Kettlebells Are Overrated
Kettlebells are one of the most popular new training tools - and I think they’re overrated. Here’s why.
Should You Train To Failure?
Training to failure is sometimes heralded as a secret technique for gaining mass and strength, and sometimes demonized as being uniquely likely to cause injury. Here’s what the science says, and how you can effectively implement training to failure in your own training.
Tapering And Peaking: Overlooked Tools For Maximizing Strength
Tapering and peaking can easily add 2-5% to your max lifts without much of any effort at all - in fact, it’s so deceptively easy that many people mess it up by training too hard. Here’s how you can taper and peak properly to maximize your strength for competition or max testing.
Every Deadlift Variation Under The Sun
It's commonly believed that the deadlift can be dangerous, but this is greatly exaggerated. Here's a giant list of all the deadlift variations, so you can be sure to pick the exercises that will work best for your goals.
How To Use Light Weights To Get Big
It used to be believed that you could only build muscle with sufficiently heavy weights. Last week's analysis of "no load" exercise showed that it's not that simple. Here's a bigger overview of how you can build muscle with any amount of weight.