This topic took me a long time to grasp, despite how easy it can be to describe. I also think that progression is something that we can easily just state as adding more weight. We take so much time determining reps, sets, volume, etc, why do we not take a systematic approach to progression and... Continue Reading →
What is Hypertrophy and How To Train for It
If you've been lifting for long enough, even in isolation, you've probably come across people talking about hypertrophy. If you haven't googled it by now, hypertrophy is simply the increase of size of skeletal muscle through the growth of the component cells of muscle. Specifically, myofibrils and/or sarcomeres. How Hypertrophy occurs is a much more... Continue Reading →
Training Splits, Explained.
Training splits provide you a framework to being to program your own training. At the end of the day, splits are just a way to organize your training, and ensure you're getting the right amount of weekly volume for each muscle group while giving yourself enough time between workouts in order to recover. As a... Continue Reading →
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