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The Best Way To Build Muscle?

July 30, 2010

All through my younger days, I wanted so badly for there to be magic formula or pill that would help me sprout muscles in an instant. I had this vision of myself swaggering into choir class–as if anyone could swagger into choir!–with my arms and legs bursting from my clothes. Instead I played a lot [...]

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Build Muscle: A Tale Of Two Giant Men And A Look At Appearances

July 20, 2010

I have seen two truly gigantic men in my life. Men that would be right at home in the pages of Muscle and Fitness. One was in the Denver airport, exiting the plane that we would board a few minutes later. The other was in the library, about a year ago. Both airport-man and library-man [...]

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10 Essential Strength Books: Part 6 – Brother Iron, Sister Steel

June 9, 2009

I’ve been trying to review this book since the first week World’s Strongest Librarian went live.  It was going to be number one in the series.  Then number two.  I kept chickening out and picking other books.The truth is: this book means more to me than I know how to say.  I haven’t been ready [...]

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10 Essential Strength Books: Part 1…Beyond Brawn

April 16, 2009

Home In this series, I’ll be exploring the ten books that have had the most impact on my training, whether dealing with the actual methods I’ve come to use, or the philosophy behind my own training. Hundreds of thousands of valuable pages have been written on these subjects. This series is my love letter to [...]

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