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Thursday Throwback: Tailor-Made Strength

For this week's "Thursday Throwback" I've selected an article of mine that I wrote around  20 years ago—maybe a little less—for IronMan , and I put a version of it on my blog back in 2009.  This one's entitled "Tailor-Made Strength", and it deals with customizing your workout program to fit your goals, your genetics, your "level" of strength, and your chosen strength sport.  If you're not taking all of those elements into account, and training accordingly based on these elements, then you're NOT getting the most you can out of your training.  Hopefully, this article can help... Bill Starr, pictured here doing a clean, is the inspiration for this article, and the methods employed. Tailor-Made Strength Customizing Your Strength Training Program        There's a truism in strength training that will never change: "The best program is the one that works best for you."    Nonetheless, there are some ground rules that I believe