Should You Train To Failure?
Training to failure is sometimes heralded as a secret technique for gaining mass and strength, and sometimes demonized as being uniquely likely to cause injury. Here’s what the science says, and how you can effectively implement training to failure in your own training.
Tapering And Peaking: Overlooked Tools For Maximizing Strength
Tapering and peaking can easily add 2-5% to your max lifts without much of any effort at all - in fact, it’s so deceptively easy that many people mess it up by training too hard. Here’s how you can taper and peak properly to maximize your strength for competition or max testing.
No One Cares About Your Ideas Except You - And They Shouldn't
Afraid that you’ve got the next big idea on your hands and you should hide it from everyone else? Here’s why you’re probably wasting your energy.
Do Monks Live Longer? Fasting, Religion, And Lifespan
Do monks and other heavily religious people live longer than the average person? Yes. Does this mean you should find faith? Probably not.
When And How To Deload The Right Way
Deloads are one of the most valuable tools the lifter has to combat over-exercising and manage recovery within a long-term training plan, but you have to know how and when to use them properly. Here’s how.