The ability to maintain a smooth nonstop lifting motion can be used as a means to evaluate how heavy you should go when working up to a heavy single rep during a training session. Russian powerlifters often adhere to the…
The Goal of Phase Potentiation Phase Potentiation is a term that some lifters use when their goal is to design different training phases in which each phase boosts the training effects of the next phase. The key is to know…
A lifetime learner is someone who is willing to embrace the process of learning over the course of a lifetime. When it comes to things like tying my shoes, I’m not so concerned with being a lifetime learner. I learned…
Perfect bench press reps are made up of perfect form, powerful-forceful lifting, while maintaining the same speed and stopping the set before there is a compromise in any of the qualities just listed. If you lift like this on a…
Not all lifters are the same in regard to the rep speed they use. Rep speed may vary from super-fast explosive reps to super-slow reps. Those who practice super-fast explosive lifting usually do so with fairly light weights for the…
There are stretches that can enhance your back health and add to your strength training progress and longevity. I rarely discuss stretching or topics dealing with injuries, rehab, or prehab. Prehab basically consists of exercises that have a therapeutic effect…
If your squat poundages are not improving, it may help to include different types of squats into your training. As I grow older, I am seeing the importance of utilizing a high variety of exercises for each muscle group. This…
I believe in quality intensity. Quality intensity is better than high intensity. High intensity is based on lifting strenuously. Quality intensity is based on lifting perfectly. Quality intensity means that you are using a weight that allows you to use…
About 10 to 12 years ago, I strongly suspected that my mentality towards strength training had always been wrong. During the first two to three decades of regular workouts with weights, I believed that the only way to experience an…
One strength training concept that I favor is to repeat sets for a muscle group as long as it is at full strength, and to stop doing sets for the muscle group when it begins to weaken. I once believed…
