Over the past year or so, the idea of making sure not to inhibit the training effect has risen in popularity.  The old concept was that as soon as the workout was done, everything possible was done to recover for the next workout.  In practicality, this made sense, as if we could recover for the…

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The Stress of Life: Adaptation is a fairly simple process.  You apply a stimulus, or a “stressor” to the body and it adapts.  Go lift weights, break down some muscle, and your body responds by making the muscle stronger.  The actual process along that path is very complex and we’ll go into that shortly, but…

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