Hypertrophy

I'm sure you've heard that progressive overload is the most important thing in strength training. But you may be looking at it all wrong. continue reading.

Is supplementation the key to fat loss, muscle building, and optimal health? And with everything that's out there, how do you know what's legit and what you should be taking? I've got the answers to those questions, and many more, in today's Q&A. continue reading.

Stop letting yourself down, make the decision to live on 10, and then press play because I'm here to help you crush your goals with today's Q&A.  continue reading.

How much volume is too much? How do you know if you're doing enough? And how do you differentiate between ramp up and work sets?  continue reading.

Jason has spent over 15 years training athletes to become healthier, stronger, and better conditioned. He's a contributor for T-Nation.com, EliteFTS.com, works with the National Strength & Conditioning Assoc. and he’s here today to share his expertise. continue reading.

Are you training efficiently? Or are you like the countless others wasting time and energy every time you step into the gym? continue reading.

To build muscle fast you need to present the body with a stimulus that it isn’t used to. This stress will cause the body to adapt by building itself up bigger and stronger. Where most people go wrong is that they think they need to annihilate the muscle in order to elicit any type of response. This is counterproductive. When you annihilate the muscle with tons of sets, reps and constantly train to failure and beyon you drastically increase your recovery time. The problem with that is that training frequency is very important. So when you increase your recovery… continue reading.

Guns, jacks, pipes, hooks, pythons… Whatever you call them, the fact remains that most guys want to know how to build bigger arms. While they are nowhere near as impressive, rarely seen and as intimidating as a big set of traps, you still don’t want to have and extra six inches of space in your shirt sleeves; that’s for sure. So the question is how do you go about building bigger arms? The answer is not as simple as you might assume. If it were easy, you would see tons of guys walking around with 18 inch… continue reading.

Is a pump needed to build muscle? Some people emphatically state that getting a good pump is necessary. Others say just the opposite. First of all, the ability to easily obtain a good pump is a sign that your body is in an anabolic state and ready to train. It shows us that the body and the cells are well hydrated and ready to grow. Some days, you go to the gym and can’t get a pump no matter what you do. Your body is telling you something, and that something is that you are not in an anabolic state,… continue reading.