Master the Basics – Volume
When strength training it’s often stated that you should progress with load or volume. What is volume and is it more than just adding a rep to an exercise?
How Do I Balance Wanting To Improve My Conditioning With Strength Training?
The answer to this isn’t specific to cardio and lifting. This answer captures everything in training and let’s be honest you can’t do everything at once.
What Is The Difference Between Using A Trap Bar And A Barbell For Deadlifts?
The “deadlift” is a loaded hip hinge, but it’s worth pointing out that it’s not a pure hinge like an RDL. Instead, the knees should bend, which is a mini squat pattern in the exercise.
Master the Basics – Undulating Reps
When people first start to train, everyone naturally falls into the 8-10 or 10-12 rep range. That’s great for the first year, but after a while, you might want to explore some other reps ranges.
What Is The Best Rep Range For Building Muscle?
Prior to 2017, every personal trainer knew that to build muscle, you needed to train between 8-12 reps.
What Exercises Must Be In Your Strength Training Workouts?
I believe there are 15 primary patterns that everyone should have in their training across a week to both optimise their training and ensure no body part is neglected.
Master the Basics – Tempo
Tempo is a challenging topic which means I can’t show you a tonne of research supporting tempos as a valuable way to progress an exercise.
Do You Have To Do Strength Training?
The benefits of strength training come from having force placed on your body, which is then adapted to.
What Are The Most Overrated Exercises?
First, can I state that being overrated doesn’t mean bad or worthless, however my answer might rile up some people.
Master the Basics – Strength Training
Strength in the weight room is all about the capacity to produce a force which is calculated: Mass x Acceleration. So the more load/mass you can move and the faster you can move, the “stronger” you are.
