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.
Yes, (Almost) Anyone Can Exercise
I often hear people tell me that they “can’t” exercise, when it’s far more accurate to say that they just haven’t figured out the right approach yet.
Warming Up Properly For Heavy Lifting
Warmups are a crucial part of your workout that everyone can agree is important in order to maximize performance and minimize injury risk. At the same time, I often see people wasting their time on inefficient warmups that waste a lot of time.
Regression To The Mean
Regression to the mean is a little-understood statistical concept that explains why we can very easily be misled by a small amount of data, but gathering more data can give us a better picture of what’s going on.
Sleep Is The Fountain Of Youth
How often do you hear a personal trainer recommending more sleep? The reality is that better sleep is one of the single most important things you can do for your health, fitness, productivity, and intelligence.