muscle growth

“Progressive overload” has been one of the core principles on resistance training to build muscle. I remember being taught about it in college 25 years ago and reading about it in the late, great Dr. Fred Hatfield’s must-read training bible, Hardcore Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach. The...

If you’ve been reading my articles and columns over the past 15 years, you are well aware that I believe very firmly in exposing each muscle to a very wide range of reps (but more specifically “tension times”), from as few as four all the way up to 50 or more (in a single set). This is the only...

According to Arnold Schwarzenegger, novel approaches to training can be the best way to shock your muscles. Continue reading...