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April 07, 2025

Coaches Aren’t Appliances

BY: ERIC HELMS

 “I’ve tried four different coaches, none of them met my expectations, I was disappo...

April 07, 2025

Rise of the Machines – The Lateral Raise Mach...

BY: ALBERTO NUNEZ

Don’t get me wrong, I love me some good barbell movements! They are both practica...

April 07, 2025

How Can Rest-Pause/Myo Reps and Long Rest Per...

BY: ERIC HELMS

We received a great question recently: “How do we reconcile studies where rest-pause...

March 18, 2025

The Default Diet

BY: ERIC HELMS

If you listen to the 3DMJ podcast, you’ve probably heard me or one of the other coac...

March 18, 2025

A Guide to Injury Reduction and Management

BY: NICK LICAMELI 

It is hard to imagine an athlete going through a career and never experiencing s...

March 14, 2025

Bodybuilding Periodization Made Simple

BY: BRAD LOOMIS

Brad the powerlifter has had to take a back seat as of late. A lingering rib issue ...

March 14, 2025

Demystifying Periodization

BY: ERIC HELMS

People think periodization is a complex, sometimes nearly impenetrable topic. Sure, ...

March 10, 2025

Do You Want Eating At Restaurants To Be Part ...

BY: STEVE TAYLOR

If you want to lose weight and keep it off long-term, my recommendation is to *liv...

March 04, 2025

The Variables to a Deload/Taper

BY: BRAD LOOMIS

I present to you the final chapter on my deload series of blogs. In the first segme...

March 03, 2025

Determining Who Is and Is Not A Reputable Exp...

BY: ERIC HELMS

I was recently emailed with a question, and the title of this blog post was the subj...

February 26, 2025

My Top 7 Contest Prep Hunger Hacks

BY: JEFF ALBERTS

Contest prep, if done right, often doesn’t start with extreme hunger out of the ga...

February 10, 2025

How Do We Deload? Part 2

BY: BRAD LOOMIS

This is the continuation of my series on using deloads/tapers/intro cycles in your ...

February 06, 2025

Expanding on the 2nd Key to my Coaching Philo...

BY: BRAD LOOMIS

In August of 2020 I wrote a blog that outlines my coaching philosophy and the 3 key...

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