Why Most H.I.T. Advocates Just Don’t Get It
The pioneers of High Intensity Training did an enormous amount of good when they managed to get people to focus on the intensity of their workouts. It really is not…
There are many elements that go into designing a productive weightlifting workout.
Every exercise has many possible combinations of weight, reps, and time that could be used. People make progress at different rates. Individual muscles recover at different rates. New muscle tissue grows at different rates.
And you need to decide personal preferences like wanting productive workouts as frequently as possible, or wanting to workout efficiently so each workout will yield the maximum benefit.
So, if you want to train scientifically and rationally, a lot of personal factors need to be taken into account simultaneously.
The process starts with deciding whether YOU prefer Steady, Efficient Gains, or the Fastest Possible Gains.
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Our Biggest News In 10 Years
We have some big news. News I think is a game changer in strength training. Late last year we started working with some trainees to measure the results of their…
Before and (5 Hours) After Photos
I received a nice e-mail from a customer in Germany who told me he’s already gained 5 lbs of muscle in five weeks of using Train Smart. The other reason…
Want To Try Static Contraction?
We are beginning a new study using Static Contraction. If you have never tried training this way the study can be an opportunity to have your workouts engineered as you…
Are You A New Man (or Woman) Today?
The logical foundation of strength training is that we build muscle by lifting heavy weights. It’s an adaptation of the body similar to developing darker skin as an adaptation to…
How High Is Up?
Most people have no idea how strong they can get. And if they insist on training “three days per week,” as the common advice goes, they really don’t have a…
Are You Wise Enough To Care About Wear And Tear?
Lifting heavy weights to build new muscle is, by definition, wear and tear on your body? Does wear and tear matter to you? Notice in the title of this post…
The Giant Truth That Gets Ignored
“Lift weights three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.” No matter how old you are – from high school to nursing home – no matter how fit or or…
Wasted Workout Or Productive Workout?
“Lift weights three days a week; Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Forever.” This is a pet peeve of mine. The same advice is given to every person. Young, old, athlete, obese,…
Study: Maximum Muscle In 60 Days
We have just begun our Power Factor Study to determine how many maximally productive workouts we can engineer for a trainee with the goal of adding the most muscle in…
Why Lifting Light Weights Is Dumb
Ever ask yourself why a gym is stocked with weights? There is a very good reason for it and when you fully understand the reason your training takes on new…
One-on-One Coaching
OK, so a lot of you know that the last few years I’ve been constantly traveling and mostly living in timezones in Asia and Europe. When I’m in Belize it’s…
The Best Forearm Exercise
A few years ago we wanted to examine what exercises would be most helpful for serious arm training. As always, we used a numbers approach. We used a group of…
Why One Set To Failure Is An Excellent Choice
Would you take on a second job working additional 40 hours a week if it paid you 9% of your first job? So if you worked 40 hours for $1,000…
Every Day is . . . Corroboration Day
I found this article that offers a study underpinning something I’ve been saying for twenty years; “Every day is kidney day.” This is for the guys who train frequently with…
More Evidence for Brief Workouts
Today’s New York Times ran an article about a study at Arizona State University that shows workouts as brief as 10 minutes done three times in a day are as…
Studies on High Intensity Exercise and Fat Loss
Here is a fascinating overview of several recent studies that reveal the superior effects of high-intensity intermittent exercise (HIIE). These studies are not of weightlifting but of 8 to 30…
Static Contraction and the Texas Tower Sniper
Ever since I began experimenting with more rational and efficient methods of strength training in 1992 I’ve run into people who want to defend the status quo. Basically their defense…
Are People Who Lift Weights Dumb?
It seems like there’s always been a bias that people who lift weights are dumb. There is a cliche image of big, musclebound lugs who have trouble constructing a sentence.…
