Optimizing Muscular Hypertrophy – A Scientific Perspective
Optimizing Muscular Hypertrophy – A Scientific Perspective I am pretty confident that the majority of strength and conditioning coaches and the better personal trainers are familiar with the two distinct forms of muscular hypertrophy: sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar. In case you are not I will give you a quick rundown before we delve deeper into optimizing [...]
Read More…Shortcuts to Strength
By James White Editor’s note: the title of this article is slightly misleading and I encourage those of you who are interested not necessarily in lifting heavier poundages, but in the optimal health and performance of your body to read this article. There are a few take home gems in this for everybody. Shortcuts [...]
Read More…Frequency of Training: Is There a Best Way?
The following article on frequency of training is a series of excerpts Nick Mitchell contributed to a Men’s Health article (July 2011) on the best exercise protocols for differing frequencies of training. Frequency of Training: One workout a week I took a different tack from what MH originally wanted for a one session a week [...]
Read More…The Only Workout You Will Ever Need!
This article on the one best workout for fat loss and muscle building was originally written by Nick Mitchell for AskMen.com in 2007 a few months after a particularly horrible Charles Poliquin training session… At my London personal training gym we specialise in workouts that will hand your arse to you on a plate. Sweat [...]
Read More…Breaking Strength Training Plateaus
The plateau effect occurs in strength training when one can no longer see improvements in their training intensity (as defined by _weight lifted”) or volume. The body cannot adapt to the attempted progression in overload and as a result strength stagnates and improvements in performance and aesthetics cease to occur. From the elite lifter to [...]
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