Stuff to Read
Starting Strength chapter on weightlifting and youth trainees (courtesy of the authors and the Aasgaard Company).
The Paradox of Aerobic Fitness Prescription: A Facultative Anaerobe Sucks the Air Out of VO2max (I had fun coming up with that title). Originally published in the CrossFit Journal.
Redefining Fitness into a useful and manageable concept. Originally published in the Journal of Exercise Physiology.
Basic Strength Standards for the barbell squat, press, bench, press, deadlift, and power clean for adult men and women (no supportive wraps or suits).
Physics, Physiology and Food. An objective analysis of diet and exercise. Originally published in the CrossFit Journal.
Gym Shoes 101 is a basic primer for why you need real weightlifting shoes to train safely and effectively.
Abdominal Intensity lays out the true path to a six pack.
Barbell Machine Integration provides an approach to maximizing the results you get if you use weight training machines.
Better Butt in One Move details the why and how of the Romanian Deadlift.
Practical Programming chapter on special populations (courtesy of the authors and the Aasgaard Company).
Seven Deadly Sins, biblical concepts applied to gym conduct. Originally published at EliteFTS.com.
These files are all portable document files (pdf). To view them you will need the Adobe Acrobat reader (its free here)