Training Q&A

Performing end-of-set static holds at the sticking point can do great things for muscle growth.

Q: What can be done when training hard all the time and increasing the weight and reps stops working, especially when...

Nevertheless, extreme hardgainer types may need to lean more toward density than power because of the high-endurance capacity of every major...

Whenever I meet a goal, I reward myself with positive things like a vacation or a new piece of equipment. When...

If leg extensions hurt your knees, do them one leg at time with less weight—and be sure your foot never travels...

With DC, or multirep rest/pause, training your intensity is high, but the rest periods aren’t long enough to clear fatigue by-products...

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...