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Functional Strength and Conditioning Blog

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Feb 9, 2010, Strength and Conditioning Articles

Welcome to our brand new strength and conditioning articles section. In this section you will find articles on various aspects of strength and conditioning...

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Feb 9, 2010, Zen of Fitness

The zen of fitness is something I have seen discussed throughout the online world in many different contexts. There are articles on how distance running can put you in an enlightened state or how...

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Feb 8, 2010, Power Workouts

Welcome to the power workouts section. Power is the body’s ability to perform a high level of work output in a given time period...

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Feb 8, 2010, Anaerobic Capacity Workouts

Welcome to the anaerobic capacity workouts section. Anaerobic capacity is the ability of the body to buffer lactate and perform...

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Feb 8, 2010, Endurance Workouts

Welcome to the endurance workouts section. By endurance we are here referring to any and all training methodologies that promote physical and psychological endurance...

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Feb 8, 2010, Strength Workouts

Welcome to the strength workouts section. Strength is what we consider a primary component of fitness...

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Feb 8, 2010, GPP Workouts: Workouts for general physical preparedness

Welcome to the GPP workouts section. In this section you have access to GPP workouts that are non-specific, general and all inclusive...

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Feb 7, 2010, Strength and Conditioning Programs

Welcome to the endlesshumanpotential.com strength and conditioning programs section...

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Feb 7, 2010, General Fitness Program: Program for General Physical Preparedness

The following is a general fitness program for the development of general physical preparedness in all 10 domains of fitness. The idea for this program is athletic development for the non-athlete...

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Feb 6, 2010, General Fitness Program for GPP

The following is a general fitness program designed for General Physical Preparedness. This general fitness program is suitable for those wanting broad...

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Feb 6, 2010, Explanation of Programs

Due to the nature of the Personal Evolution method and the programs we prescribe I felt it necessary to include an explanation of programs that we use...

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Feb 2, 2010, Beginner Strength Training Program

Beginner strength training is often approached with a bodybuilding style. This is where people are given a program to follow that resembles that of a bodybuilder, regardless of their actual goals

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Jan 31, 2010, Basics of Strength Training

The basics of strength training are sometimes hard to find. The nature of something with so many methods and ways is far from simplistic...

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Jan 26, 2010, Personal Evolution System

The Personal Evolution system for total strength and conditioning was founded on the principle of simplicity. The whole fitness and athletics industry...

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Jan 12, 2010, Tabata For Weight Loss

Tabata for weight loss is possibly the most underestimated and underused training method I know of...

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Jan 11, 2010, Athletic Talent Identification

Athletic talent identification is approached from many different angles, depending on which country you are looking at and the sport for which athletes are being recognised and recruited...

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Jan 8, 2010, Methodologies of Personal Evolution

The methodologies of Personal Evolution are the primal, raw and fundamental tools and conditioning strategies for fitness and human development. Our specialty is not a specific sport, niche group...

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Jan 8, 2010, Optimizing Strength Training

Optimizing strength training is something every trainer claims to be an expert on. The following is a complete guide to periodization and strength program design...

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Jan 1, 2010, Archives of endlesshumanpotential.com

endlesshumanpotential.com archives...

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Jan 1, 2010, Muscle Gain Program

The following muscle gain program is designed around some simple yet effective principles. Here they are…

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Dec 31, 2009, About Chris Lyons

My name is Chris Lyons and previously I let someone else write my about me page and it was a little too self-promoting and pretentious. So I’ve written my own...

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Dec 31, 2009, African Running Phenomenon

The African running phenomenon seems to be a topic of much debate. We have even discussed the topic on this site by looking at genetic factors influencing various athletic achievements...

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Dec 21, 2009, Long Distance Running Program: An Adaptation of the Lydiard System

The following long distance running program is not just a program perse. What I endeavour to do here is to provide a bit of background information into how and why certain protocols work...

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Dec 20, 2009, Shot Put Conditioning

Shot put conditioning is almost exclusively strength and power related. There are little other requirements, besides technique, to be a successful shot putter...

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Dec 19, 2009, Combat Conditioning Program

Combat conditioning has inherently unique requirements. The nature of martial arts is wide, varied and unpredictable. For this reason strength and conditioning for the martial artist...

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Dec 18, 2009, Programming for Strength and Conditioning

Programming for strength and conditioning is the “meat and potatoes” of results. Forget the methods used or the intensity, if the programming is not relevant the results will be inadequate...

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Dec 18, 2009, Getting Started

Getting started is always the hardest part of any new endeavour. There are a number of options for anyone new to the Personal Evolution philosophy...

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Dec 6, 2009, Post-Exercise Nutrition

Post-exercise nutrition is one of those topics that really gives me the shits. Not because I don’t think it’s important, but because there are so many mis-informed, gym-rat, wannabe tossers...

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Nov 21, 2009, Water Polo Conditioning

Water polo conditioning is possibly harder to target than many other sports. I personally started playing water polo not so long ago...

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Nov 10, 2009, Workouts: Functional strength and conditioning workouts

Welcome to the endlesshumanpotential.com workout section. Here you will find workouts in various categories that you can follow as part of an overall sports conditioning or general fitness programme..

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Nov 1, 2009, What is Personal Evolution?

What is Personal Evolution? Development of superior foundational conditioning, physically, mentally and emotionally using whatever it takes in a minimalist approach where unessentials are banished...

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Nov 1, 2009, FAQ

FAQ is a continuously updated section to answer some common questions about some of the terminology and other aspects...

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Nov 1, 2009, Recommended Resources

It’s hard to find quality websites, products and free stuff on the internet that meet your needs. That’s why we have created the recommended resources section...

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Oct 31, 2009, Human Potential articles

The human potential articles section is a resource for anything relating to the development of human potential. Here you will find articles and resources on personal development, superhuman feats...

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Oct 31, 2009, Workout Section

Welcome to Personal Evolution’s Workout section. The workout section is designed to be used as a guide...

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Oct 31, 2009, Training Section

Welcome to the Personal Evolution training section. Here you will find exercises, strategies, instructions, drills and workouts for both mental and physical conditioning...

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Oct 31, 2009, Functional Strength and Conditioning

Endless Human Potential is an online resource for functional strength and conditioning. We teach REAL fitness not just the appearance of fitness...

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Oct 31, 2009, Nutritional Guidelines - The Personal Evolution nutritional prescription

The following are the basic nutritional guidelines and recommendations for Personal Evolution. We have put this in as plain language as possible...

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Oct 30, 2009, Strength and Conditioning Questions

Here you can ask strength and conditioning questions and receive answers from a qualified and experienced professional in the field...

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Oct 26, 2009, Hard Routine

The hard routine is a term used by military forces throughout the world to describe the hardness, seriousness and focus whilst on a mission...

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Oct 26, 2009, High Frequency Training

High frequency training, high intensity training, low volume training, high volume training, infrequent training. We’ve heard it all. But what’s the story? I mean what works best?...

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Oct 26, 2009, Calorie Restriction

Calorie restriction is a dietary regimen, that when applied properly and with all essential nutrients, improves age related health, slows the aging process and promotes longevity...

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Oct 26, 2009, Ten Components of Fitness

The ten components of fitness are the aspects Personal Evolution aims to develop equally in the athlete. Most programmes focus on only one or a small number of these fitness components...

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Oct 20, 2009, Full body workout routine

I often get asked “what full body workout routine in best”. And yes, the question is usually this general. Then I have to ask what the person’s goals are, what have they been doing etc...

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Sep 25, 2009, 400 Metre Training

400 metre training is tough no doubt. This sprinting event is the one most likely to induce vomit and the training itself can be a gruelling task. The only issue is that training for this event...

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Sep 6, 2009, Strength Training Program Two

The following strength training program is a periodised nine week program designed for the development of maximal strength in the most primal and fundamental movement patterns...

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Sep 3, 2009, Renaissance Man

The Renaissance man is something widely misunderstood by today’s general population. It is often a boring topic for many people, until people find out what it actually means...

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Aug 24, 2009, Volume Versus Intensity

Volume versus intensity, the big debate among athletic coaches and fitness trainers alike, is an on-going, almost unresolvable argument...

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Aug 20, 2009, Anaerobic Capacity

Anaerobic capacity is the total amount of energy obtainable from the anaerobic energy systems. That means the combined amount of output for the ATP, phospho-creatine and lactic acid systems within...

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