The current opinion is that the last 5 reps of a set are the most effective, but again - this is splitting hairs and largely unimportant in the...
I agree with what Simon says wrt the conditioning of the tissue that needs to be taken into account...and we don’t have reliable data, so we are...
Charles is basically saying a lot of the same stuff that I’ve been discussing on the recent Q&As for Sustainable Self-Development, some of it...
Yes, during the 15s and 10s is my recommendation. I have already tweaked and refined it into an HST-based template, integrated it with a...
Yeah, and I think Lyle did a great review on it here:...
People will claim something doesn’t work because they are ignorant. If they were right, they would also have to claim that progressive loading and...
I’m not a big fan of it, unless we are talking high reps with lower loads and a controlled cadence. The usual way of performing it when ego takes...
I have no problems with that, as long as it is furthering our collective understanding of how we can get stronger and make a muscle grow. What I...
Thanks, that is awesome feedback! :D
Point being that you don’t need to slow down your reps intentionally, you will move slower due to either fatigue at higher reps or the loads being...
Awesome! :) I also had a higher frequency (full-body) at the beginning and dropped down to a 2x/week (actually 2x in 8-9 days) for the 5s, doing...
I think the squeeze press is a good option if you don’t have cables. [MEDIA]
Sounds like Lyle, yes.
I think the basic premise is exactly what I presented when I introduced the concept of "effective reps" back in the day. This is not to say that...
A reasonable job, as could be expected from some PT who likes to read and wanted to share a cool method he came over in order get attention for it :D
The video talks about a study where males trained to grow their muscles, took time off, restarted training and their muscle mass increased faster...
Maybe there’s something to this Strategic Deconditioning, eh? :D
As mentioned in the other thread, I actually tend to think a rest-pause/Myo-reps approach should be used exclusively (depending on the exercise,...
http://thinkmuscle.com/community/threads/hey-what-about-unplanned-increments.43461/page-2#post-258980
I have 5-6 exercises - where 1 Myo-rep set is approx 1:30 in duration - so that’s 9 minutes total. I do 1-2 warm-up sets depending on the...
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