Posts Tagged with "hypertrophy"
Are Compound Movements Actually Making You Stronger?
NOTE FROM TG: I’ll be traveling in Europe for the next ten days and figured this would be a nice opportunity to repurpose some old content that may have been missed the first time around. 1) If you didn’t read this the first time I posted it all I have to say is “pfffffft, whatever.”… Read more
Women and Hypertrophy: Why Should Jill Get Jacked?
I train a lot of women. In fact, if I broke down my client roster I’d say it’s about a 50/49/1% split (women/men/Centaur). I live in a little strength & conditioning bubble where the bulk of women I work with don’t blink an eye at the idea of adding muscle to their frame. In fact,… Read more
Why Women Should Embrace the Bigness
Or, to make things a bit more click baity maybe an alternative title of this post should be: “Why Women Should Train for Gainz.” I mean, why do words such as “mass, size, gain, muscular, bulk, and bigness” need only apply to men? While the tides have changed in recent years – in no… Read more
Maybe Less Isn’t More
Peruse pretty much any fitness magazine targeted to women and you’ll inevitably see words like, “lose, fat-loss, tight, drop a size, tiny, hot, and lean” plastered all over its pages. This is unfortunate. Women are programmed, often at an early age, to be less, that in order to be attractive and have self-worth, the smaller… Read more
A Quick and Dirty Way To Add Muscle
I’ve spent the first part of this week writing about action heroes and poking a little fun at CrossFit, so I felt it was only fair to write something actually useful to those of you heading to the gym today. Most everyone reading this blog is interested in getting stronger and/or adding muscle (usually both)…. Read more