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I am not a big fan of pre-exhaust training but for an occasional change of pace, this is a really intense way to go.  The principle behind the concept is that the smaller muscle groups in any compound movement will give out first; the reason being simple in that the weaker muscle will always give out first in any given exercise.  It does make sense

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If you take a good look around your gym while your gym mates are exercising, you’ll realize that not very many of them are doing full body workouts. You are probably just like them, training most of your time on split routines of some sort to gain weight and build muscle. The fact is that most weight lifters are doing just that. Using split routines, however, causes two problems… Continue reading

Do you think you will never build muscle or jumped to the conclusion that you are a “hardgainer”? Think again, because chances are you were not following the right workout program to gain muscle. Most if not all failures are caused by the usual high volume split routines which typically prescribe 5 or 6 workouts a week, targeting 1 or 2 muscle groups each workout with a whopping  10… Continue reading