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  1. the importance of specific strength for sport, avoiding heavy lifts

    I have been training a good triathlete for 10 weeks now, mostly on bilateral and bodyweight exercises. he has improved his leg power by 5%, a pretty good feat, but I/he was waiting to see how it helped his sport performance. yesterday he rings to say, that despite only doing 15km swimming per...
  2. Male/Female Strength Standards

    Found this today: http://strengthlevel.com/strength-standards/male/kg What do people think and how do you measure up??
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    Rupert Murdoch's US empire siphons $4.5 billion from Australia virtually tax free

    "Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the US has siphoned off $4.5 billion of cash and shares from his Australian media businesses in the past two years, virtually tax free. According to calculations by University of NSW accounting academic, Jeffrey Knapp, over the past 10 years, Mr Murdoch's...
  4. Nurtition information Food Standards Australia New Zealand

    Nutrition information Food Standards Australia New Zealand Not sure if this has been posted before. Great site for nutrition info. Also has an excel sheet with all food on file. http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/nutrientables/nuttab/Pages/default.aspx
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    Dude Has Insane Strength, Even For Russian Standards!

    Vladimir Sadkov is one hell of a strong guy. Of course you will not find this type of strength outside of Russia, because as children we did not need to fight bears and carry cars home when the road became too icy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_f5qDofhU
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    Weightlifting Standards Calculator

    Australian weightlifting coach Myles Wydall made a little calculator to help calculate decent numbers for your age / bodyweight? Queensland Weightlifting Association
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    Double standards in reporting on effects of steroids

    Let me preface this by saying I'm strongly against the use of steroids for sports performance, except where prescribed for genuine clinical reasons (eg hypogonadism). But I do believe in individual choice and I get concerned about some of the scare tactics used to cloud the debate. For example...
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    Community Standards

    Community Standards Just a reminder about a couple of things. It is inappropriate to: --Insult or name call another member in a baiting manner. --Jump into threads will the sole intention of causing chaos and starting trouble...
  9. Raw Powerlifting Classifiaction Standards

    This is a classification guide for raw powerlifting. You must work out your total IN A MEET. Not just the sum of your best gym lifts. Enjoy. http://www.rawpowerlifting.com/pdf/RAWClassificationStandards.pdf Mine are as follows. BW - 107.5kg (242 class) SQ - 210 BP - 145 DL - 260...
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    Strength standards

    Came across this interesting page from a link that Kyle posted in another thread (exrx.net) displaying untrained, novice, intermediate, advanced and elite levels of the 5 main lifts. Im not sure how this equates in the real world but my lift goals appear to be around the intermediate-advance...
  11. Basic Strength Standards

    Here is a great strength standard chart a powerlifter I work with posted on another forum. I thought this forum might like it. http://www.crossfit.com/cf-journal/WLSTANDARDS.pdf It's compiled by very highly regarded strength coaches and I personally think it is a very good indicator or...
  12. What strength standards do you use?

    I have seen a table I have done a test involving pushups situps etc and Have heard the old 2.5x body weight deadlifts, 1.5x bodyweight bench press, 2x squats body weight thing. Does anyone have a prefered strength test that gives a good indicator as to how they are going strength wise for there...