The details of how to perform warm up sets in the most advantageous manner may be one of the most overlooked aspects of weight training. Many people assume that warm up sets have little if any effect at all on…
There are tons of weight training options that you can experiment with; one of which is the use of short cycles. A short cycle consists of a series of different workouts that will take anywhere from a week to three…
Intensity and frequency are two factors that must be considered when the goal is to engage in productive weight training workouts. In my earlier years of training, it was all about intensity. Intensity is what helped me to make rapid…
If you are going to work out, why not do your best to make it an ideal workout? In my way of thinking, an ideal workout is a workout, or a series of workouts, that produces the most consistent results…
Lifting for maximum progress is not the same thing as lifting for maximum performance. Performance is purely focused on the maximum amount of weight or reps that you can lift at the current moment. Progress is focused on lifting in…
There are four different types of weight training that are described with the inclusion of the word “high.” The four types of weight training highs include: 1. High-intensity training 2. High-volume training 3. High-frequency training 4. High-density training High Intensity:…
Working out according to a schedule that matches your muscle activation window is a vital key for weight training success. The whole reason you work out is to activate your muscles to get bigger and stronger. If you were to…
When it comes to weight training progression, I prefer to simply allow the same weight, sets, and reps to become easier to lift over time instead of constantly playing with my poundages and trying to add more weight. I do…
I believe that each lifter has an ideal starting point for intensity and volume that will deliver optimum results in terms of consistent progress. I refer to this ideal as your point of progression. In my opinion, the majority of…
There are different levels of training intensity that lifters use when performing an exercise for 5 sets of 5 reps. Some prefer high intensity 5 x 5 which means that the lifter is very close to the point of failure…
