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Card Tearing

I have helped many people tear decks of cards, both in person and through my Card Tearing eBook. When I help people in person, I often see the same error repeated time after time. The hardest thing about tearing cards is getting the tear started. Once that is done, finishing the tear should be easy. A

Simple, not easy – Proper Warmup

The 3 Most Important Things to Address in Your Warm-Up Nobody really likes to “warm up.” However, a good warm-up will keep you healthy and prepare you for intense activity. There are a number of important factors in developing a sound warm-up. The following are three areas that I have found to have the greatest

Simply Training

It is easy to get overwhelmed in the fitness industry by different methods and ideas for getting in shape. Here is a simple checklist to make sure you are on the right track. Just answer "YES" or "NO" to the following questions. 1) Are you Squatting? 2) Are you Pressing? 3) Are you Dead Lifting?

The War on Timidity

War on timidity "Poise is a power derived from mastery of self" Today I want to share a short story about two children. The first child, when told to make his choice, took the mass of straw, which he set on fire easily enough, warming himself first from a respectful distance and then at close

Grippers

How to Make a Really Weak Gripper Worth Your While  This is a guest post from Jedd Johnson. Jedd is a strength coach and confessed grip-aholic. He enjoys nothing better than lifting weird stuff, bending, tearing and breaking stuff, and teaching others how to do what he does. Join him today at The Grip Authority and start

Strength Training Goals

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill "A ship without a rudder is like a ship without a rudder is like a ship without a rudder" - The Lemonheads You may be saying to yourself "here we go again another talk about goals" or maybe "The Lemonheads

Simple not easy – Which Direction are you moving in?

  Which direction are you moving in?  You have career goals, are you moving towards them? You have training and physique goals, are you moving towards them? Progress: –noun 1. a movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage. 2. developmental activity in science, technology, etc., esp. with reference to the commercial opportunities

Gym Insanity

The views expressed here are entirely from Russ's moustache. We don't know yet if it is an evil moustache or a good one. We do know that it has a mind of its own and it's AWESOME and not creepy like some moustaches. Read on for some interesting viewpoints. Decision, Fundamentals and Force of Will

The Women’s Grip Training Primer

This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson of the Diesel Crew. Jedd is a Certified Strength Coach (CSCS) and Kettlebell Instructor (RKC). Jedd also specializes in grip strength training and readily competes in Grip Strength competitions all over the country, holding the world record in the Two Hands Pinch. For more information on Grip Training, check

Product Review: Proloc Collars

At TPS we buy lots of stuff and collars are one of the most frustrating items that we buy. They never fit right or they don't last long and they don't really hold weight securely to the bars. This is especially true for specialty bars, like the Safety Squat Bar, Farmer's Walk handles and Strongman

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