The Strength and Mass Holiday calls for 10 workouts in 5 days. With the option of doing 2 weeks in a row by doing 10 workouts in 5 days then taking 2 days often to rest and recover and follow this up right away with another 10 workouts in 5 days for[…]
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There are many online programs that promise results. Very few deliver. Despite their length of 6-12 weeks. The Strength and Mass Holiday is a mere 5 days. And it delivers. Consistently. Adding 3-5kg leanmass and loosing 2-4% is consider normal. Just ask someone who has done it before. So what[…]
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Conditioning is defined as: „The ability to repeat a certain effort with minimal fatigue.“ In sports conditioning is needed to be able to repeat an effort which is the base of over 90% of the sports out there. Classic examples are sports like Soccer, Handball, Basketball, Ice hockey, Boxing, MMA and[…]
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In 1875, the concept of the Kinetic Chain originated when Franz Reuleaux a mechanical engineer concluded that if a series of overlapping segments were connected via pin joints, these interlocking joints would create a system that would allow the movement of one joint to affect the movement of another joint within[…]
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There is Supersets. There is Giantsets. And in between lies the Triset. A Triset are 3 sets of 3 exercises with 10-15 seconds in-between the 3 sets. The goal of a Triset is to move greater volume for more muscular damage as a base of more hypertrophy and improved conditioning. The Devlis Triset is[…]
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Who follows the english articles on this is already familiar with the YPSI Squat Holiday… The Squat Holiday is a short, high-feequenvy training program that calls for 18 squat workouts in 6 days. Thats 3 workouts per day for almost a week. The body will react to this shorterm overreaching[…]
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Just finished a 60 page power point presentation on „transmeridian dyschronism“ aka „Jetlag“ for a corporate client. Jetlag is medically referred to as desynchronosis or circadian dysrhythmia, a physiological condition which results from alterations to the body’s circadian rhythm resulting from rapid long-distance trans-meridian (east–west or west–east) travel on high-speed aircraft. Along the way gathering[…]
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One question that I get asked a lot when teaching deadlifts is about the optimal position of the neck in deadlift. Some say the spine should be neutral. Looking at deadlift pictures on ypsi.de you see that everyone has a slight extension of the neck in the starting position. Which[…]
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I have recently been to Mexico on a trip throughout the Yucatan Peninsula. Getting to know the Mexican cuisine beyond tacos and quesadillas was one of the tasks of the trip. Which led to a cooking class with a chef named Juan Pablo. Very funny guy. And he knew his craft[…]
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Basically everyone who trains with barbells does the Flat Benchpress. Its the single most popular exercise in weight training of all time. The Flat Benchpress close cousin, the Incline Press, doesn’t get much attention though. Why? Because is rare someone uses proper weights on it. In history there are some[…]
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