Here’s a quote I used in Old Man, Young Muscle from Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D.: [Read more…]
Mass Mantra #12
Here’s a recent quote from respected hypertrophy researcher Brad Schoenfeld, Ph.D: [Read more…]
Speed Your Mass Gains
In a number of recent newsletters, I’ve mentioned the term “garbage negatives.”
It basically refers to the negative, or eccentric, stroke on a standard-tempo set. Lowering slowly is easy thanks to “friction” in the muscle—actin-myosin pairings “dragging” across one another… [Read more…]
Mass Mantra #6
The new study on stretch-partial-rep sets producing more growth than full-range reps and contraction-partial reps, brings up a question… [Read more…]
New Key Hypertrophy Factors to Up Your Mass
Some of the important findings regarding hypertrophy recently are the following… [Read more…]
Mass-Building Acceleration
After the installments on damage control to enhance the hypertrophy process, the subject of Speed Sets stood out…
I mentioned that the Old Man, Young Muscle workout has two regular sets followed by one or two Speed Sets for each muscle. [Read more…]
Deadlift: A Crap Exercise?
Q: The deadlift is popular at my gym. I watch people pile on the weights and do doubles and singles. Is it an exercise you recommend? [Read more…]
Muscle Soreness Doesn’t Mean Growth, But…
I recently saw an IG post explaining that muscle soreness does not equate to muscle hypertrophy.
True. While muscle soreness is usually caused by micro-tears in muscle and connective tissue, it merely means you did something your muscles aren’t used to… [Read more…]
The Truth About Muscle Growth, Part 2
Yesterday I explained the misguided notion that you should be stronger and bigger at every workout. (Photo of Jonathan Lawson by Michael Neveux) [Read more…]
The Truth About Muscle Growth, Part 1
The goal is to trigger hypertrophy at every workout. So you should grow before your next one.
True—in a perfect world. Pro bodybuilder Mike Mentzer thought that was possible after he retired and began training people…
He said that if his clients didn’t get stronger, and therefore bigger, at each workout, something was wrong. [Read more…]
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