Past Articles

Please Note: these articles are from a broad range of time throughout Doug's career. Some of the recommendations, conclusions and perspectives noted in the articles have been revised.

"DYS-Functional Exercise"
Published on December 2, 2009 "The Case Against Overhead Presses"
Published on March 27, 2010 "Bench Press: Not the Best Exercise"
Published on March 6, 2010 "The Fallacy of “Push / Pull”
Published on May 18, 2010 "Not Winning Isn’t Losing"
Published on June 26, 2010 "Exercise in Futility"
Published on March 6, 2011 "Motivational Strategies for Fitness"
Published on March 15, 2011 "How Much Exercise Intensity Is Enough - or Too Much?"
Published on February 2, 2012 "Million Dollar Muscle"
Published on February 18, 2012 "Bench Dips for Triceps: Good or Bad?"
Published on February 29, 2012 "Lower Abs and the Loch Ness Monster"
Published on May 18, 2012 "Ideal Training Frequency (for bodybuilding)"
Published on July 11, 2012 "What It Takes to Succeed"
Published on July 30, 2012 "A Better Way to Work the Lower Back"
Published on August 12, 2012 "The US Anti-Doping Agency Fails the Fairness Test"
Published on August 31, 2012
'Triceps Pushdowns' and the Myth of Shaping the Triceps"
Published on October 6, 2012 "Motivational Strategies"
Published on March 15, 2011 "Evaluating 'Parallel Bar Dips' as a Pectoral Exercise"
Published on January 29, 2013 "Core Values or Fitness Folly?"
Published on March 3, 2013 "The Best Pectoral Exercise"
Published on March 8, 2013 "The Best Lat Exercise"
Published on June 13, 2013 "Controlled Burn"
Published on September 3, 2013 "Why Push-Ups Aren’t So Good"
Published on March 29, 2014 "Bodybuilding: Art or Mass Appeal"
Published on November 13, 2014 "Do You Know Squat?"
Published on December 30, 2014
"What’s the Most Effective Form of Training?" "How to Get a Lean Midsection" "How To Train With Optimum Efficiency" "7 Great Tips for Preventing Muscle Loss" "Working On Weak Body Parts" "The 'Open ChainPublished onClosed Chain' Theory and Shear Nonsense" "Compound Exercise versus Peripheral Recruitment" "Parallel Bar Dips: Bio-Mechanically Inferior for Pectoral Training" "What’s the Best Resistance to Use for Muscle Growth?" "Glute Trainining"
"A Word About Losing the 'Love Handles'"
Published on May 10, 2012 "To Burn Or Not To Burn: That Is the Question"
Published on August 16, 2012 "The Myth of 'Shaping' the Quads"
Published on September 13, 2012 "Are Stiff Legged Deadlifts Good for the Hamstrings?"
Published on October 8, 2012 "Training the Trapezius"
Published on December 20, 2012