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High Intensity Training Leads to Isometric Workouts

by Pete Sisco

True High Intensity Training Means Isometric Workouts Every gym has people in it who talk about their High Intensity training but few of them realize that isometric workouts are the highest possible intensity a person can achieve. When I talk about isometric workouts I use the term ‘Static Contraction’ to differentiate between my training method [...]

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Celebrating Success

by Greg Karr M.S., C.S.C.S., NSCA-CPT

We’ve all heard it said that success breeds success. I firmly believe that. You can see that principle at play everyday in life. I also think that it’s very important that you celebrate that success. Well, we’ve had a lot of success teaching people around the world about static contraction training and the benefits it [...]

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Why Don’t You Lift 200% of Your One-Rep Max?

by Pete Sisco

Strength training suffers from a lack of creativity and innovation. That’s why people toil away in gyms doing saturation workouts of multiple sets and reps of dozens of exercises that are identical to routines used in 1965. Yes, the routines in 1965 built muscle. And a carburetor worked on a 1965 VW. But fuel injection [...]

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