Bodybuilders first popularized the German Volume Training (GVT) method in the 1970s, when they realized they could gain lots of lean muscle mass by subjecting their muscle fibers to a tremendous ...
When it comes to building muscle, you may not be sure if more is more. Some advice suggests those who struggle to build muscle should work out using lower volume (fewer reps, sets and overall workload ...
Training schedules continue to evolve across gyms and recreational sports environments. Not to mention, athletes are increasingly adjusting how they manage physical load during longer workouts and ...
In the world of fitness training, there’s a school of thought that says that in order to grow your muscles, you need to first “shock" them. Shocking the muscle would mean to introduce a new and ...
When Australian researchers conducted a study on high-altitude training, the results surprised them: Half the elite runners ran hard workouts at 6,000 feet and improved their race times by an ...
I generally try to keep my nose out of coaching as it is not my area of expertise, but 70-85 miles per week is a lot of miles for a high school student training for 3.1 mile race. In the face of a ...
If you’re pressed for time at the gym, but want to pack some quality training volume into your session, what do you do? Most lifters will reach for supersets, which are an excellent option for ...