This is the final article that addresses the concept of an SRRR profile which stands for four factors that include: Stimulation (how you train), Recovery, Retention, and Readiness. The SRRR factor that will be discussed in this article is…
I’ll never forget walking into a gym for a workout and seeing a heavily muscled man doing squats. He wasn’t the biggest or strongest lifter I had ever seen, but he was definitely one of the most muscular men…
In my earliest years of weight training, I had the philosophy that the longer I worked out, the better results I would get. It didn’t work. I was not aware of how important recovery was for training success. One reason…
Important Aspects of Recovery Over the past few articles, I have been discussing the various components of the SRRR profile. The letters SRRR represent the components that consist of: S=Stimulation of strength R=Recovery from a workout R=Retention of strength between…
How much weight should you use to gain strength? There are all kinds of philosophies. The one rep max method, which was popularized by Ivan Abadjev was the primary component of training for the Bulgarians from the 1970’s and…
In my last article I introduced the concept of everyone possessing their own SRRR profile. The four letters within SRRR stand for four strength training factors that should be considered. These four factors consist of Stimulation-Recovery-Retention-Readiness. In this…
We are not all the same. Many of us already know that, but still become enticed by the idea that if there is a Mr. Mega Body or Mr. Mega Strength out there and we should train exactly the way…
Of all of the precision point training routines that I’ve tried, one of the best routines for my individual physiology is what refer to as the six-fifteen routine. At times, I have used it over and over again with…
I remember a story about Arnold Schwarzenegger who was straining under a heavy weight to the point where he was about to have to terminate his set. Then his training partner whispered in his ear something like, “Keep going Arnold, Sergio…
During my first year of weight training which was way back in 1979, I didn’t even know that the concept of pyramiding your poundages existed. Of course pyramiding your poundages and reps refers to starting out with a light weight…
