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The Sceptic’s Workout

by Pete Sisco

One of the hardest things to do in life is to get a person to change his or her mind about something. Psychologists can provide all the reasons that we are wired that way but I don’t want to get into that. I just want to acknowledge that the tendency exists and I’ve seen plenty [...]

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Twenty Years of Experience Boiled Down to One Blog Post

by Pete Sisco

The first time I lifted weights with any serious intention whatsoever was in 1992 at the age of 33. Before that I did what most people do and just wandered blindly from one machine to the next and banged out enough reps to get the target muscles tired. I never truly exerted myself. I’m sure [...]

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The Only Way to Build Muscle Fast

by Pete Sisco

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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The Intelligent Way to Get Bigger Arms

by Pete Sisco

Get Bigger Arms   Virtually every guy in the gym wants to get bigger arms. And virtually all women in the gym want firmer, tighter, shapely arms. The truth is it’s actually easy to do do but you have to have an intelligent plan. If you want to get bigger arms you need to stimulate [...]

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Shifting Gears for an Optimum Workout

by Pete Sisco

Whenever you lift weights in the gym there are three factors that determine the intensity of your exercise. They are: 1. The amount of weight on the bar 2. The number of times you lift that weight 3. The time it takes The fact is you can and do adjust those three factors all the [...]

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Understanding Alpha Strength and Beta Strength

by Pete Sisco

When I was first writing about strength training back in 1992 I coined the terms alpha strength and beta strength to differentiate between the two manifestations of human muscle strength. It’s important to understand these two forms of muscle strength and how to train to improve them. Alpha Strength Alpha strength is our ability to [...]

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