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How To Work Up
After you’ve been training for more than a year or so, there’s really only one way to get stronger on barbell lifts: working up. It doesn’t matter if you’re still doing 5x5 or 5/3/1, once your squat gets up over 225 or so, you need to know how to gradually...
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Program Pros, Cons, Solutions, Part 2
Let’s look at two more training programs. Percentage-based programs
These focus on strength and are based on percentages of your max lifts. Typically, you start at a low to moderate percentage of the heaviest weight you can use and increase it gradually. The most famous recent example of this is Wendler’s... -
Programs: Pros, Cons, and Solutions
If you’ve been training for a while, you’ve probably come to the sad but necessarily realization that there’s no such thing as the “perfect program” for getting bigger and/or stronger. If you haven’t been training long, let me save you some trouble and tell you that there’s no such thing...
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Lean in 2013: The Wrap Up
The final six tips on the list for getting lean in 2013. If Asian cooking can produce this, imagine
what it can do for you. 8. Don’t use flaxseed oil. I know, there was a time not too long ago when you were encouraged to put this stuff on everything. It was... -
2013 Ways to Strength and Size, Cont...
Thought I’d forgotten about this series, didn’t you?
Not a chance. Here are the last few tips for the stronger and bigger portion (to add up to 20 total). I’ll be back later in the week with the “get lean” tips. If you missed the beginning of the series, see...