5/3/1: Training System for Raw Strength

Highlights

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I remember thinking to myself that if I ever reached a point in my life where I had to walk to get exercise, it might be time to clean out my ears with a gun.

Note: Morbid, but catchy

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It’s easy for anyone – beginner or advanced – to want to get ahead of themselves. Your lifts will go up for a few months, but then they’ll stall – and stall, and stall some more. Lifters get frustrated and don’t understand that the way around this is to prolong the time it takes to get to the goal. You have to keep inching forward. This is a very hard pill to swallow for most lifters. They want to start heavy, and they want to start now. This is nothing more than ego, and nothing will destroy a lifter faster, or for longer, than ego.

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It’s always been one of my goals to standing press 300 pounds. In the summer of 2008, I did just that. When someone asked me what my next goal was, my response was simple: “305 pounds.” If you bench press 225 pounds and want to get 275, you have to bench 230 first.

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Grip the bar with the narrowest grip you can manage without hurting your shoulders. This will ensure that you remain tight throughout the lift.

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Squeeze the bar hard during the lift. This will keep your entire body tight.

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Each rep should start with the bar on your shoulders. Don’t perform half reps. Your body was designed to move through a full range of motion, so do it.

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This is called the “13th Warrior Phenomenon”. In the movie, The 13th Warrior, Antonio Banderas plays an Arab that must fight alongside Norsemen to help a village. Banderas’ character does not speak Norse but after weeks of listening in on conversations and watching the Norsemen talk, he slowly begins to understand what they are saying. This is the same with diet and training (and whatever subject you want to be knowledgeable on). You read enough and suddenly things begin to make sense. You just have to read a lot and learn how to read AND think critically. These two things will serve you for life.

Note: Hahaha what an analogy sirji

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