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…
Continue Reading: Free Weights vs Machines vs Body Weight Exercises: Which Is Better?
At this point you should know what weight training frequency is most ideal for you and have selected a workout schedule that suits that frequency. You should have also figured out how many reps to do per set for your goal, and planned how much volume (total amount of sets, reps and exercises) you’re going…
Continue Reading: Selecting Weight Training Exercises For Your Workout Routine
At this point you should have a pretty good understanding of why properly planning your weight training volume (the amount of sets, reps and exercises you do) is so important. And, you should also be familiar with what I consider to be the optimal volume range for most people, which is the total amount of…
Continue Reading: How Many Sets & Reps Should You Do Per Exercise Each Workout?
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…
Continue Reading: The Optimal Volume Per Muscle Group, Body Part, Workout & Week
In weight training, volume refers to the amount of work being done. The “work” will of course come in the form of the exercises you do and how many sets and reps you do for each. That means volume can be measured in a lot of different ways, the most important of which are: How…
Continue Reading: Weight Training Volume: How Many Sets, Reps & Exercises?
When creating your weight training workout routine, you tend to focus most on stuff like which muscle groups you’ll train on which days, what exercises you’ll do in each workout, how many sets and reps you’ll do for each, and so on. But, there’s often one very obvious question that goes overlooked… How much weight…
Continue Reading: How Much Weight Should You Lift & Use For Each Exercise?
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…
Continue Reading: Weight Training To Muscle Failure: Should You Train To Failure Or Not?
Weight training intensity basically refers to how much weight you will be lifting and how heavy or light that weight is for you on a given exercise. The lighter the weight/easier it is for you, the lower the intensity. The heavier the weight/harder it is for you, the higher the intensity. And, all of this…
Continue Reading: Weight Training Intensity: How Many Reps Per Set Of An Exercise?
Choosing your overall weekly workout schedule is one of the key aspects of creating the weight training routine that is best for you. What makes it a little tricky is the fact that there’s a lot of ways it can go. The amount of potential workout schedules, splits, and plans to choose from is enough…
Continue Reading: Workout Schedule: The Best Weekly Weight Training Schedules & Splits
Weight training frequency can typically be divided up into 3 groups. First, there’s low frequency, which would most often mean training each muscle group just once per week. On the opposite end, we have high frequency training, which most commonly refers to training each muscle group 3 times per week. The final workout frequency is…
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