November 17
Advanced Dumbbell Training
The most underutilized pieces of equipment in most gyms are the dumbbells. Oh sure, you might see people pumping out a few sets of biceps curls, bench presses, or flyes, but in most gyms the dumbbell racks are primarily used as a place to lean against between sets of barbell squats or benches.
November 15
Old School Training
You don't need a fancy gym membership. Build old school strength with old school training. Here’s how.
November 14
8 Weeks to Monster Shoulders
Two training experts come together to design a great shoulder-building program. Check it out.
November 2
The Warm-Up Manifesto - Part 2
Originally coined "The Bear" by John Davies, this series of five exercises in one teaches the body to move with great ROM in a fluid, powerful, and fast manner. It's fantastic as a total body warm-up, improving overall power production and motor skill coordination in a short period of time.
November 1
The Warm-Up Manifesto - Part 1
The other day I was training at a local gym and witnessed a horrible tragedy taking place – a personal trainer taking his client through a warm-up!
October 26
The "No Curl" Biceps Program - Part 2
In Part One of my "no curls" arm specialization training series, I talked about the absurdity of most arm specialization routines. I proposed that most trainees do more than enough biceps curls and triceps press downs and don't really need more of either of them.
October 24
10 x 3 For Fat Loss
Think fat loss requires high-rep training and tons of cardio? Think again. You can torch fat in sets of three.
October 19
Genetics: Limitation or Copout?
We live in a world of excuses. Most people don't want to accept that when something goes wrong in their lives, they're at least partly to blame.
October 12
Testosterone Implements
>As a collegiate S & C coach, I've noticed that an emphasis is being placed on strength and conditioning as a tool to enhance athletic performance. For example, in the last few years a majority of schools in the Mountain West Conference, including the Air Force Academy, have built new strength and conditioning facilities.
October 5
Lucky 13 - Christian Thibaudeau
This is Lucky 13, a rapid fire Q & A session with a training or nutrition expert who matters. It's fast, furious, and to the point.
October 3
Hamstrings Times Two
Building impressive hamstrings requires specialization and good training methodology. Here’s what you need to know.
September 29
Lucky 13 - Chad Waterbury
This is Lucky 13, a rapid fire Q & A session with a training or nutrition expert who matters. It's fast, furious, and to the point.
September 26
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Program Design
There’s no single best training tool. Instead of searching for one, increase the size of your toolbox. Here’s how to make your workouts practical and effective.
September 21
Building Your Rep - Part 2
Now it's time to take a closer look at the smallest functional unit of training parameters: the repetition. If you build your repetition quality, you'll reap more gains from your workouts. That's definitely a good thing!
September 20
Building Your Rep - Part 1
Regardless of the profession in question, your "rep" (reputation) is usually what gets you where you want to go. In the world of physique and performance enhancement, building your rep is equally important, except that we're talking about an altogether different type of "rep" here.
September 14
The High Frequency Secret
How to increase your training frequency (without burning out) to get better results in the gym.
September 12
The Specialization Zone
If you want to build huge muscles, you must continually challenge them by placing a greater demand upon them. If you stick with the same stress level month after month, you'll quickly reach a point where your body is used to the stress and won't need to adapt (i.e. grow) anymore.
September 7
Time-Efficient Hypertrophy
There are any number of instances in which life becomes more hectic, and the first thing that gets axed from the schedule is usually gym time.
September 5
The "No Curl" Biceps Program - Part 1
If you've been around weight training for any length of time, you've probably read or tried an arm specialization routine. There are a bunch of these around with different cool names for what amounts to the same old shit: do a bunch of arm exercises. Yeah, the exercises change and the sets and reps change, but it still amounts to just doing more arm work.