Strength Coaches in College Football
Strength Coaches in College Football A longtime customer in Massachusetts sent me this Wall Street Journal article in the (postal) mail and I’ve been meaning to post it online. (Thanks,…
What’s Your Mass Gain Diet?
As most of you know, my focus has always been on ways to objectively increase a trainee’s power output on individual exercises. I’ve never done any independent research into diet.…
A Century of Mistaken Strength Training
Ever think about what percentage of a World Record lift you can achieve right now? The current ‘raw’ Bench Press record is about 740 lbs. So if you can bench…
Allow Me To Explain
Following our recent survey, we received tons of really useful feedback from customers. Many thanks to those who took the time to contribute. One of the things that became clear…
Proof Frequent Weightlifting is Wasted Effort
Every once in awhile it’s possible to have an interesting exchange on social media. Recently I had an exchange with a smart and well-respected trainer who questioned whether infrequent training…
Power Factor Mass Gain Workout on ESG
From 2014 to 2015 we ran an informal study among our customers to test several methods of training to see what specifically delivered the best mass gain. Every participant…
Measure Your Gains
As many of you know, we’ve been testing and measuring a lot of newer techniques and tactics, especially over the last three years. I’m a believer in using experimentation and…
What Works Best?
One of the perennial questions that comes up on my blog and probably on every blog about building new muscle is something like, “I’ve heard the ABC method of training…
What’s the Deal With Fixed Training Schedules?
I’ve been having an interesting e-mail exchange with someone this week and I thought I’d share my response with everyone. It’s on the subject of recovery and fixed training schedules.…
Mass Gain Study Results
Is It Possible To Gain 1/4lb of Muscle Per Minute of Training? Last year we began a study to measure a few things. We wanted to know how much mass…
The Secret to a Perfect Body – Genetics
Couldn’t resist showing you guys this funny reminder of the reality seldom mentioned.
Are You Building Muscle? Or Just Lifting Weights?
If you believe you can build forearms and biceps like this guy’s using that tiny dumbbell, you’re going to be very disappointed. Here’s a question I love to ask guys…
Getting Consistent Strength, Mass & Size Gains
In case you missed our first webinar on the subject of meeting the challenges to getting steady strength, mass and size gains, we posted the video of it here: …
Which Of These 3 Things Are You Doing Next Workout?
Every workout you perform has only three possible outcomes. It doesn’t matter if you lift kettlebells, use Nautilus machines, bodyweight exercise, barbells or anything else. The equipment does not alter…
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…
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…