Training Load: Find Your Right Volume
Which type of athlete are you? The one who never stops training? The athlete who tries to out grind the competition? Or are you the
Which type of athlete are you? The one who never stops training? The athlete who tries to out grind the competition? Or are you the
If you’re feeling stuck, frustrated that your efforts haven’t delivered the results you wanted, and you are spinning your wheels, then the answer is a
The floor press is an excellent exercise. It is a particular favorite of mine for guys with long arms. I often use it instead of
If I surveyed 100 meatheads and asked them, “what is the best exercise for the rear delts?” 99 of them would answer “reverse flyes.” The
A real training program has to have a few attributes that make it a training program and not an exercise program. The difference is not
Training comes down to stress management: it’s my job to determine how much and what kind of stress to apply, and it’s your job to
Photography by J Perez Imagery> of Oahu, Hawaii Photography by J Perez Imagery> of Oahu, Hawaii The beauty that is the human neuromuscular system is
Overtraining for long periods of time is bad. Short-term, planned overtraining, however, can be a massively powerful tool. Functional overreaching is essentially short-term overtraining where
“Enlightenment, for a wave in the ocean, is the moment the wave realizes it is water.” Thich Nhat Hanh A wave is not separate from
In the fitness community there are always things that come and go. The key to success is learning the difference between those things that are
“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.” Barry Switzer “Some people are born on third base
There are lots of things that scare me. My close friends would recognize this and probably have a good laugh at my expense. I’m scared
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