I recently wrote a book that I titled, “Double Loading.” The concept behind the book is based on adding weight to your lifts on a weekly basis for sets of five reps and single reps. The weekly additions of weight…
Max effort lifting is often thought of as lifting the maximum amount of weight that you are capable of lifting for a single rep. I think this is basically because Westside Barbell popularized the term, “max effort day.” For a…
This is going to be my last regularly scheduled post on this website. Ordinarily, I write an article about once per week. At this point, I will only enter a blog post article, or write a book if I feel…
This is another article on the topic of escalating loading ramps. I suppose some people would call my version of escalating loading ramps non-linear periodization, or undulating periodization. Whatever you want to call it, this training strategy has the potential…
One training strategy that can be used in conjunction with high frequency training is escalating loading ramps. A loading ramp is simply a series of workouts in which the load (i.e. the poundage) is increased from workout to workout. If…
If you love strength training, you won’t mind working out five days per week. Those of you who enjoy frequent training can use a very systematic plan that I refer to as high frequency loading ramps. I also refer to…
If you want to make it easy for your body to adjust to the changes you make in training, you can try the strategy of increasing just one training variable (i.e. one type of training stress) at a time from…
Linear periodization consists of starting with weights that are moderately heavy, and adding a small amount of weight to each lift each week for a period of time that commonly ranges from six to fifteen weeks. The process of adding…
The longer I am involved in resistance training, the more evident it is that training based on momentary performance interferes with long-term progress. Momentary performance is based on doing the best you can do at the current moment in time.…
This is the final installment of an eight-part series of blogs regarding, The 4 x 10 Workout Series, which will be briefly reviewed at the start of this article. Even so, you may wish to go back and read…
