RoPaWrastla's extensive list of sites you should be reading

**RoPaWrastla** · 01-03-2009, 07:27 PM

Like everyone on these forums, somewhere in my life I discovered weight training and nutrition and fell in love. And just like everyone else, I was completely unaware of what I should be doing. You know what I'm talking about. You thought that all you needed to do was get some nice pump in your biceps, bench a lot, and finish up with some crunches. Fortunately, I found enlightenment. I'll spare you the details, but at some point I found this site, spent a lot of time on the forums, realized I wasn't learning anything new, and expanded my horizons by visiting more sites and reading new material. Lets just say I spend a lot of time reading and learning about training and nutrition.

I rarely spend time on the BB.com forums anymore, but I feel that the teen forum especially is full of enthusiastic, hormone raging teens that are in need of guidance. So here's where I come in. I'm providing a list of all the links I have bookmarked. These are all high quality sites that I visit daily and I think everyone here would benefit greatly from reading more. To quote Bruce Lee, "absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely yours."

Here we go. (in no particular order)

Training:
http://www.t-nation.com/ - a lot of good stuff here, as well as some bs. don't buy into their product pimping.
http://www.t-nation.com/ALSAuthor.do...udeau&pageNo=1 - Christian Thibaudeau's t-nation articles. definitely one of my favorite authors
http://www.straighttothebar.com/ - focused on pl mostly, but some unique ideas for everyone
http://www.dieselcrew.com/ - same as above
http://www.robertsontrainingsystems.com/ - would be considered a "prehab guy," but everyone should read him
http://ericcressey.com/ - same as above
http://www.alwyncosgrove.blogspot.com/ - for anyone looking to lose some fat, read this man's articles and blog
http://www.alwyncosgrove.com/ - cosgrove's homepage
http://www.beastskills.com/index.htm - cool site for insane bodyweight movements (impress the ladies with these)
http://www.powerdevelopmentinc.com/ - wanna get strong? read this stuff
http://www.westside-barbell.com/ - louie simmons. 'nuf said.
http://www.mindandmuscle.net/learn - tons of great articles here covering just about everything
http://www.jasonferruggia.com/ - a little "unstable," but you can always learn something. just don't believe he's a god
http://zacheven-esh.com/blog/ - same as above. for wrestlers out there, it's worth reading some of his stuff. he also posts a lot of videos.
http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/ - great site covering everything
http://www.staleytraining.com/ - lots of articles. most of its credible
http://www.totalperformancesports.com/index.htm - good stuff
http://dragondoor.com/ - i'm a fan of pavel. he has a cult following. any kettlebell fans go here.
http://www.elitefts.com/ - site run by dave tate. focuses on pl and power sports
http://www.charlespoliquin.com/index.php - need a membership, but some good free stuff
http://www.crossfit.com/ - controversial, but i think they employ some interesting concepts
http://www.defrancostraining.com/index.php - focuses on power sports (especially football). home of the famous WS4SB
http://www.higher-faster-sports.com/index.html - tons of great articles. beware: dense reading
http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/Default.aspx?pid=1 - dense, but very good
http://www.bodybyboyle.com/ - he's a hockey guy, but any athletes should give him a read
http://mboyle1959.wordpress.com/ - boyle's blog

Nutrition:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/ - lyle mcdonald = (insert superfluous adjective)
http://www.jonnybowden.com/blogger.html - anyone wanna live long and be healthy? me too. read him
http://www.brinkzone.com/blog/ - also is a BB'ing guy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez - pubmed. if you wanna find studies, go here
http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/ - a paleo guy
http://www.tomvenuto.com/index.shtml - focuses on fat loss. very readable
http://alanaragon.com/ - like mcdonald IMO. knows his ****, isn't pimping anything, and he posts on the forums
http://www.johnberardi.com/index.htm - everyone raves about PN. i'm not wild about it, but he's still worth reading
http://brianstpierretraining.com/ - solid nutrition blog worth reading
http://www.maxcondition.com/news.php - scientific and dense, but if you can understand him you will reap the benefits

The Rest:
http://www.***********.com/Default.aspx - where i get some of my supps
http://www.sleepwarrior.com/ - everyone could benefit from more sleep. has a free ebook everyone should read
http://thenategreenexperience.com/blog/ - kinda quirky, but entertaining
http://tuckermax.com/ - everyone needs to laugh and nobody is funnier than tucker max. you will piss your pants laughing

Obviously, some sites are better than others. Ideally, you'd visit all the sites, but I know we're lazy and pressed for time in our lives, so I'll do you a favor and narrow the list down to my favorites.

RoPaWrastla's favorites:
http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/
http://www.t-nation.com/

There you have it. I think that everyone here with aspirations to better themselves and their physiques should take a look at some of these sites and learn. I can say from personal experience that I have developed so much in the last few months just by visiting these sites a couple times a week.

If you have any questions, ask away.

**PureSantana** · 01-03-2009, 07:30 PM

pretty good list but you missed the best one.

bodybuilding.com

/thread

**RoPaWrastla** · 01-03-2009, 07:48 PM

shameless bump.

**Ka0s** · 01-03-2009, 07:53 PM

decent sites but i hate tnation for the most part

**herromotto** · 01-03-2009, 07:54 PM

RoPA who u wrestle for?

**RoPaWrastla** · 01-03-2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by PureSantana

pretty good list but you missed the best one.

bodybuilding.com

/thread

i figured that everyone already knew about the site... but i do find it to be very generic and a lot of it isn't that good.

Originally Posted by Ka0s

decent sites but i hate tnation for the most part

parts of it are annoying, but they have some fantastic authors that contribute regularly. the biotest pimping pisses me off.

Originally Posted by herromotto

RoPA who u wrestle for?

a new england prep school. certified to wrestle at 135, plan on going 140, and weigh 145 right now. you?

**herromotto** · 01-03-2009, 08:13 PM

quincy

**peterholbrook** · 01-03-2009, 08:14 PM

yeah the whole biotest thing gets annoying on t-nation but i guess they pay their bills, theres some really good authors on there though

**herromotto** · 01-03-2009, 08:15 PM

i wrestle upper weights at quincy.

**7399martyn** · 01-03-2009, 08:18 PM

no stronglifts.com?
edit: no iron addicts?

**bmsimon** · 01-03-2009, 08:23 PM

nice post. repped

**clickclickboom** · 01-03-2009, 08:23 PM

bookmarked

and ironaddicts should def be on there!

**RoPaWrastla** · 01-03-2009, 08:29 PM

Originally Posted by 7399martyn

no stronglifts.com?
edit: no iron addicts?

i don't like spending much time on forums. i feel that they are generally too time consuming and redundant, but if i have a pertinent question i want answered there are a few forums i go to.

**1oldTJ** · 01-03-2009, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by PureSantana

pretty good list but you missed the best one.

bodybuilding.com

/thread

Ha.

**imFASTERthenU** · 01-03-2009, 09:00 PM

**** the tucker max website, if you didnt read i hope they serve beer in hell, you really have clue what your missing.

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