Want To End Your Training Week Strong? Do THIS! Sure, we all want to add a little pain free volume on top of a heavy and challenging training week, am I right? But many times, we end up broken down after pushing too much volume and intensity with little to no results [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Every body is shaped a little bit different and can be classified into one of three somatotypes. Ectomorphs tend to be skinny with little body fat or muscle while endomorphs tend to gain both fat and muscle easily. Mesomorphs have a naturally lean, muscular and [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Finally, arm training! The arms consist of small muscle groups; learning how your body responds to changes in training volume, intensity, and frequency is a sure fire bet to accelerate your arm growth without going totally overboard. 2. Spending time at the extremes of [...]
The Barbell Deadlift Isn't For Everyone... I'm going to just say it, so here it goes... The barbell deadlift is NOT for everyone, period. Due to a number of factors that play a roll in ones overall ability to execute this king of all hip hinges with requisite form and technique, [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The human shoulder is capable of performing an incredible range of movement variations. As such, the musculature tarted with shoulder training is complex to say the least. 2. The prioritization of deliberate form and execution in your shoulder training will allow you to optimize the hypertrophic response [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. More so than any other muscle, training the chest effectively is all about manipulating angles to preferentially stimulate different fibers. 2. Learning to shut off your anterior delts, and triceps, or at least minimize their recruitment, is absolutely essential if chest hypertrophy is your end [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The muscles that make up the back are complex to say the least, which is why knowing your movement anatomy and fiber orientation is an absolute must if maximum hypertrophy is your goal. 2. Determining your available active range of motion, or the range in which [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. For many lifters and strength athletes, lower back pain and dysfunction is the price of doing business making gains in the iron game. Eventually, you'll be bitten by the lower back pain bug. Better get prepared. 2. Instead of complaining to anyone who will listen about your lower [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. The glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves are actually made up of multiple muscles and/or muscle heads, each of which contributes to the ultimate function of that group. Want results? Know the muscles you're training. 2. Different muscle groups have different compositions of muscle fibers, [...]
Here's What You Need To Know... 1. Improved proprioception and kinesthetic awareness are big words for what we take for granted about movement in general. Learning how to tap into our lower extremities evolutionary feedback mechanism can altogether prevent injuries and increase in muscle strength but it starts by getting barefoot [...]
