BEYOND BODYBUILDING
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section One: Power Training

Articles

Mind Over Muscle: the 5x5x5 Program

The ‘3 to 5’ Method: Strength Training for Special Weapons and Tactics Teams

Make a Quantum Strength Leap with ‘Progressive Movement Training’

Hardgainer? – I’ll Fix It.: A DeLorme Method Inspired Six Week Hypertrophy Cycle

‘Fatigue Cycling’: Another Secret of the Russian Bodybuilding Underground

The Russian Squat Assault

The Presence of Power and Three Super Squat Techniques to Develop It

Bench Press Training, the Russian National Powerlifting Team Style

Questions and Answers

‘Holistic bodybuilding’? – No, power bodybuilding!

‘Workout’ or ‘practice’?

Be strong, stay fresh

What does it mean, “training the nervous system?”

Is traditional power cycling obsolete?

A straightforward power cycle

A last minute peaking cycle

Power up with singles

Build might and muscle with the classic ‘countdown to power’

Russian sets and reps for power

What do the Russians think of pyramids?

A PTP/ladder hybrid to jump start your bench

Moscow bench press champion’s program

Wave the weights for power

‘Interval circuit training’ for power on a tight time budget

A simple power cycle

The RKC Ladder: a shock program for shoulder strength and mass

Slow gear for strength

To pause or not to pause the deadlifts, that is the question

Light weights, hard deadlifts

Jurassic training revisited: building tendon and ligament strength

What are the ‘high-tension techniques’?

High-tension techniques – not just for the gym

‘Lifting the weight’, ‘feeling the muscle’, or…?

Know your max without testing it?

Use your head for max power, muscle, and safety

‘Active negatives’ for power, muscle, and safety

Heavyweight advantage for the lean

Boost your bench… with shrugs!

Dumbbell bench power

Squat big with bad knees?

‘Dead squats’ for power

Protect your back with a ‘virtual belt’

“Iron fundamentalism”?

Old-Timer training Q & A

Drills that rule, drills that drool

Free weights for beginners?

A no compromise home gym on a budget

Can single joint exercises build strength?

Section Two: Training Planning

Articles

Divide and Conquer: Designing the Perfect Split

Periodization Demystified

Questions and Answers

The upper body solution for ‘high intensity’ bodybuilders

Are lay-offs any good?

Planned vs. free style training

Twice-a-day training: the edge or overtraining?

The perfect split for the ‘Strong as You Look’ series

Why can the abs be trained daily and other muscles cannot?

Turning lemons into lemonade: overtraining for gains

Mathematics of muscle growth

Is varying exercise tempo worth the trouble?

Not satisfied with your rate of progress?

Variety for minimalists

Section Three: Back

Articles

Calling for Back-Up! (the ‘Strong as You Look’ Series)

Lats: the Secrets of the Russian Bodybuilding Underground

Questions and Answers

Is the deadlift the king of back exercises?

Don’t feel your lats? – We’ll fix it!

Spread your wings and max out on the pullup test with ‘tactical pullups’

Are bent over rows overrated?

“Injury prevention by imperfection training”

Solutions for a tight back

The McKenzie Method for a healthier back

How do the abs protect the back?

Is the trap bar better than the straight bar for deadlifts and shrugs?

Section Four: Legs

Articles

Legs of Steel (the ‘Strong as You Look’ series)

Hot Wheels by Summer!

Questions and Answers

Can you build good legs with plyometrics?

Training calves at home

Russian farmer walk for stubborn calves

Powerful legs without squats?

How deep is your squat?

High rep front squats?

A shortcut to perfect squats

“Squat, squat, squat”

Shoulder friendly heavy squatting

No more bowing knees in the squat!

Heavy lifting, easy on the knees

Can you let your knees slip forward when squatting?

Section Five: Neck & Shoulders

Questions and Answers

The old-timer neck bridge

The secret of Paul Anderson’s powerful neck

Shoulder training on the twenty-rep squat routine

The Sots press: an extreme shoulder workout without an extreme weight

Build cannonball delts yesterday with an old time strength feat

The shoulder friendly see-saw press

The neck and traps, the hallmarks of an elite athlete

Cannonball delts without direct delt work?

Sore shoulders no more

Lateral raises minus the headache

Alternatives to the press behind the neck

Rotator cuff work, is it worth the trouble?

Seated presses for a touchy back?

Section Six: Arms

Articles

Armed and Dangerous (the ‘Strong as You Look’ Series)

Frequently Asked Questions about Arm Training

The Top Ten Russian Arm Training Secrets

Questions and Answers

Russian powerlifting triceps blaster

Elbow friendly straight bar curls

Forearm specialization for the pipe masters

Clubbells™: for totally awesome forearms

Build huge biceps with… the bench press!

Are squats needed for big pipes?

Section Seven: Chest

Articles

A Chest to Stand a Glass on (The ‘Strong as You Look’ Series)

Questions and Answers

Frequently Asked Questions about Chest Training

Old style pecs

“I don’t want my pecs to look like breasts!”

How to train for ‘old-timer pecs’

Pecs without a bench

Having a hard time recruiting your pecs? – We’ll fix it!

Powerlifting secret of pec power

Section Eight: Naked Warrior
STRONG ANYWHERE, ANYTIME WITH BODYWEIGHT EXERCISES

Articles

The Russian Special Forces Ladder to Power

The Evil Russian’s ‘Hit the Deck’! Program

The NASA Pushup Program

Grip-ups, Spider-ups, and Pinch Grip Pushups

The Dragon Walk

Slow Kicks

The Lizard and ‘Walk the Dog’

The Deck Squat

Russian Laundry

The Tiger Bend Pushup

Questions and Answers

How to make bodyweight neck bridges harder

Gymnastic rings for bodybuilders

Jack La Lanne’s pike pushup

Ace the Marine pullup test with ‘the Russian rest/pause’

SWAT dips: safer and harder

The rolling neck bridge

Should I do weighted pullups to up my bodyweight pullups reps?

Superstrict pullups – the hard way

Index