What Engineered Success Looks Like
The more you know about measuring your exercise performance in objective ways, the more you realize how haphazardly most people train. The members of the new ENGINEERED STRENGTH GYM are…
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…
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…
The Only Way to Build Muscle Fast
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…
The Intelligent Way to Get Bigger Arms
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…
Shifting Gears for an Optimum Workout
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…
Understanding Alpha Strength and Beta Strength
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.…