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BodyRecomposition - The Home of Lyle McDonald
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Training and Nutrition advice, straight from the monkey's mouth.
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Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 10

Ok, time to finish up. In Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 9, I talked more specifically about what I was doing (or not) during the craziness of last year, primarily focusing on the ro...

18 may 12

Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 9

So having talked fairly generally about what was going on at the Austin Humane Shelter during 2012 (with some comments about my involvement) in Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter Part 6, Part ...

16 may 12

Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 8

So in Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 6 and Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter Part: 7, I described the insanity that made up merely the first half (or so) of 2011 there. That ...

14 may 12

Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 7

So last time in Volunteeering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 6, I talked about my move up to blue BRATT and the start of the year’s craziness which was that Bastrop Hoarding Event. And whil...

11 may 12

Volunteering at the Austin Humane Shelter: Part 6

So since it’s now been forever since I did an update, and since I apparently still can’t think of anything to write about diet, training, etc. I figured I’d do an update on my time ...

08 may 12

What’s the Proper Way to Squat – Q&A

Question: What is the proper way to squat? And could you address the issue of butt-winks at the bottom of the squat and how to correct that? Answer: It depends. Simply there is no single proper way ...

07 dec 11

Bodypart Frequency and Soreness – Q&A

Question: You have discussed training frequency on your site and suggest that training a body part twice a week to every 5th day, what would you say if on that fifth day my legs are still sore and I&...

29 nov 11

10 Tips to Deal with Holiday Weight Gain

This was originally written and run back in 2008 (and I believe every year since then) and as we enter the holiday season again (with Halloween candy finally leaving the aisles, thank goodness), it&#...

08 nov 11

NORMAN! Part 4

So finishing up (for now) from NORMAN! Part 3, I’m going to talk today about some of the issues I’ve dealt with (or am still dealing with) in terms of training not only NORMAN but also in...

04 nov 11

NORMAN! Part 3

In NORMAN! Part 2, I had gotten approval to foster NORMAN after the dog introduction (which had started a bit rough but then settled down sufficiently). I had gotten a crate and the other necessary ...

01 nov 11

NORMAN! Part 2

So in NORMAN! Part 1 I wrote up an introduction that you can probably guess the punchline to but I’m still walking you through this the long way. In short, by sheer accident I had been in the ...

27 oct 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 10

Ok, this will be the finish no matter how long it takes; and it will be long but I have to move on to other things. Coming straight out of Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Ol’ing Part 9, I...

16 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Ol’ing Part 9

Picking up directly from where I left off yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 8, I want to start by looking at another place OL’ing this country has a huge probl...

14 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 8

We’re almost done as my goal is to wrap this up by Friday. Yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 7, I looked at a bunch of factors that took the US from it’...

14 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 7

Yesterday, in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 6, I examined the events (culture, etc.) surrounding the US’s brief dominance in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, again s...

13 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 6

So on Friday I finally started moving toward a point and actually looked at how the US has done in the sport of Olympic lifting (at least at the Olympic level) in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting:...

12 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 5

So having finished a look at the sport in general and some of the determining factors in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 4, I want to look at the next issues on the docket. I’ll warn ...

09 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 4

Continuing on from yesterday’s discussion in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 3 where I first summarized the goal of OL’ing competition and then looked at the import...

08 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 3

In Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Olympic Lifting Part 2, I gave a primer on the technique of Olympic lifting looking only at the snatch, clean and jerk. Continuing in that vein I want to now ...

07 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 2

Having looked yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 1 at the origin and history of weightlifting along with the basics of competition and judging I want to spend today g...

06 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: OL’ing Part 1

In the past (insert stupid number) of parts of this series I’ve looked at a ton of different sports systems to see if there are commonalities. And certainly there often are. Kenyan running, U...

05 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 22

Having looked at the sport in general, US dominance (more or less) and a host of other stuff yesterday in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 21, let’s look at the sport in this country t...

02 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 21

Yesterday, in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting Part 20, I looked at US cycling, a sport that was always fairly small yet managed to produce at least at the Olympic level. And which has simply blo...

01 sep 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 20

In Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 19, I looked at a bunch of different factors related to cycling including how racing developed in the US (mainly crits and time trials) versus in Europe. ...

31 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 19

Having looked at US success in track and field and swimming in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: part 18, I’m going to change gears (ha ha) a bit and look at a couple of exceptions that exis...

30 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 18

So in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 17, I talked about basketball and finally wrapped up an altogether too long look at The Big Three sports in America and how they interact with our over...

29 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 5

So last time, in Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 4 I started a discussion of UK Track cycling and how the UK went from also rans to the highest levels of the sport in a relatively short per...

09 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 4

Continuing from the altogether too long discussion of Kenyan running that took all of Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 3, today I want to switch gears (ha ha, this joke will make sense in a ...

08 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 3

Ok, picking up from Wednesday and Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting Part 2; in that part I looked at some of the factors potentially to Kenyan dominance in distance running. This included looking ...

05 aug 11

Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 2

In Why the US Sucks at Olympic Lifting: Part 1, I introduced the topic that I wanted to discuss and defined some end points that I was going to use in the discussion. I also introduced the first gro...

03 aug 11

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