Hardgainers have it hard. They have physiological attributes that make it difficult to gain strength and muscle size. One of the biggest problems that hardgainers face is that the majority of the most widely publicized names in weight training are…
High Frequency Is For Me, But Not For Everyone If I had to choose one type of training for myself, I would likely choose high frequency training simply because it is compatible with my own particular physiology. At the…
I recently wrote a book called the High Frequency Training Pyramid. The pyramid is based on two basic concepts that address the relationship between training intensity and training frequency. The base of the pyramid is the lowest level of the…
Some of my favorite lifters are: Richard Hawthorne, Charles Staley, Eric Spoto, and Andrey Malanichev. As much as I admire them, I don’t train like them at all because they all tend to prefer low frequency training, and I have…
One of the reasons that I prefer high frequency training is that it opens the door to a vast amount of training options. One of those options is to undulate back and forth between higher volume and lower volume training.…
One of the keys to selecting the proper workout frequency for your own body is to understand two important factors that occur after your workout: You must learn the length of your anabolic window. You must know the amount of…
Individual Training Frequency There are multiple training frequencies that lifters use to gain strength. Some do the same exercise multiple times per day, others train a muscle group only once per week. Each lifter must find a training frequency that…
Most people who have been lifting for very long understand that workouts can be adjusted to vary in difficulty and intensity. Lifters often use different amounts of weight for different workouts, and they may vary their workouts according to the…
There are two forms of training that I believe to be effective that cause others to think I’m crazy, but I believe in them anyway. Why? Because I’ve tried them and they work when applied correctly. So what are the…
Given a choice between high frequency training and low frequency training, I would normally choose high frequency training simply because it has proved to be more effective in my own experience. The only time I ever benefitted from low frequency…
