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• Since the trainee is both inefficient and unadapted, only a few basic exercises should be used, and they should be repeated frequently…
• Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.
• Mediocre athletes that tried like hell to get good are the best coaches.
• You are right to be wary. There is much bullshit. Be wary of me too, because I may be wrong. Make up…
• There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy.
• Trust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the last day…
• You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few…
• A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to…
• There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and…
• Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort.
• Physical strength is the most important thing in life. This is true whether we want it to be or not.
• Big arms are fun, and if their training doesn't interfere with the rest of the program, wait till everybody's gone, like I…

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