How Is Your Leg Training Going?

by Pete Sisco Training

Leg training might be the most overlooked aspect of a successful training regimen. Many people get preoccupied with more visible muscle groups like forearms or biceps/triceps or even traps. All of those are visible when wearing almost any shirt. Legs are usually hidden under long pants so people tend to worry less about their development. [...]

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What’s Your Secret Training Trick?

by Pete Sisco Training

Of the 52 weeks in a calendar year the next two are the slowest weeks in the gym and everywhere else related to training. After Labor Day things not only get back to normal, they accelerate fast. So I thought we’d try something different this week and build a comment thread that has some of [...]

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Can I get ripped and toned with more muscle mass but not get too bulky?

by Pete Sisco Training

This is a common question, especially from new trainees and women. There is a widely held belief that lifting heavy weights can lead to getting “bulky” suddenly and unexpectedly. There is a direct correlation between muscle size and muscle strength. Just like a steel cable, a muscle fiber’s strength is proportional to its cross sectional [...]

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Diagnostic Tattoo for Strength Training

by Pete Sisco News

I love finding this stuff. Engineers at the University of Illinois have released information about a micro-thin patch of electronics that can be applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo. The circuitry measures brain captivity with an electroencephalogram (EEG) and it measures muscle and nerve activity with electromyography (EMG). This is music to my [...]

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One Easy Workout Trick

by Pete Sisco News

Here is something that anyone can use to get more out of every workout. You don’t have to change anything about your actual workout. You don’t have to buy into the philosophy of any training method or system. There’s no mysterious dogma passed down from the Eastern Bloc and it’s not a goofy fad that [...]

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3 Ways to Break Training Plateaus

by Pete Sisco Research

Here’s a question I hear a lot: “I’ve hit a plateau in my training and haven’t made any progress for weeks, what can I do?” Nobody has every major muscle group progress at the same predictable rate. Gains come fast at first then they slow down.  Your body recovers quickly at first then takes longer. [...]

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It Turns Out Your Boobs Will Not Be Jealous

by Pete Sisco Training

Muscle building quackery and misinformation is everywhere. One of the hottest products the last couple of years is the ‘muscle building’ shoes sold by several major shoe companies. Sold mostly to women, one of the advertising slogans if “your boobs will be jealous,” implying your legs will look so great other bodyparts will pale in [...]

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Get Workout Variations Revealed FREE

by Pete Sisco News

  We are trying to spread the word about sensible, rational strength training. If you have a Facebook or Twitter account you can get the fascinating and informative 28-page Workout Variations Revealed just for sharing a link. Really. See this page.    

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The Only Way to Build Muscle Fast

by Pete Sisco Training

The Only Way to Build Muscle Fast Virtually everyone lifting weights in a gym wants to build muscle fast. That’s the point of picking up a heavy weight. Weights are a poor way to build flexibility, they are a poor way to build cardio endurance, but they are great way to build muscle fast. For [...]

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