Movement Patterns: Exercises For Horizontal & Vertical Push & Pull, Quad & Hip Dominant, And More

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Another one of the many ways of categorizing weight training exercises is in terms of their movement pattern. You see, while there might be hundreds of different exercises in existence, there’s really only a few basic movements the human body is capable of doing during an exercise. For the most part, these movement patterns are:…

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Compound Exercises vs Isolation Exercises: Which is best?

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A common way of classifying weight training exercises is in terms of how the exercise trains your body and what/how many muscle groups are being used significantly when it’s performed. In this case, there’s 2 groups an exercise can fall into: Compound Exercises Isolation Exercises Now, a lot of silly (or stupid) people like to…

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Free Weights vs Machines vs Body Weight Exercises: Which Is Better?

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In the most basic and obvious sense, weight training exercises can fall into 3 different groups based on how they are preformed and what type of equipment is used. They are: Free Weights Body Weight Exercises Machines Despite what anyone else tells you, each type of exercise can serve a useful purpose in literally every…

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The Optimal Volume Per Muscle Group, Body Part, Workout & Week

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As I’ve previously explained, weight training volume (the amount of exercises, sets and reps you do) is a key factor influencing the effectiveness of your workout routine. Meaning, if you want to get the best results possible, your goal is to use an optimal amount of volume for each body part and muscle group per…

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Weight Training To Muscle Failure: Should You Train To Failure Or Not?

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In weight training, the term “failure” is used to describe what happens when you are unable to continue a set of an exercise due to momentary muscle failure. Some people think failure is when you just think you can’t do any additional reps. This is wrong. Failure is when you actually reach the point of…

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