by AST Sports Science | Questions & Answers
Almost every experienced bodybuilder will agree that the mind-to-muscle link is important to optimize the growth response to training. A recent study suggests this maybe true. This research showed that you can increase muscle activation during weight lifting by...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Hitting the gym day in and day out is all about achieving goals. If you aren’t trying to improve something about your body then what’s the point of going to the gym in the first place. As you get more experienced with your training, you come to realize that...
by Jeff Willet | Articles, Training
A Perfect Workout Starts With a Perfect Warm-up Every aspect of Max-OT training works synergistically, making it the most effective training approach for building maximum muscle. To get the greatest results, it is important that you understand and execute all the...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
#Beast mode, #killed it, #crushed the iron and #goHAM are all tags which can be readily seen on many of the social media pages of those determined to prove they are hardcore lifters. While the enthusiasm is very much appreciated and the thought that there are plenty...
by Jeff Willet | Articles
Earlier this week I received an email from one of our readers in which he forwarded an excerpt from an article about cardio. This article was written by a strength coach, and in the passage, the coach was explaining why he suggests doing cardio directly after...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Bodybuilding can become mundane. The basic formula for success is pretty much the same for everyone (train, eat, sleep, repeat). The differences come from the types of foods we eat, our training and of course our lifestyle. Once the formula for success has been...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Articles, Research
In Part-2 we looked at what hypertrophy is, the most effective type of training that activates the hypertrophic response and the relationship between strength development and muscle growth. In this article we’ll look at what time frame do these changes occur? What’s...
by AST Sports Science | Articles, Training
Who doesn’t want shredded abs? But the secret? Well, I wouldn’t call it a secret, but it is elusive for most, to say the least. It’s called hard work and strict discipline. Hard work mainly comes from the fact that abs just aren’t fun to train....
