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Posts from ‘November, 2008’

Secrets of Progression and Variation: the two principles of highly effective exercise programs by John Sifferman

Designing effective strength training programs from scratch might seem complicated at first, not to mention a lot of work. But after reading this tutorial, you’ll understand how to change your workouts at just the right time in order to avoid plateaus and keep the results coming, week after week. All it takes is an [...]

Obama Training – does our nations next leader set a good example for preventative health? by John Sifferman

President Elect Barack Obama will be our nation’s next leader, and I pray he will make honorable decisions while in office. For this brief article, I will put aside all differences in opinion and just focus objectively on the health views of our next leader.
In all honesty, while I find Obama’s HealthCare plan interesting to [...]

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I just finished working with our graphic and PDF designers over at www.burnthefat.com to have this special report created. This is a PDF report about how to get six pack abs fast. My friend, Tom Venuto, needed to give an official answer since he gets so many questions about how to get six pack [...]

Core Strengthening Exercises: sophisticated ab crunches in the video series about the best strengthening exercises for your abs and core muscles by John Sifferman

In part 1 and part 2 of this series, I covered plank and rotation exercises. In this video, we are going to go over something a little more familiar – the more traditional ab exercise, the abdominal crunch. I’m going to teach you a more sophisticated version, because regular old crunches just don’t [...]

Tuesday Q+A: How to Achieve Greater Squat Depth – video tutorial on proper squat form for a deep squat by John Sifferman

QUESTION: Hey John, great video about pistols! just wondering, I’m 6 foot 3 inches tall, and can’t for the life of me do a bodyweight deep squat, and keep my HEELS on the ground – they always rise. You show good form here and just wondering how tall are you? And any tips to get [...]

Leg Strength Exercise Demo: The Four Corner Balance Drill for Strong Legs by John Sifferman

Most traditional leg strength exercises work in one or two planes of motion. It is rare to find a leg strength exercise that covers all planes of motion. I have seen some excellent leg strength adaptations from practicing the Four Corner Balance Drill (4CBD) regularly – and I especially like it because it [...]