Intensity is something you bring to a program not something a program brings to you. If something gets easy you’re simply not working hard.
probably use a bit less weight than a lot of people in the gym on back day, but more people (in the context of hypertrophy) would probably be better served by lightening the loads they use when training back a little to really learn to focus on maximizing TENSION on the TARGET. It’s very easy.. Read more →
“Often times people think that because they are having steady (or even slow) success on a moderate program that adding more activity and eating less food will produce even faster and better results. While it is typically true that faster results will come, you may not realize the cost associated with super speedy progress. A.. Read more →
We’ve all heard how great the pull-up variations are for lat development and strength; overhand (pull ups), neutral-grip, and underhand (chin ups), various widths, etc., but let me tell you, rarely do I ever see this movement performed with the actual LATS/BACK in mind. What I most often see is simply a terrible attempt to.. Read more →
Deep squats may build thicker legs than shallower squats. Squatting with the knees below parallel with the hips produces a greater knee extensor moment (quad focus), whereas shallower squats tend to use more of the ankle. Deeper squats also activate more of the gluteus maximus during the concentric portion and more of the vastus medialis.. Read more →
With all of the talk about interval training for fat loss in recent years it was only a matter of time before someone stumbled across a couple studies conducted in the mid 1990’s by Dr. Izumi Tabata and his colleagues. In fact, these studies created such a rage that now hundreds of thousands of trainees.. Read more →