If you want to gain as much muscle as you can as quickly as possible, training a muscle just once a week is not ideal. When you hit a muscle twice a week, it tends to grow faster compared to training it once a week. Assuming you’re doing the right things in terms of diet […]
4 Day Workout Split: Upper/Lower Hypertrophy Program
Of all the training programs I’ve used over the years, the upper lower split is one of my favorites. It’s a 4 day workout split that’s simple, flexible, and can be used by beginner, intermediate or advanced lifters alike to achieve many different goals – building muscle, getting stronger, or even just retaining muscle while […]
Why I Don’t Do Metabolic Resistance Training
Some say that metabolic resistance training, or metabolic training for short, is one of the best ways to build muscle, torch fat and improve your overall fitness… all at the same time. Your metabolism will be spiked, fat will be incinerated and metabolic forces that work day and night to change your body will be […]
Time Under Tension Myths Debunked
Time under tension, or TUT for short, refers to the amount of time your muscles are working during a set. By taking longer to lift and lower the weight, you make your sets last longer. This in turn is supposed to speed up muscle growth. In fact, most research shows that slowing down each rep […]
Eat Big to Get Big? Why You Can’t Eat to Grow
When it comes to diet and exercise, I have made a great many mistakes over the years. Perhaps the biggest was spending far too much of my late teens and early twenties carrying around too much fat. My main goal was to gain as much muscle as humanly possible. And I believed (wrongly as it […]
Lean vs Ripped vs Shredded: How Long Does it Take?
When someone asks how to get shredded, it usually means they want to drop some fat, so that you can see the shape and outline of their muscles. Truth is, there’s more than one level of leanness. Most people can get cut without too much of problem. But not everyone can get shredded. Even just […]