It is possible that some of you who are reading this are speed responsive lifters. If you are, you will respond well to brief sets consisting of three to five explosive reps and minimal fatigue. Many people think of explosive…
Light weights for strength training? Many would say nonsense to such an idea. I would agree that it would be very difficult to maximize your strength by only using light weights. Some heavy lifting should be done for maximum strength…
You can focus your training on one or more of several training factors including: Load relative to your single rep max, training intensity relative to max reps, maximum rep speed, training density, and total workload. Theses training factors make…
The focus of maximizing muscle fiber recruitment is often associated with using more weight, or doing more reps, but the force factor is often overlooked. In other words, if you are not lifting a very heavy weight, or you are…
Where there’s a will there is a way. Louie Simmons, an elite lifer and strength coach, broke his back twice using gradual progressive overload training where more weight is added to each lift from one week until the next. Eventually…
