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I beg to differ, Mr. Brainum. I have seen direct abdominal work recommended in coaching manuals from the former Soviet Union (both track and field and Olympic lifting) and also from the East German sports machine. The problem with making such a generic statement is that there were thousands...

No athletes train this way. Ever. You might ask yourself why you want to train like an athlete. Athletic training gives us the current 'best practices' for fitness training. McGuff et al vigorously defend their model, but a lot of it is based on Carpinellis's flawed meta-analyses of single set...

For those interested in prescriptions for specific adaptations to energy systems, I would recommend you check out Joel Jamison's materials, in particular, his MMA Conditioning book. Joel has cut through the nonsensical information the "intervals only" crowd of fitness gurus and discuses why...

Magnesium. And before your ride you might want to take 8-10g of taurine as well.