What If You Did 10 Workouts in a Row?
What if you did 10 workouts in a row and always made measurable progress? What if every weight you selected was the optimum weight for doing that particular exercise today?…
Data = Individualized Weightlifting Workouts
How data driven strength training will forever change your perspective on two very common (but wrong) pillars of weightlifting advice. Try Our 10-Workout Program
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…
Joel Waldmans Inspirational Story of Decline and Recovery at 68
Joel, back in the day. At 260 lbs Joel’s only slightly heavier than each of his two dogs, at 240 and 205. He also says his neck is at its…
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.…
Webinar #2 – Scheduling Your Workouts
In case you missed the last live webinar, the recording is now posted at this page: http://www.precisiontraining.com/webinar-2/ It’s about the challenge of finding the proper interval for scheduling your workouts.…
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…
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,…
Every Day is . . . Corroboration Day
I found this article that offers a study underpinning something I’ve been saying for twenty years; “Every day is kidney day.” This is for the guys who train frequently with…
Training in Cough and Cold Season
In the two decades I’ve been communicating with strength trainers I’ve picked up a lot of anecdotal information. It’s natural in any field to notice trends and phenomenon that keep…
3 Ways to Break Training Plateaus
Here’s a question I hear a lot: “I’ve hit a plateau in my training and haven’t made any progress for weeks, what can I do?” Nobody has every major muscle…
The Three Biggest Training Mistakes of the Power Factor Workout
In the last few years I haven’t spent much time talking about the Power Factor Workout. However, since discovering the success of the people on the Mass Gain Study I’ve…
Are You Training With Valid Principles?
Static Contraction Principles When a new idea comes around some people demand that idea prove itself with a very high degree of scientific validity. I’m fine with that. But it…
How Often Should We Train?
Static Contraction Rest Between Workouts One of the most common things we hear from people who start training with Static Contraction is how difficult they find the training frequency. Not…