Resources & Links
This here is a list of my favorite resources available on the Internets. Some of these may seem off-topic, but they’re still relevant.
These are sites I like, recommend, read regularly, whatever. Go have a look. If somebody/something is listed here, you can take it as an implicit endorsement from me. If you’re into that kind of thing.
Blogs
- Alan Aragon's Blog - Alan Aragon’s Blog. Also check out his AARR, it’s good solid info for the masses.
- Body Recomposition Blog - Lyle McDonald’s Blog. Lyle is a skater and everyone deadlifts more than him, so you should ignore everything he writes.
- Fit Jerk's Blog - My kind of fitness expert.
- Informed Performance - Will Heffernan’s Blog. Will’s a swim coach and he drinks a lot.
- Leangains - Martin Berkhan’s Blog. Martin talks about fasting a lot, that’s why he’s skinny.
- Leigh Peele's Blog - Leigh Peele’s Blog. Leigh’s blonde and a woman, so you know what her advice is worth.
- Screams from the Underground - The Blog of a lifter. A fat and lazy lifter.
- Shaf’s Corner - Steve Shafley’s Blog. Shaf’s strong and lazy, just how it’s supposed to be.
- The Iron Maiden - The Iron Maiden’s Blog. This is one strong chick.
Discussion Forums and Bulletin Boards
- Body Recomposition Support Forums - Lyle McDonald’s Support Forum. Now with less profanity.
- Body-Improvements Forum - Body-Improvements forum
- Extreme Physique - Discussion of exercise and diet, slanted towards female bodybuilding and figure, but everyone’s welcome.
- IronGarm - “…overflowing with foulmouthed ignorance.”
- Starting Strength Forums - Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength forums.
- The Power & Bulk - The P&B. What else needs to be said?
Knowledge Resources
- Fallacy Files - Describes and gives examples of logical fallacies from the media and everyday life, applying logic to controversial issues in order to improve critical thinking skills.
- LogicalFallacies.info - An encyclopedia of logical fallacies; explanations and examples of common errors of reasoning.
- PubMed - The premier search engine for nerds, compiling just about every medical-related journal article ever published.
Lifting Resources
- Deepsquatter - Jason Burnell’s Deepsquatter site. Tons of powerlifting-related goodies. One of the first lifting sites I ever started reading. If you’re lucky it’ll screw you up for good too.
- Fitday - FitDay, for tracking your diet.
- Glenn Pendlay's Website - Glenn Pendlay’s website, with articles, videos, and a new forum.
- Joe Skopec’s Powerlifting Heads-Up - Joe Skopec’s powerlifting site. Tons of useful downloads, calculators, articles, etc.
- Reactive Training Systems - Mike Tuchscherer’s RTS website.
- The Sandow Museum - The Sandow Museum, with tons of books and articles from the old-time lifters.
- The Tight Tan Slacks of Dezso Ban - Ignore the name, it’s about old-time golden age lifters. Check it out if that’s your thing.
Recommended Products
- Jim Wendler's 531 Manual - A deceptively simple program that’s getting a lot of people strong.
- Starting Strength - Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength. Probably the best book ever written for coaching/training beginners, even if you’re the beginner.
- The Reactive Training Manual - Mike Tuchscherer’s excellent book on his Reactive Training System.
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