If you are like most meatheads, conditioning really isn’t your thing. You can lift for hours on end, but as soon as it comes to raising your heart rate outside of leg day, you call it quits and head for your protein shake. For a number of months I was finding it difficult to motivate [...]
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SMF
Posted: 1st December 2011 by Charlie in Conditioning, Mental Training, Self MadeTags: aerobic, anaerobic, Charlie Cates, conditioning, Self Made, SMF
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The Future of Self Made
Posted: 14th June 2011 by Charlie in Self MadeTags: Charlie Cates, Greg Roskopf's, MAT, Self Made, warm-up
Most people are sharing their ideas for fear of somebody else taking them. Most the time I am that way, but this time is different. Self Made will be changing in the next 12 months, and I want you to know what is in store. One thing I have always prided myself on is my [...]
Genetics vs. Hard Work: Round 5
Posted: 6th May 2011 by Charlie in Self MadeTags: Charlie Cates, gene manipulation, genetics, Jason Colenzo, msucle mass, msucle size, myostatin, Self Made, steroids, training
Steroids get a bad rap these days because of their use in sports. But what if there was something that could put the advantages gained from using steroids to shame? What if we went beyond messing with the endocrine system to messing with genetics. Check this out. Genetics vs. Hard Work: Round 5 by Jason [...]
Things That Won’t Be Allowed In Self Made
Posted: 10th February 2011 by Charlie in Self MadeTags: Charlie Cates, Self Made
In no particular order: Talking on the phone while lifting. (Enough said.) Reading magazines while lifting. (Enough said.) Excessive amounts of cardio equipment. (If it’s not being used for speed work, interval training, or recovery work, then it is excessive and taking up valuable space. You can go sit mindlessly on the eliptical at some [...]
SMS: A Year In Review
Posted: 8th February 2011 by Charlie in Self MadeTags: Charlie Cates, performance training, Self Made, SMS, strength training, weight lifting
I initially wrote this program solely for my own use after having read “5/3/1” by Jim Wendler. I wanted to put my own spin on it, however, so I messed with the rep ranges and tweaked what I felt was unnecessary. After having spent the summer working in at Fitness Quest 10, I was in [...]
5/3/1 vs. SMS
Posted: 14th January 2011 by Charlie in Self MadeTags: 5/3/1, Charlie Cates, Jim Wendler, powerlifting, Self Made, SMS, sports performance
Somewhere between Arnold, ESPN hosting Strong Man competitions, and the steroid scandal, the fact that the weight room is a tool to facilitate movement was forgotten. And with an increasing number coaches implementing Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 into their athletes’ training programs, it doesn’t look like this will be remembered any time soon. Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 [...]