by AST Sports Science | Research
Breakthroughs in research technology are providing new information in exercise science and sports medicine at an incredibly rapid rate. A lot of this new, exciting information has to do with fat metabolism during exercise. While this information can lead to more...
by Jeff Willet | Training
There is a big misconception when it comes to abdominal training. You often hear that in order to trim your waistline you need to do countless high rep sets of crunches and you need to train your abs frequently throughout the week. This is simply not true. You can’t...
by AST Sports Science | Training
The muscle-building process is pretty simple. When I say that, I am not talking about the effort required to execute the process, just the basic formula which can be summed up as stimulus and response. Muscle is best stimulated to grow by being placed under heavy...
by AST Sports Science | Training
As those who follow the Max-OT program knows, changing up your workout schedule every 8 to 10 weeks is an integral part of the system. Changing up your Max-OT workout gives you the opportunity train different muscle groups together, incorporate different exercises,...
by AST Sports Science | Training
Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could train as much as your level of desire dictated? Wouldn’t it be great if the amount of muscle you could build in a specific period of time was directly proportional to the number of training sessions, sets, exercises, and repetitions...
by Jeff Willet | Articles
If you use the Max-OT principles, you are very familiar with the importance of taking a week off, and you’ve no doubt felt the positive effects of a scheduled break after every 8 to 10 weeks of training. This is known as cyclical recovery (CR) or time between Max-OT...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
This is really a comparison of a unilateral movement (dumbbell curl) with a bilateral exercise (barbell curl). It must be made clear; there is no ‘most effective’ movement – both have benefits and drawbacks. For example, compared to dumbbells, a barbell will allow for...
by Jeff Willet | Questions & Answers
I use one foot at a time for calf raises off the leg press because it is easier for me to achieve overload than if I use two feet at a time. I would not say one foot at a time is any more effective, but for me, it is definitely more efficient. You need to overload...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Precision, productivity, general effort and intensity are the four key main ingredients for establishing a solid workout. There is no point in entering a gym free of a plan of attack, free of a designated mindset and with no set point to which your workout should end....
