If your primary goal is bigger muscles and you’re not making regular gains in strength and size you’re probably making one or more of the following common training mistakes. These are some of the biggest mistakes a bodybuilder can make, and correcting them can often make the difference between outstanding gains and none at all:…
Author Archives: Drew Baye
Choices
“The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now” – Zig Ziglar Many choices we make daily affect our health, fitness and appearance, either helping or hurting us. Some decisions affect us more directly and immediately, others more indirectly and over a longer period of…
Elements of Form Announcement
After a few days of almost nonstop work the book is almost ready to go. I’m not going to keep people waiting any longer, however. As I continue to re-write and streamline chapters and edit them into the final book I will be sending episodic digital releases to all who pre-ordered starting tomorrow night WEDNESDAY,…
Time
What would you do and what could you achieve if you had a few more weeks every year, months every decade, or years over the course of your lifetime to spend however you choose? Would you spend the extra time with your family and friends? Participating in activities and hobbies you enjoy or discovering new…
Never Lose Hope, Never Give Up
A few weeks ago my brother David and I were talking about fat loss, the nutritional supplement industry, and the difficulty of teaching and motivating people to make positive life changes, especially when it comes to diet and exercise. He related a story I want to share because I hope it will have a positive…
Q&A: Determining The Starting Resistance For New Subjects
Question: How do you choose the right weights and reps on different exercises for a new client? Most of the trainers where I work either do one rep max tests or estimate one rep max based on how many reps they can do with a weight, then do a test with a percentage of that…
Book Update
An update on the release of Elements of Form and the pre-order bonus materials as well as a new Q&A will be posted either very late tonight or tomorrow. I appreciate the patience of everyone who has pre-ordered and apologize for the multiple delays. I think everyone will agree once they’ve read it that it…
Q&A: How Much Rest Between Exercises
Question: How long should I rest between exercises if my goal is muscular strength and size increases? Answer: As a general rule you should rest as little as possible between exercises, moving from one to the next as quickly as you can while: being able to properly and safely get into and out of correct…
Elements of Form Update
MONDAY, MARCH 5 UPDATE A quick update on the book and answers to some of the questions I’ve been receiving about the book: Update: Some sections are being expanded as well to better address questions I have been receiving about rest pause, negative only, drop sets, forced reps, etc. I am also addressing concerns some…
Response to Questions About Mechanical Work and Repetition Speed
I received several e-mails with questions about and requests to repost the following response I wrote to a question in the comments on My Philosophy of Exercise. If you find anything I write on this web site helpful I encourage you to share it and appreciate you doing so, but please link back to the original,…
