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Progressions to the Standing Evil Wheel

Brad Johnson

Oct 20, 2004 06:04 PM

The standing evil wheel is an exercise that displays extreme abdominal strength and body control. In this article, I will introduce two methods of working up to this dif [...]

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Abdominal Exercises for Total Body Mastery

Brad Johnson

Oct 20, 2004 06:03 PM

The Wheel When I was in elementary school my parents purchased an abdominal wheel. This was advertised as a superb tool to develop upper body and abdominal strength. [...]

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Integrated Combative Systems (ICS) Combat Conditioning

Hunter Armstrong

Oct 20, 2004 06:00 PM

Hoplology has been defined as "the study of the evolution and development of human combative behavior and performance." (In short, the study of why we fight, how we fight [...]

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Building an Olympic Body through Bodyweight Conditioning

Christopher Sommer

Oct 20, 2004 06:00 PM

We have all seen them on television during the Olympics; these powerful men performing amazing skills with ease and grace. Watching them perform the question inevitably [...]

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How to Excel at One-Arm Bodyweight Exercises

Alexander Lechner

Oct 20, 2004 05:50 PM

Have you ever tried a one-arm handstand time hold? A one-arm chin? A one-arm dead hang? Or, if you are awesome strong, a one-arm handstand pushup? In my opinion the exerc [...]

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How To Build World Class Strength & Endurance Together

Bud Jeffries

Oct 12, 2004 02:22 PM

First I would like to thank Pavel and John Du Cane and the folks here at Dragon Door for asking me to write some articles for them. I?ve enjoyed their products and contr [...]

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Weakness Training: The Key to Strength

Jeff O’Connor, RKC

Oct 11, 2004 01:49 PM

Ask the average strength devotee the question, ?What is strength??, and you will probably receive a look that is normally reserved for ?special? children and have the que [...]

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The Holy Grail in Speed Training

Barry Ross

Oct 11, 2004 01:43 PM

If coaches are going to train their sprinters like powerlifters why not start with powerlifters and train them to run faster? If it's just leg strength that makes a spr [...]

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You Could Have Been a Contender - at One Thing

Jack Reape

Oct 11, 2004 01:00 PM

For many readers, lurkers, and Comrades at www.Dragondoor.com, the Outcomes and Goals portion of their training approach has become swallowed up by a witch?s cauldron of [...]

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New Wine, Old Bottles

Washingtonpost.com, Feb 2003

Marty Gallagher

Oct 08, 2004 07:00 PM

In elite athletic circles the word is spreading as in-the-know Americans are purchasing ancient Russian fitness equipment, resurrecting old exercise philosophies and obta [...]

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