Tag: strength training
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Strong or Jacked…what do you want?
Most guys start working out with the intention of building muscle and having a ripped body. If anything strength is simply a side effect of bigger muscles. But somewhere along the line many guys get caught up training for strength instead of bigger muscles. They start worrying about how many plates they have on the bar…
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Workout Consistency
Now that our office and gym is renovated, the holiday hours at the local gym can’t ruin my workouts for the week. It’s pretty nice to have the freedom to workout any time I want without having to work around the busy time at the gym, or holiday hours etc. Consistency with your workout is…
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Strength Loss After Sickness
I’m going to try and hit the gym today. It’s been 6 days since I’ve done any weight training while I was sick from food poisoning. This is a good experiment on muscle atrophy and strength gain/loss. During the past week I’ve been dehydrated, I”ve eating very little food and almost zero protein. My average…
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Strength is Relative…Sort of
I’ve been getting questions about strength and specifically how much weight should be lifted for a particular body size. This is a difficult question to answer because there are multiple factors that go into measuring and building strength. Muscle size is only one of the factors correlated to strength. Here is a list of other…