In the world of weight training, scientific principles usually take a back seat to real world experience, but one principle worth paying attention to is that of muscle fiber recruitment order. Applying this principle correctly in the gym can make a huge difference in your muscle and strength gains. In...
How to Build Your Physique with Bodyweight Training
A common question around the gym is whether you can build a great physique using bodyweight exercises only, and the short answer is “Yes, absolutely!”. Whether it’s the best approach is a more complicated question and depends on what type of physique you want, your genetics, and what type of...
How to Build Muscle without Heavy Weights
Large muscles and strength tend to go hand in hand, but it may surprise some readers to know that not all bodybuilders train with heavy weights. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s former training partner Ric Drasin, for example, said he never saw Arnold curl more than a 50 pound dumbbell. This was when...
Volume Cycling for Muscle Mass
The most effective way to build muscle mass is to do a lot of sets and reps with a moderate weight, where “moderate” means 60-75% of your 1 rep maximum. Most successful bodybuilders since the 1970’s have trained using that approach. It’s typically referred to as high volume training. Effective...
