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Double Your Arm Firepower With Superset Training!
You know that someone made an impact on the field of their choice when people are studying your training methods and thought processes over three decades after you were active. Arnold Schwarzenegger is someone who obviously did just that.
Date Added: Mar 11, 2011 -
Dangerous Curves: Get Your Glutes In Gear With Supersets
Are your glutes locked in neutral? Get them in gear with these intense supersets and achieve the round, athletic curves you crave.
Date Added: Mar 12, 2013 -
3 Ways To Extend Your Sets For New Gains
If your rep scheme isn’t getting you where you want to be, then add an additional exercise to snack on after the main course. Rest when you’re dead!
Date Added: Feb 1, 2013 -
Become A Fat-Burning Pyro With Giant Sets!
You wouldn't know it by the name, but a technique called giant sets is tailor-made for slimming down. Learn how to incorporate them into your regimen today!
Date Added: Feb 15, 2011 -
Rocket Muscle Gains Into Overdrive With Two-Tempo Training!
How fast or slow you go during any given set can be the difference between no gains and off-the-chart leaps in size and strength. In fact, by using just two different rep speeds you can double your gains. Let us explain...
Date Added: Sep 23, 2010 -
Dramatic Transformation Principle: Shoulders, Priority, And Drop Sets!
Roger Lockridge takes Kris Gethin's Dramatic Transformation Principle to the gym for some shoulder dropsets. Read on to see how he did!
Date Added: Sep 16, 2010 -
Dramatic Transformation Principle: Chest, Back, And Supersets!
Roger Lockridge takes Kris Gethin's Dramatic Transformation Principle to the gym for a chest and back superset. Read on to see how he did!
Date Added: Sep 15, 2010 -
Evolution Of The Set System: Feat Of Strength To Mass & Strength!
Early in the 20th century, a typical bodybuilder's routine consisted of 12 exercises covering the entire body. Despite the limitations training routines flourished prior to the advent of the set system. Here are some of those systems.
Date Added: Jul 13, 2010 -
How Strict Should Your Exercise Form Be?
Is strict form that important? Find out why beginners and advanced trainers should not follow the same rules and what the power rep can do for you. Check it out.
Date Added: Feb 18, 2010 -
How Many Sets & Reps Should You Do?
It is a very common question to ask: How many sets and reps should I do? To understand how to answer this question some simple questions have to be asked. Find out more right here.
Date Added: Jan 26, 2010 -
Sets & Reps: The Nut And Bolts Of Program Design!
As a trainer, I always get the same questions from people: How many sets should I do? How many reps? What kind of training split? Here are answers to these questions and more as I clear up the myths of training. Learn more.
Date Added: Mar 26, 2009 -
Train Insane With Kane, Episode #10 - Insane Supersets, Serge Nubret-Style!
In Kane's tenth video episode, Controlled Labs guys Kane and PT do an insane supersetted arms workout in the style of IFBB Pro Serge Nubret. 60 sets with no rest!
Date Added: Dec 18, 2008 -
Big Time Strip Training: Shock Muscles & Build Mass!
Gaining muscle while losing body fat is no easy task, everyone wants to do it, while few get it done. Get all that from this strip training program. Here's the program that will take you to the next level!
Date Added: Oct 27, 2008 -
How Can You Incorporate Time Under Tension Into Your Workouts?
How can you incorporate Time Under Tension into your workouts? Here our forum members put together workouts, benefits, downfalls and more so you can decide if this will help you gain muscle mass. Try them if you dare!
Date Added: Jul 9, 2008 -
Packing On Mass With Proper Diet And Basic Training With X Reps!
Find out how Mike Semanoff packed on more mass with proper diet and basic training. I recently contacted Mike to see how his career was going. Here he describes exactly how he gained that muscle!
Date Added: Dec 21, 2006 -
Representin' The Repetition - The Truth About Rep Schemes!
There is no magic rep scheme. ALL rep schemes have merit and all should be utilized in order to achieve maximal physique development. Let me explain how every rep scheme has its merit.
Date Added: Dec 15, 2006 -
Training With One-Hundred Repetitions!
Sounds downright insane, doesn't it, one-hundred repetitions per set. I've recommended this for three reasons which I will list below along with a great workout spilt as an example. Break out of your plateau, now!
Date Added: Oct 18, 2006 -
Rep Variation Training!
Even though many people do just toss the bar up and down, rep performance ties in directly with the effectiveness of your set. Learn more about varying rep speed and how it can help you make better gains!
Date Added: Feb 8, 2006 -
Partial Movements: The Cornerstone Of Sports Training!
There are many arguments still about how muscles really work. In this article we will look at some information about them and how partial movements take advantage of how they work. Check it out!
Date Added: Jan 27, 2006 -
Unique Rep Scheme Garnishes A World Record!
Jeffrey Kippel & Mindy Blackstien - WNSO/FAME
We've all tried the various set and rep schemes and most iron trainers would agree that the 'trophy' muscles of the body are the biceps. This is no ordinary set and rep scheme. Read on to learn about an amazing record set with the barbell curl.
Date Added: May 3, 2005 -
What Is The Optimal Time Between Sets For Muscle Growth?
The Topic: What Is The Optimal Time Between Sets For Muscle Growth? Find out what people from our popular message boards think...
Date Added: Jan 6, 2005 -
What Is The Best Rep And Set Range For Building Muscle?
The Topic: What Is The Best Rep And Set Range For Building Muscle? Find out what people from our popular message boards think...
Date Added: Dec 9, 2004 -
All About One-Repetition-Maximum Testing.
This article will explain exactly how to conduct one-repetition-maximum testing and suggest ways in which test results can be applied across a range of training objectives...
Date Added: Nov 18, 2004 -
Creating A Repetition Maximums Calculator!
Herein, I demonstrate steps you can take to create a simple RM calculator using Microsoft Excel<SUP><FONT SIZE=-1>TM</FONT></SUP>. Once you've created your calculator, you'll be able to determine any of your RMs for any exercise in no time!
Date Added: Oct 5, 2004 -
Defective Repetitions: Do Any Of These Styles Describe You?
The repetition is the basis of all training. So how can something so important go so terribly (and humorously) wrong! See how many of these defective rep types you've spotted (hopefully, not in the mirror!).
Date Added: May 5, 2004 -
The Skinny Guys Ideal Set: Determining The Appropriate Number Of Sets!
In order for your muscles to grow, you have to stimulate them with a high intensity weigh training stress and then allow them to move through the three phases of the recovery process.
Date Added: Apr 19, 2004 -
The Strength Deficit: Do You Need A More Powerful Engine Or A Bigger One?
There comes a point in the bodybuilding road so to speak where every athlete has to make a choice. Try this simple method to gain muscle or lose weight...
Date Added: Apr 5, 2004 -
Why Everyone Is Wrong About Reps!
There are some problems with this general thinking. First, muscles don't count reps, so these numbers could be completely different for someone who takes 10 seconds to complete one rep, compared to someone who takes 2 seconds for each rep.
Date Added: Mar 26, 2004 -
Determination Of Repetition Maximums!
Learn how to get accurate repetition maximums using mathematics. But fear not! Herein, a straightforward approach is provided for determining your, or your clients', RMs.
Date Added: Feb 7, 2004 -
All About Torque!
The point of greatest stress on a muscle is always at the point where the limb in use is perpendicular to the force, so spending time at the stretch and contraction are not necessarily helpful, though a full range of motion is always necessary. Learn why!
Date Added: Dec 16, 2003 -
Increase Your 1 Reps Max In 12 Weeks!
Find out what factors contribute to increasing your one rep max. Try this routine to improve your one rep max in the next 12 weeks!
Date Added: Dec 9, 2003 -
The Mathematics Of Bodybuilding For The One Rep Max!
The mathematically-derived coefficient table has been a tremendous benefit to me and thousands of other power bodybuilders for determining a true single-rep maximum in a selected exercise. Find out what it is and how it can help you!
Date Added: Dec 2, 2003 -
5-4-3-2-1 Blast Off: Use This Rep Range For Huge Gains!
There are many different schemes for doing sets and reps in weight training. For those who have been in search of a productive way of training which is a little different, here it is! The 5-4-3-2-1 system is just that, something different that delivers amazing results.
Date Added: Dec 1, 2003 -
Tempo & Tension Maximization For Advanced Bodybuilders!
The body will adapt to any training regimen in time, so tempo prescriptions should be varied just like any other training variable. Find out how it can help you!
Date Added: Nov 6, 2003 -
Change Your Rep Tempo For Max Gains!
There are a million ways to train, and a million ways to alter your training. One great way to add variety to your training is to understand and use the concept of tempo. Learn why!
Date Added: Oct 31, 2003 -
The Art Of Spotting!
Not many people in the Pilates Spandex era of today know how to properly spot someone. They think that standing over them and dripping mist from their balls onto someone's face is considered spotting. Learn why most spotters suck and a hilarious story of two jerks in my old gym...
Date Added: Sep 25, 2003 -
Partial Rep Training For Full-Powered Results!
Training in a partial range of motion can be the key to blasting your way past strength plateaus quickly. Find out why always using a full range of motion may actually be hurting your progress!
Date Added: Sep 25, 2003 -
Organizing Your Workouts!
Make use of all the tools you have at your disposal. The more diverse your approach the less likely you are to hit a plateau and burn out. Learn how to organize your workouts!
Date Added: Sep 2, 2003 -
3 Sets Of 10: Mainstay Or Myth?
Everyone has something that annoys them about the fitness industry. For me it is program design. The 3 sets of 10 reps program got its start in the '40s and '50s in some early strength training experiments. Learn why it is so popular and if it is the best way to train...
Date Added: Aug 21, 2003 -
Chris Cormier's Advice.
In the September 2002 issue of FLEX, Chris Cormier wrote an article entitled, Anatomy of a Rep, explaining the importance of all aspects of the building blocks of workout routines and sets, which is the rep. The following are Chris Cormier?s steps to complete the perfect rep.
Date Added: Jul 22, 2003 -
Non-Pyramid System For Maximum Muscle Growth!
From my very introduction to the Iron Game over 20 years ago, (geez, that makes me sound old!) all of the literature, books, and courses I've read or followed advocated "pyramiding" your weights on the basic exercises. Even as a novice bodybuilder, after a few weeks of "pyramiding" I thought that it was kinda stupid.
Date Added: Jun 10, 2003 -
Training Tips: The One Rep Max!
Nick Nilsson's quick tips will help you get the results you are looking for from your training no matter what your goal.
Date Added: May 27, 2003 -
Time Under Tension In Your Training Program
This concept was first popularized in North America by the now well-known strength coach Charles Poliquin. This author suggests monitoring the actual time that a muscle is "under tension" during an exercise by using a clock or stopwatch, and recording this parameter in the training log via a numerical system.
Date Added: May 24, 2003 -
The New High Intensity # 2.
Remember, when the force of a repetition becomes too great for the type I fibers, the type II fibers must be recruited to continue moving the weight. Find out how what you need to know about type IIb fibers!
Date Added: May 15, 2003 -
What Is Muscle Failure And How Does It Correlate With Intensity?
The key is to take your muscles to the point where you recruit these smaller assistance muscles. Learn why and how it demonstrates your intensity!
Date Added: Mar 14, 2003 -
Getting Stronger One Rep At A Time!
Recently, I hit a plateau with my two kettlebell military presses and was becoming extremely irritated. Not only was I not getting stronger, I was actually getting weaker. What a pain! Learn how I got out of it!
Date Added: Jan 20, 2003 -
A Lifting Formula
The key to successful improvement in your weight-training program is to use methods of exercise and periodization techniques...
Date Added: Dec 3, 2002 -
The Rep: Learn What To Do To Not Get Hurt
This might not seem like a very big deal - I mean, hey, just grab the barbell and hammer it out, right? Not so. In fact, the rep is just as important of a variable as any other factor when you're working out.
Date Added: Nov 8, 2002 -
Periodization For Bodybuilders Part 2
Are you interested in long term results and effectiveness in your training? Then you better have at least a basic understanding of 'periodization.'
Date Added: Oct 31, 2002 -
Static Contraction Training
Using this method, the test subjects added an average of 9.0 pounds of new muscle (one subject added 28.9 pounds!) in just 10 weeks and increased their full range 1-rep max by 27.6%. Learn how this "minimum dose" training can can lead to maximum agains!
Date Added: Sep 12, 2002 -
Does Power Factor Training Work?
If the claims are true, the many existing styles of resistance training can be compared head-to-head in an objective manner and it can lead to new training styles. Here is my theory and my personal training program!
Date Added: Sep 7, 2002 -
Bodybuilding Techniques And Workouts
Bodybuilding techniques were developed to compete against the plateau, the sticking point and/or the proverbial wall. Bodybuilding techniques are basic resistance training regimens designed to specifically increase muscle mass.
Date Added: Jul 2, 2002 -
A New Method To Build Muscle Fast... And Avoid Injuries!
There are simple ways to avoid injuries and one of them is fantastically effective at building muscle. What? A safer way to lift that increases muscle building? Yes. Here is the full description and sample workouts for a few exercises.
Date Added: Jun 3, 2002 -
Effective Anabolic Training...
Sure, food is the raw materials for your body to work with, and sleeping actually makes you recover, but these two aspects are useless if you don't stimulate the body to gain muscle in the form of lifting weights. Learn about: Reps, Sets, Failure and Splits, The Pump, Workout Time and Progressive Resistance, Intensity and the Weider Principles, Plateaus, Machines vs. Free Weights and more!
Date Added: May 16, 2002 -
Shocking Your Muscles to Stimulate Growth!
If you are one of the many avid lifters who train on a regular basis, then you should be well aware that muscles require a "shock" in order for them to grow. Here is the lowdown on Drop Sets, Super Sets, Giant Sets and Forced Reps. GROW!
Date Added: Apr 25, 2002 -
Anatomy of a Rep
The repetition is the single most basic, but at the same time, the most fundamental factor in bodybuilding.
Date Added: Apr 24, 2002 -
Repetition Speed
The best approach to an exercise is to perform each repetition fast as possible while still maintaining proper form and constant control of the weight.
Date Added: Apr 19, 2002 -
Training For Growth: Intensity vs. Volume
If you've been on the boards lately, there's been a lot of talk about intensity, mostly High Intensity Training (HIT)...in the following I'm going to explain the importance of intensity and how it varies w. volume .
Date Added: Mar 7, 2002 -
Calculate Your 1RM!
Learn how to compute your one rep max using these calculation methods.
Date Added: Feb 2, 2002 -
Why Three Sets?
I'm hoping to better my condition that I produced at Nationals and walk away as the reigning Mr. SNBF champion.
Date Added: Dec 21, 2001 -
50 Rep Madness
Regardless of your goal, putting on size or strength, this technique is worth giving a shot at. 50-rep technique is doing an exercise to a total of 50 reps. Now all 50-rep do not have to be done in one set, you can do it in 2, 3, even 5 sets, whatever it takes to get to number 50, do it.
Date Added: Dec 21, 2001 -
How Many Sets and Reps?
Some people say one set is fine if you break down the muscle. Others believe in 10-12 sets and some do as many as 20 sets per body part. The bottom line to this is you have to be the one to determine which is best for you.
Date Added: Nov 15, 2001 -
Sets, Reps, Rest and Time Under Tension
I started at over 300 lbs and completely out of shape. I lost over 100 pounds in 1 year using the ideas I came up with. I kept it off and then I went on to gain 80 lbs of muscle.
Date Added: Nov 11, 2001 -
The Great Pyramid!
The training technique of pyramiding weights is one of the best to use in bodybuilding whether you have been training for months or years. Its purpose is to allow the muscles to be prepared for heavy training with low reps, the type which as been lauded for ages as one of the most productive in gaining strength and muscle size. Learn how to do it for the best results!
Date Added: Jun 25, 2001 -
Intensity Techniques: Multi Exercise Sets!
OK, here's another shocker for all of you out there lookin' to up the intensity and add some serious shock value to your workouts.
Date Added: Jun 23, 2001 -
Summer of Mass Part II
Here is my training journal and workout program as I try to gain more mass over the summer!
Date Added: Jun 2, 2001 -
Exercise Selection and Routine Order
This is a unique training article that explores the need to do the most difficult, most productive exercises first in your workout to ignite the sparks of the fire known as muscle growth. So get some wood, a match, and a little lighter fluid and prepare yourself for the inferno ahead.
Date Added: May 29, 2001 -
Twelve Week Mass Workout!
I receive a ton of emails every day from people all over the world asking pretty much the same question "Could you please send me a good mass building workout?" Well wait no longer because here it is.
Date Added: May 22, 2001 -
Form Versus Weight/Momentum
Currently in any gym in the world, a person can walk in and find a lifter, regardless of gender, weight training with an unrealistic weight; throwing the weights around instead of focusing on form and maximum muscle contraction. The purpose of this article is to hopefully, avoid some of the common pitfalls regarding weight training for muscular development.
Date Added: Feb 24, 2001 -
Intelli-Training: How To Train Intelligently!
When I began BB my chest was 38 inches and arms 11 inches... but now? Chest 42 inches and arms 14 inches. I got this huge gain using what I call 'Intelli-Training' or Intelligent Training. Here is the full program!
Date Added: Dec 12, 2000 -
My Mass Gaining Program
I am writing this on Thanksgiving Day and I thought what better day to elaborate on the gains I've made on my physique in the last 8 weeks. Here is my full 5-day training split!
Date Added: Aug 10, 2000