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		<title>Muscle Gain Is 80% Behaviour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mike Westerdal You can do anything that anyone else has done. You can have anything that anyone else has. You can be anything that some else already is. Why? Because they have already done it and therefore you know it can be done. The only question left is how hard you are willing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Muscle for Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mike Westerdal Many women shy away from the idea of building muscle because they are afraid they&#8217;ll &#8216;bulk-up&#8217; and look like one of the female competitive bodybuilders that used to come out of the former U.S.S.R. Fortunately, that&#8217;s just a myth. Women who lift weights to build muscle do not instantly turn into masculine-looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Pain &amp; Inflammation Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lifting weights is one of the most beneficial things you can do to improve the health and longevity of your body. Besides increasing muscle mass and building strength, a regular weightlifting routine can strengthen the body&#8217;s immune system, elevate mood, improve flexibility and result in better overall health. Once in a while though, we all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Arnold Sports Festival Trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ben Tatar represented Critical Bench.com at the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival.   Below I ask him a few questions about the trip and share some of his pics. CB:   What was different or better about this year’s Arnold? BT:     The night life was better this year.  At night I hung out with celebrities, NFL players, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win a FREE Copy Of Bench Press Explosion!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets keep this simple. If you&#8217;d like to win one of ten free copies I&#8217;m giving out of my new Bench Press Explosion eBook that contains 18 of the best bench press routines I have ever come across here&#8217;s your big chance! The problem as I see it is addressing how powerbuilders can simultaneously achieve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olmypic Lifting 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Mike Westerdal Many different types of athletes—weightlifters, powerlifters and combat sport enthusiasts alike—benefit from explosiveness, flexibility and strength. When it comes to developing these qualities, nothing is better than complex movements that recruit multiple muscle groups. Among compound movements, three are considered to be kings: the squat; the deadlift and the bench press. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 3x More Power Generated By The Olympic Lifts vs. the Deadlift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re an athlete, you need to be explosive… unless of course you’re a marathon runner, in which case you can just slowly jog away from this article right now because this doesn’t apply to you. But if you’re involved in any other sport that is worth watching, like MMA, football, basketball, hockey, soccer, etc, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewing the Interviewer – Meet All-Star Ben Tatar</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interview with strength athlete and interview All-Star Ben Tatar By Dean Bennett for CriticalBench.com Critical Bench goes one on one with strength athlete and one of the best iron game interviewers of the past decade, Ben Tatar. CB:   Ben, it&#8217;s great to be interviewing you today. Let&#8217;s learn about the strength athlete who lives the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.criticalbench.com/ben-tatar/</link>
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		<title>Benefits of Omega 3s &amp; Fish Oils</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 20 years or so fats have gotten a pretty bad rap in the media. Fats have been blamed for the extraordinarily high rates of obesity and heart disease in the United States. And despite the proliferation of low- or non-fat foods over the past two decades, instead of getting better, the problem [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.criticalbench.com/benefits-omega-3s-fish-oils/</link>
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		<title>Total Xplosive Training (TXT) Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Total Xplosive Training is a training technique developed Chris Barnard, a strength and conditioning coach out of Florida. He is pursuing his Master&#8217;s Degree in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology at the University of Miami. He also heads up Strength Camp, an athlete training facility in St. Petersburg Florida. Through his years as a trainer Chris [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.criticalbench.com/total-xplosive-training-txt-review/</link>
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		<title>How To Cook A Great Steak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Dave Ruel aka &#8220;the Muscle Cook&#8221; and author of the Anabolic Cooking was in town visiting a couple weeks ago and he taught me how to cook the perfect the steak. One terrific source of protein that tops the list for many people in terms of what they want to be including in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Back Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of The Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you walk into many of the modern fancy gyms—even the ones with free weights—you&#8217;ll likely notice that benches, equipment and machines to train the chest outnumber equipment to train the back by at least four-to-one.  Part of the reason for this is that many guys today are obsessed with working their chests but pay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.criticalbench.com/back-exercises-never-heard-of/</link>
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		<title>You Are the Only Fitness Guru You Need</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems to be human nature to look outside ourselves for the answers we need. This is especially true when we want to make changes in our lives. To ourselves, we say we need the guru because we are confused and he or she can help us to understand what needs to be done to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.criticalbench.com/fitness-guru/</link>
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		<title>Interview With Bengals Cheerleader Alyson Jordan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ben Tatar of CriticalBench.com Alyson Jordan has been cheer leading for the Cincinnati Bengals. She is also a 3rd grade teacher and she was the Cover Champion for the Bengals 2011-2012 cheer leading swim suit Calendar. In this exclusive interview we take an in depth look at the epic journey of being an NFL [...]]]></description>
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