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	<description>Strength and Conditioning Blog by Sean Waxman of Pure Strength</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Do You Want Know The 7 Secrets For Loosing Fat&#8230; Then Read On</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/06/28/do-you-want-know-the-7-secrets-for-loosing-fat-then-read-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[1. DO NOT buy any books or manuals that tell you how to loose fat, you don&#8217;t need them. If you already have, then you will be better served eating them for their fiber content than actually following them.
2. DO follow a training program that uses compound movements (squatting, deadlifting, presses, Olympic lifts) with progressively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Functional Training or Porn?</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/05/09/functional-training-or-porn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 04:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is this functional for&#8230;Doggie Style

Paraphrasing Dr Mel Siff from Facts and Fallacies Fitness, the term Functional Training came out of the scientific and therapy worlds from the terms “structure” or form referring to the “phenomenon of growth of the substance forming the organism, and function referring to the way in which the organism operated. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Part Video &#8220;Learning the Olympic Lifts&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/05/08/six-part-video-learning-the-olympic-lifts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the month I will be showing you a high school athlete that I started working with a month and a half ago. This is his tenth meeting with me. During the first nine meetings I evaluated the range of motion of his joints, taught him how to prepare his torso for lifting weights, how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erol Bilgin of Turkey Wins 1 Gold, 2 Silver at the European Men’s Weightlifting Championship</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/04/23/erol-bilgin-of-turkey-wins-1-gold-2-silver-in-weightlifting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Erol Bilgin, competing in the 62-kilogram category, clinched the gold medal in the snatch contest and won two silver medals in the clean and jerk event and in the overall at the ongoing 21st European Men’s Weightlifting Championship in the Italian city of Lignano.
Bilgin lifted 135 kilograms in the snatch event and took the gold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You F@#king Kidding Me!</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/04/23/are-you-fking-kidding-me/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/04/23/are-you-fking-kidding-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I was walking thru the parking lot to get to the weightroom at Long Beach State to train with Nomad Weightlifting Tribe when a flyer on a car caught my eye. I picked it up and started to read it. As my eyes gazed onto the page, I started to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven Greek Weightlifters test positive</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/04/05/eleven-greek-weightlifters-test-positive/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/04/05/eleven-greek-weightlifters-test-positive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eleven members of the Greek national weightlifting team &#8212; reportedly 5 men and 6 women - have tested positive for banned substances, the Greek Weightlifting Federation said on Friday.
Names of the athletes were not released pending confirmation of the tests from March 7, performed on 14 athletes at Athens’ Agios Kosmas training center. The federation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Weightlifting men&#8217;s team qualifies for two Olympic slots</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/us-weightlifting-mens-team-qualifies-for-two-olympic-slots/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/us-weightlifting-mens-team-qualifies-for-two-olympic-slots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Xinhua) &#8212; The U.S. weightlifting men&#8217;s team will be represented by two athletes on the Olympic platform at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the U.S. Olympics Committee (USOC) said on Sunday.
    Powered by consistent performances by all eight men competing for the U.S. at the 2008 Pan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Lifting Progression- Part one (Learning the lifts from the hang position)</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/olympic-lifting-progression-part-one-learning-the-lifts-from-the-hang-position/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/olympic-lifting-progression-part-one-learning-the-lifts-from-the-hang-position/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In part one of this article I will discuss the progression I use to teach the Olympic Lifts from the hang position.
In order to perform both Olympic Lifts correctly and efficiently, you must be able to perform six exercises with proper technique. These exercises are the foundation to learning the snatch and clean:  
1.	Standing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cybex and Power Lift Form Strategic Partnership</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/cybex-and-power-lift-form-strategic-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/25/cybex-and-power-lift-form-strategic-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEDWAY, Mass. - Cybex International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium exercise equipment for the commercial and consumer markets, announced today that it has entered into an alliance with Power Lift allowing CYBEX to increase its product offerings to the institutional markets, which includes high schools, sports performance centers, military/government, collegiate and pro-team markets. Power [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grilled Skirt Steak and Potatoes with Herb Sauce</title>
		<link>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/20/grilled-skirt-steak-and-potatoes-with-herb-sauce/</link>
		<comments>http://purestrength.com/blog/2008/03/20/grilled-skirt-steak-and-potatoes-with-herb-sauce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		
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2 cups fresh flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup fresh oregano
2 cloves garlic
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 pounds skirt steak
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, cut on the diagonal into 1/4-inch-thick slices 
Heat grill to medium. Place the parsley, oregano, and garlic in the bowl [...]]]></description>
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