Train Hard to Live Well.
Being brutally strong is a prerequisite to having an impressive physique. That's a fact, not my personal opinion. And there's no movement more effective at building real world strength than lifting heavy stuff off the floor. I'm certainly not suggesting that everyone start ripping barbells off the floor, but it is important to find the …
Continue reading "Get It Right: Low Handle Trap Bar Deadlifts"
The most important factors to make progress in your training are in this order: perfect techniqueconsistencyexercise selection If you don't do the right things the right way often enough, you're just not going to get stronger. And the stronger you get, the more muscle you can build. But to keep getting stronger, you need to …
Continue reading "Progressive Overload: Building Real Strength Is More Than Just Lifting Heavier"
Let's get a some semantics out of the way first. A session. Singular. It's a one off. A training program is a series of workouts, with each building on the last, with the intentions of improving specific qualities. It's a roadmap of sorts. So, to be clear, a training program is not: rolling dice to …