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About boys, testosterone and pads

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Today I received a video from a student in his 4th week of this training cycle. He is (very) young physical educator and instructor at a gym chain in São Paulo. Nice deadlift. Pads under the bar to “protect” the floor from the 400 something pound impact. So I remembered the conversation I had with […]

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The controversial role of the lifting belt

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Introduction * this paper was published in 2008 as part of the APT lifting series. It is available at other sites and now it is available here as well; the pdf version may be downloaded here   Lifters have rituals, or at least most do. And one high point in lifters’ rituals is equipment. Apart

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