When The Leg Press Will Increase Your Squat, And When It Won’t
Training more muscle specific exercises (ex: leg press for the quads to help improve the squat) can have crossover effects with other lifts, but the more they have in common with the lift, the more effective they will be.
A Human Is Not A Lobster
A human being is not like a lobster, a wolf, or a cow - so why do we constantly use unfit animal metaphors to describe how humans ought to eat, think, or behave?
Ditch The Treadmill!
Many people train to be good at running in ways that violate the basic principle of exercise specificity. Here’s why ditching the treadmill will make you a better runner.
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.
How Do Our Bodies Really Adapt?
How do our bodies respond and adapt to exercise? While this seems like a very basic question, most people don’t really know the basics.