Getting Stronger Without Adding Weight To The Bar It’s been ingrained in our psyches for ages; the thought that if you aren’t adding weight to the bar, you are NOT getting stronger. But unless you are stepping onto the platform with competition goals any time soon, absolute strength should only be a [...]
Want To Stay Healthy? Build A Resilient Core If you want to have a long-lasting training career full of beneficial results until the day you put the dumbbells down forever, there is one absolute quality that can help you achieve that. A resilient core. Building yourself a well-trained, healthy core is vital [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Coaches, athletes and rehab pros need to stop force feeding the barbell squat! Not every person is going to be able to tolerate the this variations due to pain, lack of technical skill, and of course their goals not matching up to having a barbell on their backs. 2. We [...]
If you've been around the iron long enough, you'll know that chronically achy and pissed off shoulders are the single most common ailment in athletes and lifters. The next time your shoulders are in the midst of a fiery flare up, remember... there are always smart ways to train through the pain without [...]
The Most Undervalued Type of Resistance The use of bands in training is nothing new in the fitness and sports performance industries. That being said, the popularization of band training has created one hell of a double-edged sword for producing results while staying healthy in the process. Why? Coaches and athletes alike [...]
No PAIN, No GAIN? More Like MORE Pain, No GAINS! What is pain-free hypertrophy training? It’s exactly what it sounds like. By using advanced training methods and an intelligent system, you can achieve both the addition of lean muscle and the reduction of body fat without breaking down your body and [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The dynamic warm up is an integral part of the pre-training routine, but it isn't everything. The use of strategic "ramp up" sets will not only warm you up, but add pain-free volume to your training in the process. 2. If muscle and strength [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. In an ego-driven fitness industry fueled on testosterone and stupidity, it begs the question, how strong is strong enough? If you want to lift for the long haul, you better be asking these questions or dare to pay the price. 2. Overemphasizing pure strength can [...]
The Power of Programming Supersets One of the easiest ways to cut time off your workouts and add a challenging metabolic component to hypertrophy-specific training is by including the intelligent programming of supersets and compound sets. Not only will supersets allow you to nearly double your overall workload and volume per workout, [...]
The glutes are the functional cornerstone of the human body, and anyone who doesn't agree should review their movement anatomy and gross human biomechanics. The glutes also happen to be one of the most neglected regions for most lifters who are caught up in the hysteria of overly traditional training. Here's why using the [...]
