A Century of Mistaken Strength Training
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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…
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…
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…
An Honest Look at “Light” vs. “Heavy” Training
Ever heard this one in the gym? “I’m just going easy today; yesterday was my ‘heavy’ day.” Those few words point to a plethora of misconceptions and false premises that…
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: …
Everything Works and Everything Fails To Work
When you spend a couple of decades watching the world of fitness and strength training you see a lot of strange things. Often you see the same strange things repeatedly.…
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 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,…
An Interview with Pete Sisco
Lee over at Ordinary Joe Bodybuilding asked me a few questions for an article at his blog. 1. Hi, Pete. It is estimated over 200,000 trainees have used your training…
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 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…
Can Your Strength Training Improve?
For many years I’ve noticed that I battle against something I call Cogniostasis. Don’t bother searching for that word in the dictionary - I made it up.
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…
Now Available: SCT Hammock
Tell me if any of this sounds familiar. You get a membership at a gym and you enthusiastically work out almost every day for about two weeks and then you…
Discover Your Optimum Training Frequency and Unleash Huge New Growth
Want to know the #1 mistake people make when lifting weights? This single mistake inevitably causes poor performance, long training plateaus and motivation-sapping frustration. And all can be avoided. OK,…
Scheduling Aerobics and Static Contraction Training
We get a lot of questions about mixing aerobics (tennis, running, cycling, jogging, walking, etc.) with high intensity Static Contraction training. Most of the questions ask about recovery time. That’s…
Hey, Pete “How often should I train?”
There are a hundred variations on this question. Usually it’s prefaced with ‘I do cardio 3 times a week’ or ‘I do intense martial arts training’ or ‘I’m just getting…