#programming

Hi everyone, In Pavel's article on The Best All-Around Training Method Ever, someone asked about how that program could be optimized for hypertrophy. Pavel's responded to include some glycolytic power repeats in combination with the regular program, and made reference to a specific newsletter...

The gym I train at won't open on weekends. The other ones in my area are either too expensive or too far away for my budget and schedule. Would it be safe for me to train five days in a row while being careful to take it very easy and not rushing the overload? Or should I de-load after a third...

For a number of reasons I would like to train with a semi-flexible program that involves a "checklist" and just checking off items throughout the week. Some days this might involve 2-3 smaller workouts throughout the day, while others might be a longer 45-60 minute single workout. Some...

So I've been 23 for almost two decades until the last six months or so and BAM!, 40 years old hit like a freight train. Wrists started aching, I wrenched my elbow-super bad trying to push a twin-sized bed (feel free to laugh, I did...after I stopped swearing), and my knees are...well, they're...

I'm ok with boring, but I'm not the only person involved. My daughter is 13, and wants to be stronger in order to be faster for sprinting in the track season in the spring. She is fairly strong already, she can perform a standing back tuck, for example. She has deadlifted 155 at 120 lbs. (In...

I was re-reading Simple and Sinister’s chapter on step-loading, it occurred to me my own (mostly) calisthenics based training has moved in this direction. An example: Most pull up programmes (as written), are too much volume for me and my joints complain, so I end up modifiying. I’ve learned...