Strength Training and Hormones
Testosterone is one of the major anabolic hormones involved in strength training. Strength training produces an acute increase in testosterone. In other words, the act of lifting weights causes the body to...
hypertrophy
Muscles May Be Very Adaptable to Training
The muscles that we see under our skin are made up of muscle fibers that run the entire length of the muscle. These fibers are the cells of the muscle. Beyond just...
Program Design and Fun With Suspension Training
Today I put on a workshop at Texas Woman’s University on program design and suspension training exercises for the upper body. We began the workshop talking about program design for three different...
Exercise Order Impacts Performance
Over the years I have found the journal Sports Medicine to be a good source of information. This journal publishes reviews on significant topics. The current issue has a review on exercise...
Thoughts on Program Design, Part 3
The first post in this series dealt with principles that govern program design , the second with background information behind training for strength, power, and hypertrophy. This post will tie everything together....