Novelty Drives the Fitness Industry
Fitness is an annual multi-billion dollar industry. That’s a lot of money up for grabs. So you’d think there would be tons of innovation happening as big players vie for…
Six Personal Benchmarks Worth Having
Thanks to technology we are entering an era of personal health metrics. Many health conscious people today know their HDL and LDL cholesterol numbers. The new Apple watch tracks resting…
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…
50-Year-Old Man Lifts Boeing 737 in 3 Minutes of Training
“We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of…
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…
How Many Cars Can YOU Lift per Minute?
After some people do their workouts, they send me their results. Using that data, I have a proprietary way of calculating what they will be able to lift in a…
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.…
How About Doing One Set To Success?
We’re all familiar with the advice of doing a set ‘to failure.’ There’s nothing seriously wrong with that advice. The principle is that if you push yourself until you can’t…
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…
How Can I Train More Often?
A few days ago a member of ENGINEERED STRENGTH GYM asked a question the the member’s private Facebook group. Basically he was wanting to perform more exercise than he is…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
The Sceptic’s Workout
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…
Twenty Years of Experience Boiled Down to One Blog Post
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…
Why It’s Stupid to Use 100 Exercises With 300 Variations
Hey, want to spend your year trying 300 exercises? It is amazing how many exercise devices from flimsy, low-end contraptions to multi-thousand dollar fitness machines are marketed will the alleged…
