Charles Staley, Author at T NATION https://www.t-nation.com/author/charles-staley/ T Nation Articles Fri, 17 Mar 2023 19:05:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.7 https://www.t-nation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/favicon.ico Charles Staley, Author at T NATION https://www.t-nation.com/author/charles-staley/ 32 32 The Inconvenient Truth About Perfect Form https://forums.t-nation.com/t/the-inconvenient-truth-about-perfect-form/279807 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:00:51 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=102441 Read the full article at The Inconvenient Truth About Perfect Form

]]> Why CrossFit Women Are Stronger Than You https://www.t-nation.com/training/crossfit-women-workouts/ Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/uncategorized/why-crossfit-girls-are-stronger-than-you/ CrossFit Women Saved Female Fitness Has anything advanced female fitness more than CrossFit? Nope. If you've always encouraged females to lift weights, thank CrossFit women for changing the landscape. Today, more women are lifting, getting strong, and looking better because of the popularity of CrossFit training. Bodybuilding couldn't pull it off, and even the popularity

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]]> Nothing Works Like Sequential Training https://www.t-nation.com/workouts/nothing-works-like-sequential-training/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:30:20 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=82589 Although strength and muscular hypertrophy can be built simultaneously, the best possible results are obtained sequentially. This is based on the principle of phase potentiation. Very simply, adaptations built in one training phase potentiate the gains in adaptations built in the following phase. Most lifters are familiar with the concept of prioritizing muscle hypertrophy first

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]]> Tip: Four B-Mod Strategies for Fat Loss https://www.t-nation.com/lean-built-eating/tip-four-b-mod-strategies-for-fat-loss/ Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:20:14 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=82176 Once you decide on a diet strategy, these proven behavior-modification strategies will improve your odds of succeeding: 1 Seek Out Social Support and Accountability The people in your life need to be on board with your plan. Let your immediate family and friends know how important your fat loss goal is and suggest ways they

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]]> There Are Only 3 Types Of Diets https://www.t-nation.com/lean-built-eating/there-are-only-3-types-of-diets/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:58:45 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=82346 Here's How to Find the Best Approach for You So you need to drop some unwanted body fat, but after doing a bit of research, you quickly discover that there are far more diets and "feeding strategies" to choose from than you ever realized. Further digging reveals that ALL of these approaches have zealous supporters

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]]> 7 Ways to Muscle Up Your Work Ethic https://www.t-nation.com/training/7-ways-to-muscle-up-your-work-ethic/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:47:25 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=81954 You're lazy. I'm lazy. Heck, human beings are lazy. We are, in many ways, born that way. It's natural. If we want to accomplish a lot in the gym, we have to acknowledge our lazy tendencies. In fact, the weakest link in a lifter's overall preparation, including mine, is a severely undeveloped work ethic. I've

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]]> The One-Set Challenge https://www.t-nation.com/training/the-one-set-challenge/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 02:55:14 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=81277 3 Minutes of Pain and Enlightenment Ever have a huge transformational experience in the gym? I have. In fact, I had one just a few weeks ago. I'd like to share it with you in the hopes that you'll benefit from it as much as I did. Here's what happened: I wanted to get a

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]]> Fear of Muscle: What Women Need to Know https://www.t-nation.com/training/fear-of-muscle-what-women-need-to-know/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 03:17:35 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=80071 Although great strides have been made in the war against female fear of muscle, or myophobia (CrossFit deserves much of the credit), muscle is still often regarded with curious suspicion and sometimes outright distrust in female fitness circles. Sure, on some level, most women these days understand that muscle can have value, but there's still

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]]> How to be a Social Media Fitness Star https://www.t-nation.com/alpha-life/how-to-be-a-social-media-fitness-star/ Fri, 16 Aug 2019 02:27:17 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=79888 The online world is like a digital proxy of the real world. With their anonymity secured behind a keyboard, people have the luxury of creating and promoting an idealized version of themselves – and not always with the best motives. On the internet, even the most timid among us suddenly grow a pair big enough

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]]> More Gains in Less Time: 5 Pro Tips https://www.t-nation.com/training/more-gains-in-less-time-5-pro-tips/ Thu, 01 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.t-nation.com/?p=21668 Building muscle and strength is closely tied to work output per unit of time – the more work you do in a week/month/year, the better results you'll get. So, let's review some proven time management and productivity strategies and apply them to weight training. Here are five methods, along with practical suggestions about how to

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