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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts: Sept 14 – Snatch Focus: Week 1

September 14, 2015 by Nick Horton

It’s Snatch Time! Specifically, we’re starting a 4-week snatch-focused cycle. Your goal is to accumulate at least 30 to 50 reps on the snatch per day, 7-days a week, for the next month. The following will ensure that, even if you’re only doing the minimum. If you are less advanced, the goal is 30 to […]

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Daily Doubles! Weekly Weightlifting Workouts: August 24 – 30

August 23, 2015 by Nick Horton

We’re in the 3rd week of a squat strength cycle. Last week was a lot of higher volume work sets. This week is more of a mix. You’ll be doing high volume work in the mornings. But in the evening sessions you will have many attempts at heavy (even max) singles. If you’re new to […]

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Filed Under: Daily Doubles Tagged With: nemesis, weightlifting, wods, workouts

Squat Safe! How To Squat Every Day (Without Injury or Death)

May 13, 2015 by Nick Horton

Let’s get real. You CAN squat every day (heavy), but ONLY if you a non-moron about it — In today’s episode of Weightlifting Academy! There is a fundamental disconnect between those who think squatting every day will kill you, and those (like me) who think you can do it safely, and that it will be […]

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Filed Under: Episodes Tagged With: nemesis, squat nemesis, squats, technique, weightlifting

How to Walk in the Rain – Samurai Mind: Zen Meditation for Athletes

March 18, 2015 by Nick Horton

In today’s episode of Weightlifting Academy: How to walk in the rain. I stole this trick from an old Samurai saying about walking in the rain — it’s about ACCEPTANCE. Few things are harder for a human, let alone a human training in a sport, than mastering the art of accepting reality for what it […]

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Deadlift Nemesis Part 2 (Day One)

March 1, 2015 by Eric Marks

Today (3/1/15), I will start the next cycle of Deadlift Nemesis. I did nothing but very light workouts for the last 7 days to “soften up” or deload. Now is when the real work starts. With a constant reminder from the first installment, I will win the day and search for the cumulative effect over […]

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3 Hour Workouts? Squat Every Day? WTF?!?!

February 6, 2015 by Nick Horton

In Today’s Episode of Weightlifting Academy – We get a lot of questions about how long our workouts are, how often we squat, if we are fucking crazy… The short answer is “No”, but the more complete answer is: “You get what you put in.” Speaking of putting in the work: Weightlifting CAMP is still […]

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How to FAIL (More) Better! Squat Nemesis Tip

January 5, 2015 by Nick Horton

How the Hell can our lifters squat every day… safely? It ain’t rocket science, but it does require that you avoid “the dumb”. In this episode of Weightlifting Academy: How to Fail (More) Better, a Squat Nemesis tip that can save you a world of pain and give you a world of GainZ! If you […]

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Bigger GainZ by Going with the Flow: Surfing vs Tic-Tac-Toe

December 17, 2014 by Nick Horton

The game of Tic-Tac-Toe was fun… until you learned the trick. Thankfully, real life isn’t at all like deterministic games like Tic-Tac-Toe, or even Chess. Instead, real life is filled to overflowing with randomness and chance. If your programs and workout routines don’t take randomness into account — don’t incorporate the fact that your body […]

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Weekly Q&A: Fried Legs, Stomachs, & Erupting Volcanoes

August 20, 2014 by Nick Horton

“I see more clearly than ever before that even our greatest troubles spring from something that is as admirable and sound as it is dangerous—from our impatience to better the lot of our fellows.” — Karl Popper This is part of a new weekly series where I will answer a selection of questions from various […]

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Filed Under: weekly qa Tagged With: blocks, clean, deload, nemesis, recovery, snatch, squat, volcano, volume

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