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Brendan — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:18:33 -0000

The fatigue bit, in accociation with stress is real enough, not in your mind, but as Sapolsky says it's the cortisol poisoning you and stuffing around with your blood-suggar-levels that caused the fatigue. And sure, your mind will get you stressed, but the stress itself is physical.

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PH — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:44:32 -0000

very similar issue with hip tuck in the hole. you said that you overcame it w/mobility work. if u dont mind, what did u do? i seem to be in the same boat as you in ALOT of ways (med-to-narrow stance, ATF depth, hip tucking at the bottom) I have ultra-tight hamstrings and super tight groin so wide-stance squats are OUT.

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Steve — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:05:02 -0000

And diet too.' Calories in, calories out' - pshaw!

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Eric — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:37:08 -0000

Damn, this hit me to a T in at least one area of my life. Thanks a ton for posting.

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Waceman — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:22:23 -0000

I got told by a big guy on roids to not let my knees go over my toes... So I told him to show me and he nearly fell over.

But a professional power lifter persuaded me to change my form ('semi-good morning-style')... took a couple months. After a year of lifting that way I find I'm instinctively going back to the old style (your style). Stay away from injuries and keep on adding the weight!

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Berzinator — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:34:33 -0000

Awesome man. Really loving the material lately, especially as it seems like whatever new training process I'm currently playing around with, you write about, hahaha.

You've previously mentioned Poliquin's idea of accumulation and intensity training, and it got me thinking about your analogy of the body as a sink (water going in is anti-stressors like calories, protein, sleep; water going out is stressors like training). Would improving CNS and work capacity, or as you said "adaptation of the adaptation process" be analogous to increasing the size of the sink? At first increasing the size would make the water in it seem low (accumulation) but once you back-off the stressors (water out) the newly large sink fills with more water, allowing you to use heavier weights (intensity). If this way of thinking is on target, then the bigger sink would allow more stressors before it got depleted, but also more time to recover the water. Or would training the adaptation process be more similar to increasing the diameter of the faucet, allowing more water to flow in? You can handle more stress because your body can add water in faster.

If that were the case, it would seem similar to the idea that beginners, having a small sink, can deplete it in one workout, but recover it in a day or two. Once into the intermediate phase, the sink has grown and now a larger sink requires more stress to deplete it, but also more time to recover. Training to widen the base of the pyramid, like you're proposing, would be like increasing the amount of water that could be added back in. Not sure if this part applies, just thinking out loud.

The stuff you write about is pushing the boundaries in the weight lifting world. Keep it up man.

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Ryan — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:35:50 -0000

Wow. you are seriously writing REALLY great stuff as of late!!!
Just re-read like the last 5 entries again too.

Keep it up. One of the best blogs going around easily.

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Steve — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:07:06 -0000

You're on to something, Matt. I have read former All Black Robin Brooke say that it was debilitating to be 'switched on' all week; he got to the stage where he could be 'switched off' until just before kick-off and then switch on and play even better than before..
Now, how to learn to do this? There may be cognitive and behavioural strategies that help, but I wonder whether good old biofeedback isn't the answer. One hooks oneself up to some kind of instrument that measures a stress indicator, and then does something (often you don't know what it is that you're doing) to change the reading on the dial. In this way you learn to switch off, or at least 'turn it down', even when approaching a PB.
I see that Amazon sells simple little gauges that you rest your finger on and it gives continual feedback.

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Steve Troutman — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:12:19 -0000

Something similar I say to a lot of lean folks who are dieting, trying to get leaner. They get so hung up on the destination that they forget about the journey. Wouldn't be such a big deal except for the fact that outcome-based focuses tend to drive up anxiety since progress is generally slow. Recovery ability is already dampened in lean, dieting folks... so adding even more stress to the equation tends to backfire.

Good stuff Matt.

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Tom Woodward — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:06:43 -0000

Thanks for the link. That blog is really solid. Had never heard of it before.

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Wild Gorillaman — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:10:01 -0000

Oh, you liked that, eh?

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Four On The Floor — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:37:09 -0000

Also, how smart can someone who walks around in public with a haircut like Stephen Pinker's be? I mean, seriously.

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Balls To The Wall — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:35:20 -0000

I have a hard time taking anybody who takes evolutionary psychology seriously seriously.

It's a little like a theory that purports to explain why theories explain things.

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Skyler Tanner — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:44:21 -0000

Do they have fratties in New Zealand or are they a scourge upon the earth?

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Ryan — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:57:08 -0000

Is this legit stuff he's talking about? The points on training frequently (or as much as you can from what it reads) and varying speeds...?

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JC Carter — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:24:23 -0000

Bro, train to stimulate, not annihilate

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JC — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:12:36 -0000

ell oh ell.

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Notyourmomsbrother — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:30:21 -0000

you're just a big, whaling vagina!

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JC Carter — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:57:34 -0000

Do you have the full paper? if so, do you want to send it through to me?

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Kaythnxbai — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:50:05 -0000

thanks a lot you asshole!

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Kiki Prisk — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:32:05 -0000

I'd buy that t-shirt

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Matt Perryman — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:20:01 -0000

And autoregulation beats them all!

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Stefan — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:52:51 -0000

Interesting, it would seem that DUP > TD > WUP

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Norwegian guy — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:27:14 -0000

He has a reffery or whatever at his left side too

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Nunya Bizness — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:32:55 -0000

Wow, he looks like a giant compared to the spotters. You know they all can't be little guys either....