The stereotypical skinny hardgainer has a fast metabolism which makes it hard for him to gain weight or muscle size. A common strategy for skinny hardgainers is to prescribe brief high intensity workouts and a high calorie diet. The problem…
This is the second article out of a two part series about the marker rep. The goal of the articles is to clear up misconceptions that lifters have in regard to how to apply the marker rep. Defining The Marker…
How hard should you push a set? Should you push to failure, or is it better to stop before you reach failure? If you stop before reaching failure, how do you know when to stop? I personally believe that one…
If you happen to read through all the blogs and books on this website, you may have noticed that there are a variety of training methods and workouts; some of which may seem to offer contradictory information. This is especially…
I recently wrote a book about high volume strength training through the use of doing a lot of sets of 5 reps. You can read the introduction to the book below: In this brief book, you will learn an approach…
There are multitudes of ways to approach strength training. Those who believe in a high degree of adaptive specificity will tend to organize their workouts into specific training blocks. Each block would last three to four weeks and would focus…
Some powerlifters can grind out a heavy lift, others can’t; if they start to lose momentum during the middle of a heavy lift, they have trouble completing the lift. Richard Hawthorne is an example of a lifter who can grind…
This is the second part of a two part series about four types of periodization. The first article (Different Types of Peirodization) discussed three different types of periodization including: Block Periodization Linear Periodization Daily Undulating Periodization Partial Periodization In…
There are countless ways to periodize your weight training programs. The most common types you will probably hear of consist of: 1. Linear Periodization 2. Block Periodization 3. Undulating Periodization Linear Periodization Linear periodization generally refers to adding weights to…
Eric Spoto is one of the greatest bench presser’s in the history of powerlifting. One thing you will notice when you watch him train is the ease with which he can lift very heavy weights of up to 500 pounds.…
