How To Make Push Ups As Effective As Bench Presses
Despite the popularity of body weight training, questions and controversy have remained about how effective body weight exercises really are… […]
Why You Have A Bad Days In The Gym And What To Do About It
So, you’re aiming to achieve progressive overload, especially trying to increase how much weight you lift, but instead you go backwards! Your weights drop, your reps drop, or both! What [...]
A New Look At High-Intensity Bodybuilding And Training To Failure
How hard must you train to gain muscle? Is pushing yourself all the way to failure – when you can’t do another rep – a critical part making muscle gains? How high does your intensity [...]
If You Get Stronger Will You Always Get Bigger?
Do muscle mass gains always follow strength gains? Are they one in the same? How do lean powerlifters stay in the same weight class but keep lifting heavier? How do bodybuilders get bigger when they’re [...]
Is It Possible To Gain Muscle Training With Light Weights?
There are some long-held and well-revered rules and laws in the science of resistance training that are rarely challenged – we could even call them “sacred cows” – and the ideal number of repetitions for [...]
How To Gain More Muscle Without Lifting More Weight: 7 Under-Appreciated Progressive Overload Training Tactics
How do you make your muscles grow? That’s easy! All you have to do is lift more weight every time you go into the gym. Everyone knows that. Just keep getting stronger! If you gradually [...]
The 10 Biggest Muscle Building Mistakes Most People Make In Progressive Overload Weight Training
Muscle building mistakes has been a common theme in bodybuilding magazines for decades, so you might think this topic has been thoroughly exhausted and needs no further discussion. The truth is, one area where the [...]
Body Part Split Routines: What Are The Pros And Cons?
There is no single best split routine or weekly training schedule for building muscle, despite what all the muscle-building “gurus” want you to believe. You can build a lot of muscle with a variety of [...]
What Makes Muscles Grow?
What makes muscles grow? Brad Schoenfeld, author of The MAX Muscle Plan, answers this big question in our new, exclusive Burn the Fat Blog interview with Tom Venuto… Read on to discover what the latest [...]
Rise Of The Physique Artist
There’s a hot new trend taking over the fitness industry like wildfire, and the great news is, it’s not some new fad program that will die off in a few years. In fact, this rising trend [...]