Training Q&A

I’m sick and tired of seeing every type of exercise discomfort being “solved” by lightening the load. It’s the path of...

If you don’t want to compete, what are you looking to do with your physique? Do you want more size, do...

Performing negative-accentuated sets—lifting in one second and lowering in six—creates microtrauma, which sets off a fat-to-muscle effect, and also acts as...

A lot of the great research results on static contraction are based on strength increases, which occur rapidly in untrained individuals,...

When you can do incline curls with a pair of dumbbells in your hands that approach more than 30 percent of...

If you increase your repetition range from four to six to eight to 10, you’ll pump more blood into the muscles...

As Arnold proved—and as you’ll soon discover—Power plus Density equals muscle immensity.

Only advanced trainees need six to seven days of rest between bodypart hits.

Q: Is it true that more experienced lifters need fewer reps to stimulate growth? A: Yes, indeed. It makes an enormous...

Q: I’m 48 years old, and I’ve been training with weights for decades. I’ve always had trouble building my triceps. Almost...

The problem with push/pull routines is that if, for example, you work triceps after chest, your triceps will be too fatigued...

One thing that’s common to men with little arms is that they don’t do a lot of direct work for the...

I used that routine when I was 21 years old in an attempt to build up my mass and gain weight....

Q: I’ve got a lot of fat to lose, but I’m motivated to get ripped this summer. My problem is that...

You pull all the way up to full contraction, lower, do an X-Rep partial at the stretch, then pull all the...