Question:Hello John Paul, I purchased your ebook Lean and Mean (available here) and over the past 6 weeks have had great success gaining strength, building muscle, increasing energy and endurance, and have lost 10 pounds. Basically, I feel really good and ready to move on to the next phase. I’m wondering where the definitions for…
Try negative-accentuated lateral raises in your next shoulder workout. Raise the dumbbells with bent arms, then lower them slowly with your arms straight. This variation emphasizes the eccentric phase of the movement and puts your delts under serious tension. A few controlled reps can go a long way. To explore more negative-accentuated training methods, check…
The two lost commandments that you rarely hear about are:“Thou shall exercise with weights regularly,” and“Thou shall do quality reps.”I follow both religiously! During this morning’s workout, I paired back squats with standing leg curls for 5 sets of 10 reps each, with 3 warm-up sets beforehand. The pace was fairly brisk, and I wrapped…
Prescribing a specific number of repetitions is not always ideal in strength training. Sometimes, regulating time under tension (TUT) is a better approach than simply counting reps. One example we looked at a few weeks ago was the wrist roller exercise. When Time Under Tension Works Best Certain exercises make it difficult to count reps…