Muscular Hypertrophy Andy Baker | May 25, 2022 The process of muscle growth is a confusing topic for many. Clients are confused, coaches are confused, the guys that research it in the lab are confused. Or at least it would seem that way. This is understandable insofar as the underlying processes that occur at the level of the muscle cell are indeed extremely complex and only partially understood. Continue reading Perception vs. Reality: The Problem with Things That Make You Happy But Are Still Wrong Mark Rippetoe | May 04, 2022 Let me tell you a fun story. I was squatting last year, and I happened to have two spotters that night – I normally train by myself, so there were witnesses. My work set was to be 325 for one triple, and the warmups felt like shit. You know the situation: 135 feels weird, like it's been 6 months since you did it, 225 feels slow, and 275 feels heavy, like it's the work set weight... Continue reading Strength Training IS Hypertrophy Training Robert Santana, PhD, RD, SSC | April 20, 2022 The quest to build larger muscles is one that men have embarked on for centuries. It is obvious that the skeletal muscles’ ability to produce increasing force against an external resistance is a pre-requisite to accomplish this goal... Continue reading Useful Assistance Exercises: The Forgotten Chapter Scott Acosta, SSC | April 06, 2022 Chapter seven of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition is titled “Useful Assistance Exercises.” I like to refer to it as “The Forgotten Chapter,” because a lot of folks don't know it’s there. Perhaps they haven’t actually read the book, which wouldn’t be surprising. Continue reading Optimization: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Gregory Hess | March 23, 2022 On a rather regular basis I find myself reflecting on the military and collegiate fitness venues that surround me, what I hear from my professional peers, and what I have learned from both personal experience under the barbell and from the Aasgaard Company. All too often a scene from The Princess Bride comes to mind, with the quotation: “You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Perception vs. Reality: The Problem with Things That Make You Happy But Are Still Wrong Mark Rippetoe | May 04, 2022 Let me tell you a fun story. I was squatting last year, and I happened to have two spotters that night – I normally train by myself, so there were witnesses. My work set was to be 325 for one triple, and the warmups felt like shit. You know the situation: 135 feels weird, like it's been 6 months since you did it, 225 feels slow, and 275 feels heavy, like it's the work set weight... Continue reading Strength Training IS Hypertrophy Training Robert Santana, PhD, RD, SSC | April 20, 2022 The quest to build larger muscles is one that men have embarked on for centuries. It is obvious that the skeletal muscles’ ability to produce increasing force against an external resistance is a pre-requisite to accomplish this goal... Continue reading Useful Assistance Exercises: The Forgotten Chapter Scott Acosta, SSC | April 06, 2022 Chapter seven of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition is titled “Useful Assistance Exercises.” I like to refer to it as “The Forgotten Chapter,” because a lot of folks don't know it’s there. Perhaps they haven’t actually read the book, which wouldn’t be surprising. Continue reading Optimization: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Gregory Hess | March 23, 2022 On a rather regular basis I find myself reflecting on the military and collegiate fitness venues that surround me, what I hear from my professional peers, and what I have learned from both personal experience under the barbell and from the Aasgaard Company. All too often a scene from The Princess Bride comes to mind, with the quotation: “You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Strength Training IS Hypertrophy Training Robert Santana, PhD, RD, SSC | April 20, 2022 The quest to build larger muscles is one that men have embarked on for centuries. It is obvious that the skeletal muscles’ ability to produce increasing force against an external resistance is a pre-requisite to accomplish this goal... Continue reading Useful Assistance Exercises: The Forgotten Chapter Scott Acosta, SSC | April 06, 2022 Chapter seven of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition is titled “Useful Assistance Exercises.” I like to refer to it as “The Forgotten Chapter,” because a lot of folks don't know it’s there. Perhaps they haven’t actually read the book, which wouldn’t be surprising. Continue reading Optimization: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Gregory Hess | March 23, 2022 On a rather regular basis I find myself reflecting on the military and collegiate fitness venues that surround me, what I hear from my professional peers, and what I have learned from both personal experience under the barbell and from the Aasgaard Company. All too often a scene from The Princess Bride comes to mind, with the quotation: “You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Useful Assistance Exercises: The Forgotten Chapter Scott Acosta, SSC | April 06, 2022 Chapter seven of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training 3rd edition is titled “Useful Assistance Exercises.” I like to refer to it as “The Forgotten Chapter,” because a lot of folks don't know it’s there. Perhaps they haven’t actually read the book, which wouldn’t be surprising. Continue reading Optimization: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Gregory Hess | March 23, 2022 On a rather regular basis I find myself reflecting on the military and collegiate fitness venues that surround me, what I hear from my professional peers, and what I have learned from both personal experience under the barbell and from the Aasgaard Company. All too often a scene from The Princess Bride comes to mind, with the quotation: “You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means." Continue reading First Page Previous Page Next Page Last Page
Optimization: It Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Gregory Hess | March 23, 2022 On a rather regular basis I find myself reflecting on the military and collegiate fitness venues that surround me, what I hear from my professional peers, and what I have learned from both personal experience under the barbell and from the Aasgaard Company. All too often a scene from The Princess Bride comes to mind, with the quotation: “You Keep Using That Word. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means." Continue reading
