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Rest-Pause Training for Gaining Size or Strength

Training Ideas and Workout Plans for Power and Mass     I think one of the best methods for your workouts, no matter your goals, is rest-pause training.  Although when it is used, it’s done so by...

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The Mass Volume/Variation Program

High-Volume Workout Variation for Continuous Hypertrophy Gains     The more advanced a bodybuilder gets, the more variation that he needs.  The late strength coach Charles Poliquin believed that a...

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Understanding Work Capacity

How to Improve and Increase Your Work Capacity for Better, More Consistent Gains in Size and Strength     There are several problems that I see in modern-day training and among modern lifters.  I...

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Overtrain to Gain

How and Why Planned “Overtraining” is a Key to More Size and Strength     At some point, “overtraining” became a bad word in the world of strength training and muscle building.  Basically, or so the...

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Mixed Training

Use This Training Concept for Better Athletic Performance and/or New Gains in Size and Strength     In my article The Fighter’s Physique, I mentioned the benefit of “weaving” together one’s strength...

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High-Volume, High-Frequency Workouts for the Natural Bodybuilder

Garrett Sloan's High-Volume Training for the Natural Bodybuilder Seeking Aesthetic PerfectionPart One: 3-Way Split Training     In April, I posted an article on My Son’s High-Volume, High-Frequency...

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Ordinary Lifting is the Way

On Plain, Simple, but Effective Workouts and Progressive Training Programs     Zhazhou asked Nanquan, “What is the Way?”     Nanquan said, “Ordinary mind is the Way.”     “Just watch children playing....

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To Kensho or Not to Kensho…

That is the QuestionOn the Importance (or Unimportance) of Spiritual “Experiences” such as Kensho and Satori in Budo Zen and Zen-Influenced BudoAre Experiences of Spiritual “Awakening” Important?...

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Bodyweight Training Using the Heavy-Light-Medium System

A Simple 3-Days-Per-Week, H/L/M Bodyweight Regimen     I received an email the other day asking me if I was going to write another part of my Bodyweight Training and Beyond series.  I wrote Part 3 of...

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Some Odds and Ends

Unique Training Concepts and Ideas for Gaining Size and Strength or Getting in Shape     I have a lot of stuff that I’m trying to write.  So much that it can get overwhelming—a book I’m trying to...

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Make 10x10 Better

Variations on the 10 Sets of 10 Reps Method for One-Exercise-Per-Bodypart Training     Since the ‘90s, I’ve preached the benefits of one-exercise-per-bodypart workouts in articles I wrote for Ironman...

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The Wisdom of Train Long, Not Hard

Simple Methods to Improve Your Workouts and Obtain Better Results     Over the years, one of my most popular articles has been my “Train Long, Not Hard” feature that I wrote for Testosterone Nation...

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The Power of Minimal

Minimalistic Programs for Strength and Power, Added Size, or an Aesthetic Physique     The other day I was at the grocery store stocking up on meat, veggies, and my other pantry mainstay, dog food and...

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More Thoughts on Grease-the-Groove and High-Frequency Training

     In my last article, I presented a few workout routines along with some training ideas for using high-frequency training (HFT) with what is commonly termed “grease-the-groove” workouts.  After...

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Grease-the-Groove Workouts and High-Frequency Training for Mass and Power,...

An “Easy” High-Frequency Training Program for Plenty of Size and Strength + Some Other Tips and Workouts for Transforming Your Physique     I began training in martial arts more than 40 years ago, when...

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Hybrid Lifts for Size and Strength

Build More Mass and Power with Hybrid Lifts and the Workouts That Utilize Them     The best lifts for building size and strength are “big” compound movements.  If you want to build as much mass and...

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Basic Training Advice for Full-Body Workouts

Some Thoughts on Programming Design and Proper Technique for Learning the Major LiftsAdvice for Beginners or Those New to Full-Body Workouts or Serious Strength Training     Although I have covered the...

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High-Set, Low-Rep Training Plans

Some Detailed Training Plans for High-Set, Low-Rep Workout Programs     Two of my most popular recent articles are the ones on high-set, low-rep training variations.  If you’re interested, and haven’t...

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Workout Plans with the 3 to 5 Method

How to Run a Systematized Training Plan Using the 3 to 5 Method     In my recent 3 to 5 Split Training article, I discussed some different split schedules using the 3 to 5 method.  The method is...

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High-Frequency, High-Volume, AND High-Intensity

A Workout Program and Some Training Ideas for Those Who Want It All     In my last article on using the 3 to 5 method with split workouts, I outlined the Russian rules of training.  3 to 5 training is...

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