workout From Hell consists of, finally, doing a lot of climbing. No matter how you train for climbing it...
Friday, September 24, 2010

The Truth

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This week’s psyche is a no brainer: it’s Jack LaLanne’s 96th birthday. Yeah, yeah, the guy from the juicer commercials, as all you pop-cult...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Mr. Daikeler Goes To Washington

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Actually, it’s Mr. Congdon and Mr. Daikeler go to Philadelphia but riffing on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia just doesn’t carry the same...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Gluten Hoax

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For some reason we love to find scapegoats for our problems. Instead of admitting that we need to re-focus on total image we prefer to all...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Feelin’ Springy

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Here’s the workout I put our test group through on Friday. It’s a combo for the upper and lower body, similar to what I’ll be doing when I...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

I Hate It! But I Love It!

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Friday’s psyche post is teaser for P90X: next. I just put our in-house MC2 (that’s Muscle Confusion 2) test group through their first PAP ...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Postactivation Potentiation For Climbing

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File this post under purely experimental but, for those of you looking for an edge and willing to take some risk, here ya go. This is what I...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

PAP Smeared

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My climbing specific postactivation potentiation training is finally coming into focus. The downside is that with October around the corner...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

Riding On The Wings Of A Tempest

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Random Monday Contemplation...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Make Life Happen

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This week the psyche series gives a nod to Beachbody’s Advice Staff, Denis Faye and his blog, The Real Fitness Nerd . I define fitness as ...
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010

WFH: Integration

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Today let’s get back to the Workout From Hell , which has now moved way beyond Largo’s vision. I’m still working with PAP training , and wi...
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010

Going, Going, Gone!

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Is what happened to my legs and trunk last week at P3 . I was back in Santa Barbara trying to learn more about their methods and figure o...
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Friday, September 03, 2010

A Tribute To Laurent Fignon

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French cyclist Laurent Fignon died this week which, if you’re a cycling fan, you already know. Fignon was an ambassador for the sport w...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Get Psyched; Stay Psyched!

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This week’s Friday psyche series is about, well, psyche. When you have it you find your answers. Life is ubiquitously good. In fact, I submi...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Why Train?

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Climbing is easy. Training is hard. -Patxi Usobiaga I’ve been training now for 10 weeks and looking at my stats, not much has changed. I ...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Shakeology & The GI Index

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We’ve been doing a lot of lab testing on Shakeology lately to ensure it’s, as we say, the healthiest meal of the day. As there have been a ...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

"Doc" Horton on Jim Rome

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Tony stole the Jim Rome show for half an hour today, adding a breath of fitness and health to a show that I can't help but equate to the...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Defining Strength vs Power

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As I move into block III of the Workout From Hell the program is starting to divert from the original format. My goal at the beginning was ...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Capacity For Strength

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Super slow training is excellent for gaining mass. I gained four pounds in the last three weeks . But big muscle is not necessarily stron...
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I'm a human lab rat and head of fitness and nutrition development at Beachbody. If our products don't work you can blame me. When I'm not testing training and nutritional theories on myself I'm studying, writing, climbing, riding, running, racing, exploring, or playing with my wife and the dogs.
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