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Can Cardio Help You Get Stronger?

May 21, 2015 by Nick Leave a Comment

Can Cardio Help You Get Stronger?

Directly, probably not. But indirectly, yes it can. I don’t have a lot of evidence to back this up (if you want the science behind why cardio can help you get stronger, check out some articles by Greg Nuckols and Alex Viada); I just know from first hand experience that when I’m not doing any […]

Filed Under: Featured, Training Tagged With: cardio, intensity, Strength, training, Work Capacity

Don’t Get Married to Percentages

September 14, 2014 by Nick Leave a Comment

Don’t Get Married to Percentages

 Percentages are awesome.   I use them in nearly all of the training programs I write – both for myself and for my clients – and not only do they allow you to regulate the weight/intensity used on a given exercise (and control the progression scheme moving forward), but they give you an idea of […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: autoregulation, instincts, intensity, load, percentages, Strength, Strength Training, training