by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles
Let's face it, the experienced you become as a lifter the more difficult the task of increasing strength on a regular basis. There are two key points to progressive overload that you must consider in order to keep making improvements in strength. The first aspect...
by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers
Some people consider themselves “a morning person”; they perform their best efforts in the early AM. Others like to hit the gym in the early evening as they feel this is the time they’re most alert and at their strongest. This is our circadian...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The complexity of the world in which we live in today has surpassed even the predictions of our greatest prophets. It can become very easy to drown in the sea of options and lose yourself in your endless quest for instant gratification. And it is for that reason many...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Often times the flexibility component, in an otherwise excellent training program, is overlooked and sometimes understated. A tensile muscle is a healthy muscle and keeping up with a program that includes flexibility training is difficult yet rewarding. In the past...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Opportunities come and go. Being able to capture the moment and seize each situation where improvement is the outcome is the difference between winning and losing, or for the purposes of this article hypertrophy and atrophy. Knowing how to plan your meals around your...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
There are intricacies associated with even the smallest of tasks. Building a physique is no small task, and with that said, the road to success can and should be filled with these intricacies more closely associated with the finer details of a worthy training...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
There is a saying that has stuck with me from the very beginning of my bodybuilding journey to now. It goes like this: You can’t build a house without a foundation. What this refers to is the idea that a solid, well-rounded physique is built from the ground up. Far...
by Dana Bushell | Questions & Answers
Some arguments are meant to be constant banter between those who preach and those who are critical. Much the same as the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” the question of whether or not free weights are better than machines and vice...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The rigors of a bodybuilding lifestyle are all too consuming for many to really understand or appreciate. It is a sport, unlike others, that has no parameters of time to follow and the measure of your success comes in the subjective form of another’s opinion. While...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
What lies within each of us ready to be unleashed at the most opportune moment, is a searing force hard to define. Unless you have taken yourself to this point and breached the fine line of sanity, you may have difficulty understanding the true meaning of intensity....
