Training with Pulling Blocks

Training with Pulling Blocks

byBrandon Heavey|September 3, 2013 Athletes are often initially introduced to the Olympic lifts as full movements.  They are taught the entire snatch and the entire clean and jerk.  Maybe they occasionally go through a quick drill breaking down the movements into a few discrete parts, like the Bergener...
Smolov’ed

Smolov’ed

byBrandon Heavey|July 30, 2013 The Smolov Cycle is an intense 13 week squating regimen that’ll have you pushing your limits in the squat cage 4 days per week.  For those of you that would like to dabble in the program, but don’t want to devote a full 13 weeks, the Smolov Jr. variation...
5/3/1 Session 3 – Feb. 2013

5/3/1 Session 3 – Feb. 2013

byBrandon Heavey|April 8, 2013 Continuing as I have in the past, below I present the results from the latest 5/3/1 strength program at 626.     Week 1 Max Lifts Bench PressBack SquatShoulder PressDeadlift Kris195325150400 Suzy12523088273 Alan215265135300 Patrick215235145285...
Fasting / Conjugate Results

Fasting / Conjugate Results

byBrandon Heavey|March 12, 2013 For the past 8 weeks, I’ve been experimenting with intermittent fasting.  My goal was to cut body fat, while maintaining or possibly increasing muscle mass.  Well… the 8 week window for my experiment just closed, so now it’s time to take a look at...
Wendler 5/3/1 Program Overview

Wendler 5/3/1 Program Overview

byBrandon Heavey|December 4, 2012 I was just thinking that I posted the results from several 5/3/1 sequences (here, here and here), but never provided an overview of the program.  For the unacquainted,  5/3/1 is a widely adopted strength program developed by Jim Wendler.  He has both an e-book (and...
5/3/1 Session 2

5/3/1 Session 2

byBrandon Heavey|November 22, 2012 It looks like these posts are going to be a recurring thing now that the strength program has caught on over at 626.  I can’t say that I blame them, with each new cycle the members continue to achieve astounding results.  If you missed the first 5/3/1 results...