If you strength train or build muscle alone, there besides barbells, dumbbells, and weights, there is one piece of equipment that will become your best friend. And, no, it isn’t a weight bench. It’s a squat rack. Why is this so? Why Use a Squat Rack? Why should you use a squat rack, or “power … Read more
I’ll tell you something, I love my trap bar. Now, it’s really a hex bar. I’ll get into that later. Most people still call them trap bars. About a year or so ago, I fell on some icy steps and sustained a very bad floating rib injury and a severe muscle contusion in the lateral … Read more
A question came up about the muscles shaking during a workout. Many of us have had our muscles shudder and quiver while lifting very heavy weights or working against a lot of external resistance. But one of the answers to this question about muscle shakiness caught my eye. The person answering said that their personal … Read more
There seems to be a whole new crop of strength training writers which are getting rabid followers by telling them what they want to hear. What do they want to hear? How they can get strong without hard work. In fact, it seems anything that is about getting strong but NOT about actual training is … Read more
This article is an attempt to clear up some of the misconceptions on the internet regarding the Bannister’s Fitness-Fatigue Model, the so-called “Dual Factor Theory”. Although it is simply a model it has been used to design one size fits all programs due to a misconception that it attempts to explain training responses for a … Read more
Originally published in 2009 at GroundUpStrength Overtraining as a term is used differently by different physiologists. I think it is important to understand, however, that ‘overtraining’ and ‘overtraining syndrome’ are not the same thing. Overtraining is what you do..the stimulus. Overtraining syndrome is a list of physiological symptoms resulting from that. In other words, its manifestations. … Read more