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Ep 57: Pavel Tsatsouline Answers Your 15 Most Popular Exercise Questions

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How to Improve a Barbell Military Press

Russian weight lifters have a saying, to press a lot. The press responds exceptionally well to a high volume of training. Think of your muscles as a six cylinder engine and right now you are firing only on three cylinders. You could get stronger by adding several r more cylinders, and that would be hypertrophy. Or you could fix that engine and learn how to take advantage of the cylinders you already do have. That's the essence of nerological strength training. Pretty much what you do is you learn how to activate your muscles more intensely. Its done by training with heavier weights. It's done by a perfect practice, approaching your training not as a workout, but as a practice.

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