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Chinese proverb says that a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. By choosing to study this book you have taken the first step—a huge step—towards the strong, well-developed, fit and lean physique you crave. Apply what this book teaches and you will be off and running for a lifetime of very productive training. You will experience the exhilaration from anticipating great physical change, the thrill of accumulating strength gains, and the euphoria from achieving physical transformation. 18
SECTION 1 Establishing a secure foundation 1. Setting the scene for building muscle and might • 21 2. General philosophy for outstanding development • 47 3. All-time #1 practical priorities • 63 4. Expectations—how much muscle and might you can expect • 75 5. How to plan your growth • 99 6. Where to train, and the equipment you need • 117 19
Page 2 and 3: “is is the book I wish I could ha
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Page 6 and 7: Copyright © 1998 by Stuart McRober
Page 8 and 9: I Warning—Safety Every effort was
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BEYOND BRAWN Sets and reps 3.22 Wit
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BEYOND BRAWN 3.32 I would have trai
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BEYOND BRAWN Putting it all togethe
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aw motivation from elite-level acco
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BEYOND BRAWN 4.6 Suppose you can be
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BEYOND BRAWN influenced by the role
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BEYOND BRAWN assuming you still wan
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BEYOND BRAWN You do not have to be
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BEYOND BRAWN roid days. Take a look
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BEYOND BRAWN gear used in powerlift
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BEYOND BRAWN consistently, and cons
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BEYOND BRAWN One man’s meat 4.91
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BEYOND BRAWN 4.103 If you are not a
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BEYOND BRAWN body exercises, an inc
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o realize your potential, you need
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BEYOND BRAWN 5.16 Keep an album of
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BEYOND BRAWN 5.27 Break each five-y
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BEYOND BRAWN 5.39 Treat each self-i
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BEYOND BRAWN 5.63 Armed with the wi
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BEYOND BRAWN b. No defensiveness to
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BEYOND BRAWN are unlikely to be exa
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t its basic minimum a good home gym
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BEYOND BRAWN applying yourself to y
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BEYOND BRAWN is especially so if yo
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BEYOND BRAWN h. Ignore anything and
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BEYOND BRAWN A bare minimum 6.32 Yo
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BEYOND BRAWN 6.42 A power rack is p
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BEYOND BRAWN Tru-Squat can be much
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BEYOND BRAWN Home gym location 6.66
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BEYOND BRAWN a sizeable chunk of yo
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lease pause for a couple of minutes
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o matter what your individuality, t
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BEYOND BRAWN frustration, regressio
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.27 e secondary exerc
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.35 Some people prefe
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BEYOND BRAWN before you leave. Do n
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.56 Little discs are
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.95 Do less training,
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.108 An extension of
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BEYOND BRAWN method. Here you perfo
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BEYOND BRAWN 7.124 is approach ties
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BEYOND BRAWN yourself to them and o
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his book can guide you to get much
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BEYOND BRAWN Rate of gain d. To hav
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illions of gym members have got bur
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BEYOND BRAWN yourself hard in the g
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BEYOND BRAWN to perform full chins
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BEYOND BRAWN 9.23 At the end of eac
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BEYOND BRAWN 9.32 While for most pe
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BEYOND BRAWN brutally hard training
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BEYOND BRAWN I am writing here stri
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BEYOND BRAWN accumulation of fatigu
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BEYOND BRAWN 9.76 Whenever you get
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ithout good exercise technique, eve
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BEYOND BRAWN learning about good ex
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BEYOND BRAWN The macho fraternity 1
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BEYOND BRAWN Dr. Keith Hartman, Dic
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BEYOND BRAWN 17. pinch-grip lifting
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BEYOND BRAWN The squat the groove o
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BEYOND BRAWN Leg press 10.64 ere ar
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BEYOND BRAWN 10.70 By taking the lo
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BEYOND BRAWN 10.112 For lanky train
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BEYOND BRAWN 10.135 ick-handled dum
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BEYOND BRAWN 10.148 With dumbbells
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BEYOND BRAWN 11.5 Focus on getting
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BEYOND BRAWN 11.26 Especially for l
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ad all hard-gaining trainees follow
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BEYOND BRAWN Six Frameworks for Pro
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BEYOND BRAWN 12.13 A single full-bo
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BEYOND BRAWN b. Shrugs 12.31 As exp
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BEYOND BRAWN ger, and then stronger
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BEYOND BRAWN 12.61 Put this recover
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BEYOND BRAWN 12.70 Frameworks 1-4 a
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he instruction in this book is gear
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BEYOND BRAWN vation and training ze
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BEYOND BRAWN if any progressive wor
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BEYOND BRAWN 13.34 Especially if yo
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BEYOND BRAWN Rep selection 13.42 Pr
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BEYOND BRAWN 13.52 Do not lock your
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BEYOND BRAWN and you will add 50 po
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BEYOND BRAWN and conventional deadl
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BEYOND BRAWN 14.6 Growing bigger an
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BEYOND BRAWN c. Gross overtraining
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BEYOND BRAWN What if you train whil
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BEYOND BRAWN b. Low-intensity cardi
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he harder you train, the less of it
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BEYOND BRAWN 15.5 Relish the hard w
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BEYOND BRAWN ere are micronutrients
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his chapter provides important prac
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BEYOND BRAWN 16.16 After this gener
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BEYOND BRAWN 16.26 How much warming
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BEYOND BRAWN 16.50 During demanding
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BEYOND BRAWN 16.63 If you have cali
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BEYOND BRAWN training. Your gains i
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BEYOND BRAWN ropractor I could empl
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BEYOND BRAWN therapy who is familia
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BEYOND BRAWN ing soreness from inju
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BEYOND BRAWN d. Use of the method d
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BEYOND BRAWN B 64 Examples of how t
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BEYOND BRAWN Summary of how to ensu
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y audience was appalled, my wife wa
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BEYOND BRAWN not get to your goal.
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BEYOND BRAWN deadlifting 500 pounds
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BEYOND BRAWN an injury. For continu
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BEYOND BRAWN 17.44 Shortly after th
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BEYOND BRAWN B 67 Note on the Trap
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efore I got injured in 1992 I had l
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BEYOND BRAWN some studying of your
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BEYOND BRAWN and the aching and tin
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BEYOND BRAWN The magic of trigger p
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BEYOND BRAWN 18.35 is was a terrifi
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BEYOND BRAWN April 1994 rectly trea
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BEYOND BRAWN did not start to go aw
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BEYOND BRAWN 18.67 Another training
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BEYOND BRAWN e Tru-Squat demonstrat
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BEYOND BRAWN ports because they are
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BEYOND BRAWN Caution! 18.86 If any
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BEYOND BRAWN enable me to do revers
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BEYOND BRAWN this way you can conti
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BEYOND BRAWN 18.126 I am not guaran
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BEYOND BRAWN 18.137 While it is bes
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BEYOND BRAWN e. Stay clear of risky
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BEYOND BRAWN 2. For a list of other
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egardless of how old or out of cond
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BEYOND BRAWN 19.5 Older trainees, w
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BEYOND BRAWN 19.17 An older body ca
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BEYOND BRAWN 19.28 While attention
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BEYOND BRAWN 19.42 Explosive liftin
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ou can train full-bore on squats, d
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BEYOND BRAWN diet but training and
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.14 e best way to de
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.23 When increasing
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.35 But a desirable
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.43 When increasing
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BEYOND BRAWN the grams of carbs, fa
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BEYOND BRAWN Water 20.63 Adequate w
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.90 I thought it was
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.100 Much of the res
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.110 Avoid eating on
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BEYOND BRAWN d. Production of muscl
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BEYOND BRAWN Non-nutritional supple
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BEYOND BRAWN Fat loss 20.139 Many p
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BEYOND BRAWN woman. Any less bodyfa
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BEYOND BRAWN Program for bodyfat lo
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.172 Do not make you
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BEYOND BRAWN 20.188 For detailed co
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442 o far in this book, the maxim
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BEYOND BRAWN On the other hand, you
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BEYOND BRAWN Enriching your trainin
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BEYOND BRAWN constant, but add two
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BEYOND BRAWN isfied with your size
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have said this before, but it warra
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BEYOND BRAWN Health tests 22.6 Regu
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aving control, as each of us does,
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BEYOND BRAWN 23.5 Once you have a w
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BEYOND BRAWN Individual experimenta
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BEYOND BRAWN and be patient as you
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BEYOND BRAWN 23.49 e more time you
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BEYOND BRAWN mation counts for noth
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BEYOND BRAWN Postscript: Did you de
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BEYOND BRAWN ACTION, NOT WORDS! Put
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BEYOND BRAWN 1984. en I left due to
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BEYOND BRAWN Fats, dietary, 20.47-5
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BEYOND BRAWN advantages, 6.26; 6.77
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BEYOND BRAWN and injury, 16.108 int
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BEYOND BRAWN breathing, 12.26; 12.2
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BEYOND BRAWN Strength factors in, 4
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BEYOND BRAWN vs. squat, 10.57; 10.6
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In a nutshell e essence of this boo
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