The use of five reps per set can be used for building both strength and muscle size. Strength Training If your primary goal is to build strength, I suggest doing three sets of five reps while using about 80% of…
When you try to accomplish something, but it doesn’t work as well as you hoped it would, you have three choices: 1. Keep doing what you have been doing and accept the results. 2. Get discouraged and quit. 3. Try…
Many lifters vary the intensity of their workouts throughout a week of training, or they vary the intensity of their training throughout a longer training cycle consisting of weeks or months. There are several approaches that can be used in…
In the last article, I discussed the four phases of effort that occur within a set that is pushed for max reps to failure. The four phases include: 1. The easy lifting phase 2. The increasing challenge phase. 3. The…
One aspect of training that I have learned to pay attention to is to be aware of the amount of effort I put forth throughout a set of an exercise. As I see it, a set of an exercise can…
One of my favorite ways to apply precision point training to periodization is to use marker set training. There are a couple forms of marker set training, but the one that I will be discussing in this article is based…
One of the most popular weight training methods is to pyramid poundages by starting an exercise with light weights and high reps for the first set. The poundages are then increased while the reps are decreased from set to set.…
It is my belief that there are general strength training guidelines that will work for the general population. The guidelines I will be discussing in this article will provide a range of sets, reps, intensities, and workouts per week. Most…
When comparing the type of training that bodybuilders prefer to the type of training that powerlifters prefer, it seems that there are both similarities and distinct differences in regard to the way they train. Many bodybuilders use powerlifting methods…
One of my favorite workouts is the 6-15 workout. I wrote about this workout in the last blog post and included a lot of details that I will not repeat in this blog post. However, I will review the basics…
