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ACSM 2004 Part 2
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com,July 28, 2004.
Here's a great review of the training and testing related research presented at the annual ACSM meeting from 2004.

Back in Balance - Balancing Spinal and Abdominal Muscles
By Alwyn Wong. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Dec 1 2003.
Alwyn Wong, a chiropractor specializing in weight training injury, shares his secrets on developing a well balanced core. While developing these muscles may not make you look better on the beach, working on the core will help you stay out of his office.

Cardio Progressions - Effective Cardio Training
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-nation.com, June 6, 2006.
Weight training progressions are commonplace. However, it's quite clear that most folks don't know the first thing about cardio progressions. If you want to ensure never-ending progress, make sure your cardio progressions are designed properly. Check out this article for more on how to do just that.

Energy Systems
By John M Berardi. First published at www.skifaster.net, 2001.
In this article, JB reviews a study that measures the anaerobic and aerobic energy contributions to different track and field events. The results may surprise you and may change the way you train or advise your athletes to train!

Fitness Mythology
By Marc McDougal. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jan 31 2003.
In this article, Marc gives us some insight on knee position during the squat, knee health and full squats, to use or not to use a belt, pressing movements, and abdominal training order. Print this one out and wallpaper your local gym or fitness club with it. Better yet, wallpaper my gym with it so that the trainers stop telling me that I’m going to hurt my back when I deadlift without a belt.

Getting In Shape By Training The Energy Systems
By John M Berardi. First published at www.fitdv.com, May 2002.
Part I of this article describes the energy systems of the body (aerobic and anaerobic). Part II of this article describes the benefits of training each energy system and gives example programs for training and conditioning. Give this type of program a try to get in what JB calls "bad ass shape."

Gladiator Training, Part 1 - Hypertrophy Phase
By Ryan Foster. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jun 21 2002.
Our good friend and true hockey aficionado, Ryan Foster has put together an excellent 3 part article delving into the theory and practice of hockey training. Part 1 focuses on how to develop a periodized hockey program and how to structure the hypertrophy phase.

Gladiator Training, Part 2 - Maximum Strength
By Ryan Foster. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jun 21 2002.
Ryan Foster continues his foray into the theory and practice of hockey training. Part 2 focuses on the second phase of his excellent periodized hockey program, the strength phase.

Gladiator Training, Part 3 - Power
By Ryan Foster. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Aug 30 2002.
Ryan Foster continues his foray into the theory and practice of hockey training. Part 3 focuses on the third and final phase of his excellent periodized hockey program, the power phase.

How To Get Rid of That Pain In Your Butt
By Dr. Clay Hyght. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Sept 5 2003.
Dr. Clay Hyght - or Clay-Dog as he's known around Science Link HQ - knows alot about butts. Let Dr. Hyght enlighten you as to the wonderous anatomy of your derriere and how some simple stretches can alleviate and/or prevent back and sciatic pain.

Idiocy Watch
By Steve Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Apr 12 2002.
In this first of several Idiocy Watch columns, Steve harasses the bodybuilding mags for their spread of trivial, erroneous, and useless information.

Long Haul Training
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, December 23, 2004.
Wondering how much exercise you should be doing? Well then check out this interview with Gary Homann. Garry's research give us clues as to how much and what type of exercise will lead to the best results.

Pushin’ Iron for the Gridiron, Part 1 - Recovery and Hypertrophy
By Kris Aiken. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jun 5 2003.
Our boy Kris Aiken outlines the program that took him from a 160lb Cornerback to a 195lb, bone-crunching DB with pro potential. If you're a ball player who's looking for a serious, no-nonsense program to take you to the top, look no further.

Pushin’ Iron for the Gridiron, Part 2 - Strength and Power Phase
By Kris Aiken. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jul 4 2003.
Our boy Kris Aiken outlines the program that took him from a 160lb Cornerback to a 195lb, bone-crunching DB with pro potential. If you're a ball player who's looking for a serious, no-nonsense program to take you to the top, look no further.

Pushin' Iron for the Gridiron, Part 3 - Pre Camp Training
By Kris Aiken. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Aug 4 2003.
Our boy Kris Aiken outlines the program that took him from a 160lb cornerback to a 195lb, bone-crunching DB with pro potential. If you're a ball player who's looking for a serious, no-nonsense program to take you to the top, look no further. This is the last part in Kris' excellent 3-part series.

Recovery
By John M Berardi. First published at www.skifaster.net, 2001.
This article deals with recovery from different types of exercise and the nutritional strategies that may accelerate this recovery. If you train like an athlete, this information is crucial.

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
By Dr. Clay Hyght. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Nov 17 2003.
Chiropractor, bodybuilder, and all-round smart guy Clay Hyght likes fixin' up broken weightlifters. In this article, Dr. Hyght talks about how to avoid suffering the slings and arrows of shoulder impingement syndrome as well as how to fix it up once it decends upon your otherwise healthy shoulder.

Six Skinny Guy Muscle Building Mistakes
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-nation.com, June 22, 2005.
It isn't easy packing on the muscle mass. And it's especially not easy when you're making the mistakes discussed in this article. If you want to finally, once and for all, remove your barriers to building muscle and clear the way for great gains, check out this article.

Sleep: The Missing Component -- Part I
By Greg D. Hovey. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Mar 5 2004.
Training, nutrition and rest are the three keys to progress in the gym. Greg adresses the third -- and often missing -- component of the triangle. In Part I, learn about the importance and benefits of quality sleep and how to create an optimal sleeping environment.

Sleep: The Missing Component -- Part II
By Greg D. Hovey. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Mar 12 2004.
Training, nutrition and rest are the three keys to progress in the gym. Greg adresses the third -- and often missing -- component of the triangle. In Part II, learn about the four elements of quality sleep and pick up some nutrition and supplementation strategies to improve sleep quality.

The Creation of A T-Man
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Jun 22 2001.
In this article you get a glimpse of JB's training philosophy. But not only that, this article presents complete workout programs (including exercises, sets, reps, and weight) that JB recommends to his clients and even follows himself!

The Creation Continues -- Part I
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Nov 7 2003.
Following up on his previoue "Creation of a T-Man" article, JB opens up his training log again to reveal his latest training, nutrition and supplementation plan. Though designed with athletic performance in mind, it yields suprising body composition results. Part I contains the first 4 weeks of the 16 week program.

The Creation Continues -- Part II
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Nov 7 2003.
Part II contains the last 12 weeks of the 16 week program, and the corresponding nutrition plan.

The Growth Surge Project - Part I
By John M Berardi, Chris Shugart. First published at www.t-mag.com, Nov 9 2001.
Muscle growth is not a linear process. It happens in spurts. This series of articles addresses how you can promote one of these spurts or a "growth surge". Part I discusses how you can prime the body for a growth surge in 2 weeks using training, nutrition, and supplementation.

The Growth Surge Project Part II
By John M Berardi, Chris Shugart. First published at www.t-mag.com, Nov 16 2001.
Part II of this series discusses the optimal training, nutrition, and supplementation for forcing a 2-week growth surge. Be prepared for some intense eating and training!

The Growth Surge Project Part III
By John M Berardi, Chris Shugart. First published at www.t-mag.com, Nov 23 2001.
Part III of this series focuses on the 2-week recovery period that comes after the intense training and eating regimen in Part II. When all is said and done you should have several pounds of new muscle to show for your efforts.

The Large Professor Rehabs, Part 1
By John M Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, May 21 2004.
The LP is hurting these days, but not for long. In Part 1, John discusses injury rehabilitation and the littany of injuries that forced him to turn to specialists and build a rehab training plan.

The Large Professor Rehabs, Part 2
By John M Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, May 21 2004.
The LP is hurting these days, but not for long. In Part 2, John shares the first 6 weeks of his rehab training plan.

The Mad Max Program
By John M Berardi. First published at www.myodynamics.com, Apr 12 2002.
John discusses VO2 max; what it is, why it matters, and most importantly, the best way to increase it. If you're an athlete, you've gotta read this!

The Mechanical Advantage - Part 1
By Marc McDougal. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Apr 11 2003.
Our friend and strength coach extraordinaire Marc McDougal is back with a great new program designed for advanced lifters looking for some serious hypertrophy. In part 1, Marc outlines the philosophy behind the program.

The Mechanical Advantage - Part 2
By Marc McDougal. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Apr 11 2003.
In part 2, Marc doles out the exercise perscription, complete with pics of the more unusual exercises.

The Secrets of Body Transformation
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-nation.com, March 02, 2006.
Interested in what it really takes to reach your goals? Sometimes the intangibles mean so much. Check out these inspirational stories and perhaps you'll discover what's been holding you back as well as how you can move beyond these limiting factors immediately.

The Winning Formula, Part I - How To Manipulate Diet and Exercise to Look Great Naked
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Apr 12 2002.
In this article, John provides a brief and interesting history of the weight loss industry. In addition, he presents a review of the effectiveness of different weight/fat loss strategies.

The Winning Formula, Part II - How To Manipulate Diet and Exercise to Look Great Naked
By John M Berardi. First published at www.t-mag.com, Apr 19 2002.
Part II of this article focuses on providing healthy and effective exercise and nutritional strategies. Understanding how to integrate your diet and exercise plan is an important asset.

Warming Up to a Great Workout
By Marc McDougal. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Oct 25 2002.
Marc McDougal gives us his take on the black art of warming up. Give this a read, and start your next workout on the right foot.

Weightlifting and Post Exercise Muscle Recovery
By John M Berardi. First published at www.fitdv.com, Mar 2002.
In this article the topic of recovery from muscle damage is addressed. To design the best workout program possible you need to know how long it takes for the muscle to recover from damage. The key to training progress is to find the optimal training frequency by balancing out waiting until the muscle has repaired without waiting so long that you actually begin to detrain. Do you want to know how to measure and accelerate recovery? Well look no further!

What You Don't Know About Overtraining - Part I
By Tammy Thomas. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jan 19 2004.
JB.com friend and literature sleuth Tammy Thomas offers this excellent article about overtraining. In this Part I, learn about the two types of overtraining.

What You Don't Know About Overtraining - Part II
By Tammy Thomas. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Feb 9 2004.
JB.com friend and literature sleuth Tammy Thomas offers this excellent series on overtraining. In Part II, she uncovers some interesting links between stress, overtraining, and mood.

What You Don't Know About Overtraining - Part III
By Tammy Thomas. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Feb 27 2004.
JB.com friend and literature sleuth Tammy Thomas offers this excellent series on overtraining. In Part III, Tammy discusses the relationship between overtraining and time off, nutrition and supplementation.