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:…
Category Archives: Exercise
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…
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,…
My Philosophy of Exercise
Maintaining your health and achieving and maintaining a high level of functional ability should be among your highest priorities. You only live once, and both how long you live and your enjoyment of it are directly affected by your health, your physical capabilities and your appearance. Proper exercise is a requirement for living the longest,…
Eat Better, Exercise Harder
Contrary to the typical advice of well-meaning but misinformed trainers and health organizations, the key to fat loss is not to simply “eat less, move more”, but to eat better, and exercise harder. The idea one should eat less and move more to lose fat is based on a few assumptions: that fat gain and…
Defining Exercise
To effectively communicate, teach, or discuss any subject it is first necessary to clearly define your terms. Without clear definitions misunderstandings are likely, especially when there is confusion or disagreement over the meaning of a word. There are few words people are as confused about or disagree over as much as exercise, or as important…
The Real Objective of Exercise
“How you perform each repetition of an exercise is far more important than how many repetitions you perform.” I’ve probably said it thousands of times over the past two decades. Whenever a client seems more focused on how many repetitions they perform than how well they perform them I remind them of the real objective…
A Few Thoughts on Training Volume
The concept of training volume is important to understanding how to properly design and adapt a program to an individual based on their goals and their body’s response to exercise. Unfortunately, most have an overly simplistic view of this which can lead to misunderstanding and confusion, especially when comparing different protocols and training programs. The…
