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  • Xccellence.com is working towards opening it’s first gym in the NW, to quote the mission statement: “To build the premiere training facility in the northwest which houses teams who train...

    Fund The Gym

    Xccellence.com is working towards opening it’s first gym in the NW, to quote the mission statement: “To build the premiere training facility in the northwest which houses teams who train…

  • Universal Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, BPI Nutrition, USP Labs!!!! Everything is on sale for Monday only, 30% off all products! Coupon code is CYBERMON at checkout!

    Cyber Monday 30% Off

    Universal Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, BPI Nutrition, USP Labs!!!! Everything is on sale for Monday only, 30% off all products! Coupon code is CYBERMON at checkout!

  • As we prepare to get more stuff ordered for Christmas to update our stock, we are blowing out the price of our original shirts for 5$ each!  Also, every non-shirt...

    Shirt Blowout!!!

    As we prepare to get more stuff ordered for Christmas to update our stock, we are blowing out the price of our original shirts for 5$ each!  Also, every non-shirt…

  • I’ve always thought that having the opportunity to learn from someone that has some amount of success will only benefit you on your journey.  It’s best to not make the...

    3 Simple Rules

    I’ve always thought that having the opportunity to learn from someone that has some amount of success will only benefit you on your journey.  It’s best to not make the…

  • UPA Nationals- Sandwich, IL 4/17/11 We hit the road around 1pm Saturday, making our way to Sandwich IL, a nearly 3 hour drive from South Bend, IN to make weigh...

    UPA Nationals

    UPA Nationals- Sandwich, IL 4/17/11 We hit the road around 1pm Saturday, making our way to Sandwich IL, a nearly 3 hour drive from South Bend, IN to make weigh…

  • Ok so you’ve been a member at a gym for a long time.  Your so ate up with working out, nutrition, getting stronger and all around fitness that your friends...

    The Filthy 50

    Ok so you’ve been a member at a gym for a long time.  Your so ate up with working out, nutrition, getting stronger and all around fitness that your friends…

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  • Xccellence.com is working towards opening it’s first gym in the NW, to quote the mission statement: “To build the premiere training facility in the northwest which houses teams who train...

    Fund The Gym

    Xccellence.com is working towards opening it’s first gym in the NW, to quote the mission statement: “To build the premiere training facility in the northwest which houses teams who train...

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  • Universal Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, BPI Nutrition, USP Labs!!!! Everything is on sale for Monday only, 30% off all products! Coupon code is CYBERMON at checkout!

    Cyber Monday 30% Off

    Universal Nutrition, Optimum Nutrition, BPI Nutrition, USP Labs!!!! Everything is on sale for Monday only, 30% off all products! Coupon code is CYBERMON at checkout!

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  • As we prepare to get more stuff ordered for Christmas to update our stock, we are blowing out the price of our original shirts for 5$ each!  Also, every non-shirt...

    Shirt Blowout!!!

    As we prepare to get more stuff ordered for Christmas to update our stock, we are blowing out the price of our original shirts for 5$ each!  Also, every non-shirt...

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  • I’ve always thought that having the opportunity to learn from someone that has some amount of success will only benefit you on your journey.  It’s best to not make the...

    3 Simple Rules

    I’ve always thought that having the opportunity to learn from someone that has some amount of success will only benefit you on your journey.  It’s best to not make the...

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  • UPA Nationals- Sandwich, IL 4/17/11 We hit the road around 1pm Saturday, making our way to Sandwich IL, a nearly 3 hour drive from South Bend, IN to make weigh...

    UPA Nationals

    UPA Nationals- Sandwich, IL 4/17/11 We hit the road around 1pm Saturday, making our way to Sandwich IL, a nearly 3 hour drive from South Bend, IN to make weigh...

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  • Ok so you’ve been a member at a gym for a long time.  Your so ate up with working out, nutrition, getting stronger and all around fitness that your friends...

    The Filthy 50

    Ok so you’ve been a member at a gym for a long time.  Your so ate up with working out, nutrition, getting stronger and all around fitness that your friends...

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  • Xccellence is proud to announce a new contest open to all users of the forum.   The submission must be a video filmed and edited by the user of the user...

    Training Video Contest

    Xccellence is proud to announce a new contest open to all users of the forum.   The submission must be a video filmed and edited by the user of the user...

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  • Team Iron Horde is currently four weeks out from meet, tonight was a fun night moving some big weight.   Some were split off doing suspended good mornings and others were...

    ME Squat Training

    Team Iron Horde is currently four weeks out from meet, tonight was a fun night moving some big weight.   Some were split off doing suspended good mornings and others were...

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  • Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

    Coaches Desk – Gear

    Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

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  • Now that you have a kick ass program to run for a while, it’s time to talk about fueling the best you’re going to turn into. While Hollywood and your...

    Starting Young – Part II

    Now that you have a kick ass program to run for a while, it’s time to talk about fueling the best you’re going to turn into. While Hollywood and your...

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  • January 18th marks the day that I installed a piece of software called vbulletin that was graciously bank rolled by a few of our outstanding members.  We have come a...

    Happy Birthday XCCELLENCE – 10% Off

    January 18th marks the day that I installed a piece of software called vbulletin that was graciously bank rolled by a few of our outstanding members.  We have come a...

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  • Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

    What makes a Powerlifter?

    Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

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  • Is it still reasonable to expect to be bodybuilding over 40? How about over 50 or 60? Absolutely! Bodybuilding at any age is an activity that can prove to be...

    Bodybuilding After 40

    Is it still reasonable to expect to be bodybuilding over 40? How about over 50 or 60? Absolutely! Bodybuilding at any age is an activity that can prove to be...

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  • Before delving into the most delicious macro-nutrient (Fat), it’s important to re-iterate the hierarchy of importance in regards to nutrition. At the top, we have the total amount of calories/macronutrient...

    Nutrient Timing Part 3: Fat

    Before delving into the most delicious macro-nutrient (Fat), it’s important to re-iterate the hierarchy of importance in regards to nutrition. At the top, we have the total amount of calories/macronutrient...

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  • Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

    Having Heart

    Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

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  • Weightlifting is often overlooked by the general sports fan base, especially by football and baseball fan boys of “back in the day” when people believed that lifting was bad for...

    Starting Young: Part I

    Weightlifting is often overlooked by the general sports fan base, especially by football and baseball fan boys of “back in the day” when people believed that lifting was bad for...

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  • Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

    The Mental Game

    Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

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  • Free tee with any order over 75$ We want to thank you for your business and we are doing so buy tossing a light gray X-Victory Logo tee into every...

    Free Shirt With Purchase

    Free tee with any order over 75$ We want to thank you for your business and we are doing so buy tossing a light gray X-Victory Logo tee into every...

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  • Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

    Far-Well to a Legend

    Gorilla Pit was the creation of two strength athletes who were sick of the commercial gym environment where cardio equipment outnumbered serious training equipment. Where people sat on the single...

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  • —DISCLAIMER— If you don’t all ready know how to execute the squat with proper form, this article may not be helpful to you. Squatting in gear and squatting naked are...

    Squatting Raw VS Equipped

    —DISCLAIMER— If you don’t all ready know how to execute the squat with proper form, this article may not be helpful to you. Squatting in gear and squatting naked are...

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  • As teenagers we face everyday struggles that some of our older counterparts don’t. These are far and few as we are learning to grow up and be adults, but there...

    Teens and Training

    As teenagers we face everyday struggles that some of our older counterparts don’t. These are far and few as we are learning to grow up and be adults, but there...

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  • The vertical jump. How important is it, really? Obviously you can have game without having a vertical jump, but if you wish to get to that next level, a higher...

    Increase Your Vertical

    The vertical jump. How important is it, really? Obviously you can have game without having a vertical jump, but if you wish to get to that next level, a higher...

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  • Originally established in 1874 as a lumbering town that was latter burned to the ground because of an outbreak of cholera and smallpox.  The town was eight and one-half miles...

    Pere Cheney

    Originally established in 1874 as a lumbering town that was latter burned to the ground because of an outbreak of cholera and smallpox.  The town was eight and one-half miles...

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  • Look, nobody likes getting sick. It sucks pure and simple. Most of us spend more than our share of time in the gym. What a breeding ground for germs. You...

    Keep Your Defense up for Germs in Your Gym

    Look, nobody likes getting sick. It sucks pure and simple. Most of us spend more than our share of time in the gym. What a breeding ground for germs. You...

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  • I am proud to announce that XCCELLENCE.com now is selling supplements to our users at competitive prices to other known websites.  I have started with a small line of proven...

    X-Store PreOrder Savings

    I am proud to announce that XCCELLENCE.com now is selling supplements to our users at competitive prices to other known websites.  I have started with a small line of proven...

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  • Carbohydrates are probably the most misunderstood macronutrient in the fitness community. As many myths as there are floating around, it’s no wonder that misinformation has become the standard and taken...

    Nutrient Timing Part 2: Carbohydrates

    Carbohydrates are probably the most misunderstood macronutrient in the fitness community. As many myths as there are floating around, it’s no wonder that misinformation has become the standard and taken...

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  • As each year passes, I become more self aware of myself more adaptable to living life with my deficiencies or how I shall say, my lack of brain cells. I...

    Who Are You Again?

    As each year passes, I become more self aware of myself more adaptable to living life with my deficiencies or how I shall say, my lack of brain cells. I...

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  • Tribulus Terrestris is a vine plant that grows in moderate and tropical climates in certain parts of North America, South America, Eastern Europe, India and China.  So it’s just a...

    Common Supplements: Tribulus Terrestris

    Tribulus Terrestris is a vine plant that grows in moderate and tropical climates in certain parts of North America, South America, Eastern Europe, India and China.  So it’s just a...

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  • Limit your warm-ups: This is not to say that I do not want you to warm-up, but just not to over do it. Some people make their warm-ups so extensive...

    Warm Up, Don’t Wear Out

    Limit your warm-ups: This is not to say that I do not want you to warm-up, but just not to over do it. Some people make their warm-ups so extensive...

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  • Clinically Proven antioxidant that builds muscles and reduces signs of aging… Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a very effective antioxidant that has been shown in numerous...

    Common Supplements: R-ALA

    Clinically Proven antioxidant that builds muscles and reduces signs of aging… Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) is a very effective antioxidant that has been shown in numerous...

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