In the video posted in this article, Phil Heath does a chest workout consisting of 13 sets of various chest exercises. The actual lifting time or time under tension during the workout is 3 minutes, 55 seconds. Phil does…
Andrey Malanichev is one of the best squatters in the history of powerlifting. He generally squats once per week and his squat workout in the video posted in this article is simple. Andrey starts with about 154 pounds for his…
There are many different training strategies that powerlifters, strength athletes, and bodybuilders use in order to gain size and strength. Bodybuilders tend to use more volume and more time under tension than powerlifters and those who are simply trying to…
In the last two articles, I have been discussing the 6/15 workout, which is based on choosing three basic exercises per workout, and doing one to three sets of 6 reps followed by one set of 15 reps for each…
In the last article, I discussed my belief that you can take a very simple workout, learn how to perform it with precision, and then repeat it over and over again in order to make substantial long term progress. I…
I have been weight training for decades and have tried multitudes of workouts and methods. Nonetheless, I haven’t tried everything there is to try as that would probably take 1,000 lifetimes to do so. Since I have always been curious…
I will post a new book called, Escalating Loading Ramps to the homepage of this website by the end of the week. Loading ramps supply a little more variety in terms of volume and load than linear loading. If you…
There are several techniques that bodybuilders use to build muscle size. Powerlifters and strength athletes can also benefit from these methods as an increase in muscle size often correlates with an increase in strength. Since muscle size is an important…
Once you start the 4 x 8 Power Workout, you must be willing to add weight. There seems to be two basic types of people when it comes to adding weight. The first is the person who is only partially…
If you have been around weight lifting as long as I have, you will start to notice weight training trends. The trends seem to come and go according to a bodybuilder, powerlifter, coach, or an authority figure who is popular…
