I am a believer in individualized strength training. This simply means that we are all different and need to train according to our own capacities and physiology. If you don’t know how to do this, you can fall into…
If you don’t understand that there are large variations in the type of strength training that stimulates strength gains in different individuals, there is a good chance you will overlook the need for an individualized strength training program. We…
At his peak, Mohamed Makkawy was a dominant force in professional bodybuilding. He was one of the best, if not the best bodybuilder from 1982 to 1983, a time period in which he won seven professional competitions. Although he never…
I know that loading weight to your lifts plays a huge part when it comes to gaining strength, but loading must be done correctly if it is to be effective. The basic issue I want to address in regard to…
Why was Ed Coan such a great power lifter? Some of it was talent, some of it was persistence, and some of it was a long term perspective that promoted intelligent training. A Head Start With A 400 Pound Deadlift…
One of the most fundamental weight training methods is the concept of progressive overload. This concept was drilled into my head when I started lifting a few decades ago and it often works really well for those who are on…
If there is one aspect of weight training that has been addressed multitudes of times in the blog articles and books on this website, it could be summed up with the following statement: One of the biggest keys to consistent…
Stay tight! This is the advice that you will hear from a lot of lifting coaches. Of course, it is good advice because if you relax under a heavy squat or deadlift, you could suffer a disastrous injury or simply…
This is the last installment of an eighteen part series of articles on hardgainers. The first seventeen articles dealt with training, but this article deals with diet and nutritional advice for hardgainers. Remember that two different hardgainers can vary greately…
If you are a hardgainer, individualizing your training according to your own physiology is one of the keys to building muscle size and strength. Individualizing your training is a process based on systematic trial and error to find out how…
