Sticking points are the worst. You train and stay the same and just keep training and staying the same. There are different philosophies for overcoming a sticking point. In this article, I will discuss some of these philosophies. Blast Through…
A couple years ago I was watching a youtube video of Leroy Colbert who is considered by many to be the first man to build 20 inch arms, and he did it before steroids were available to use. In the…
John was a brand new to weight training and could only bench press 100 pounds for 8 reps. He was advised to keep on using 100 pounds until he improved to the point where he could perform 10 reps. Once…
In the next few articles, I will be discussing the importance of setting the body up for an easy adaptation to strength. Often times people train in a way that will make it hard for their body to adapt.…
I know there are power lifters and weight lifters who are not concerned about getting a pump from their workouts. While many of them do want to gain some size to aid in the process of gaining strength, they…
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…
