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Another myth which is still in wide circulation despite being completely rejected by science is the idea that isometric training does not trigger hypertrophy—that it doesn’t produce significant muscle growth. Nothing could be further from the truth, as we shall see.
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Modern athletes (and coaches) are often so wrapped up in conventional methods of training—for example, the focus on picking weights up and putting them down again—that they rarely stop to actually understand the ABCs of strength development.
In modern fitness and conditioning culture, great strength is indelibly associated with motion. Training drills—where you hoist up bars, dumbbells or machine levers—are inevitably called movements. Bodybuilding and weight-training are even grouped under the honorific title of lifting.
By Paul McIlroy
In fact, after over 30 years in this game (both personally and professionally) it's been my direct observation that your answer to "how big are your arms" is second only to your answer to "Whadda ya bench" in determining the magnitude of your gym accomplishments in the minds of most who go there.
Someone recently sent me a video, looking for my opinion, on a famous professor of sports science & competitive bodybuilder, whose content and opinion I respect a lot, saying that you categorically can't get "Really strong using Kettlebells".
Strength can be built by many means, does it really matter which one you choose? Well, that depends. It's true to say that the rising tide raises all ships. But it’s also important to get your ship on the tide which rises highest.
I've seen a lot of talk on the Internet recently, suggesting that neither the Bench Press nor the Push-Up are good pectoralis major exercises, some even making the statement that they aren’t true chest exercises at all.
“How do you use Justa’s singles for the deadlift and still run a squatting cycle at the same time”? “How do you know when to terminate the Justa’s singles cycle”?
By Julien Schmid
My objective is to enhance both size and strength. So, during the initial phase, I focus on bodyweight training to build strength while incorporating isometric exercises to promote muscle growth. Then, in the subsequent phase, I reverse this approach.
By Todd Ryan Jones
One of the most common feats that the old time strongmen performed was bending a 60D nail. In fact, that was what you would call the “gateway feat” of those times. If you wanted to even call yourself a strongman, you had to be able to bend a 60D nail...
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