Article recommendations week #9 2022

The most interesting and valuable articles of week #9 2022.

Strength Training Articles

Jeff Nippard outlined Why Deloads Are Better Than Training Harder For Breaking Plateaus, what deloads are and how to use them to accelerate your gainz. Check it out

Generation Iron released

A 12-Week Diet And Training Program To Get Conditioned And Ripped. Outlining the training principles and diet considerations to get in shape.
Straight Facts: Top 10 Ways To Break Through A Training Plateau, different ways to break through plateaus and how to use them. Check it out

Renaissance Periodization described How To Determine If You Have Done Enough Sets In Your Training. Check it out

The Bar Bend shared

Different Types Of Barbells & How To Use Them To Gain Strength Or Size, the different types of barbells, and what they can do for you.
A Lifetime of Fitness with Special Guest Ice-T, as a kid of the 80’s myself, Ice-T was a big thing back then. Cool to listen to him again.

FitnessFAQs demonstrated

The Hardest Push-Up Ever, an exercise progression of the Push-Up. Check it out

How To Stop Doing Planks Wrong

Barbell Shrugged discussed Strength, Nutrition, and Your Immune System. Check it out

Men’s Health outlined

knee-dominant exercises vs hip-dominant exercises and which ones to choose in the article Understanding Knee vs. Hip Dominant Exercises Can Unlock Your Leg Day Gains.
The 4 Movements You Need to Transform Your Abs, the function of the abs and how to best train them.

Calisthenicmovement released Try This Pull-Up for More Gains, the benefits of the L-Hang Pull-Up. Check it out

Stronger By Science asked Does Eccentric Training Always Cause More Muscle Damage? Looking at the research on this topic. Check it out

Lift Big Eat Big compared Pull-Ups vs. Push-Ups: What’s The Difference? The major difference, the execution of both movements, the benefits, and exercise variations.

Squat University listed The Top 3 Plank Progressions, different progressions of the plank, how to do them, and what to avoid. Check it out

Power Athlete shared

The Floor Press, how to perform the movement and and when to use it. Check it out

an interesting chat with Boyd Epley, one of the early strength & conditioning pioneers, the founder of the NSCA and Husker Power. Check it out

Bret Contreras described A Scientific Guide to Determine an Exercise’s Effectiveness, discussing 3 different clues to determine exercise effectiveness. Check it out

Nutrition Articles

Science For Sports discussed Carbohydrate Loading For Endurance, what carbohydrates are, what carbohydrate loading is, common practices, and the pros and cons of carbohydrate loading.

Biolayne asked

Will Low Carb Solve the Obesity Crisis? What the science on this topic says. Check it out

Is Nature’s Best Kept Secret Fat Burner Revealed True? Roasting a myth on accelerating lipolysis. Check it out

Olympic Lifting Articles

Starting Strength discussed Accelerating The Bar And A Clarification On The “Jump” In The Clean, am not completely sure whether he’s right on this one, since there are biomechanical studies out there basically proving him wrong, however, interesting to follow his thought process. Check it out

Squat Articles

T-Nation explained How to Squat When You’re a Big Boy, the challenges and alternative Squat variations.

Coach Christian Thibaudeau discussed How To Improve Front Rack Mobility, demonstrating different mobility drills to improve your front rack. Check it out

also check out the different options to hold the bar during the Front Squat in the article What Is A Front Squat.

Elite FTS shared some footage of a Squat Workout. Check it out

Deadlift Articles

Elite FTS outlined How To Build Your Deadlift Without Deficits, whilst there are many ways to skin a cat, as stated in this article, here’s an approach to get a stronger Deadlift.

Squat University demonstrated How To Improve Your Deadlift With This Tip, how to learn to keep the bar closer to you. Check it out