Maximize Effective Volume and Minimize Junk Volume (with Program Sample)
Maximize Effective Volume and Minimize Junk Volume (with Program Sample)

There is a muscle protein synthesis threshold, and adding sets over and above this threshold will not help you gain additional muscle. A simple way to ensure you aren’t wasting your time and energy on junk volume is greater frequency.

Bodybuilding for the Powerlifter— How to Use High Reps to Get Strong(er)
Bodybuilding for the Powerlifter— How to Use High Reps to Get Strong(er)

High-rep training is extraordinarily useful to powerlifters (even if it’s also extraordinarily unpleasant). Like any other programming tool, however, it needs to be used appropriately, or it can cause more harm than good.

WATCH: UGSS John Meadows Presentation — Phase 4 and Designing the Program
WATCH: UGSS John Meadows Presentation — Phase 4 and Designing the Program

In the third part of his presentation, John goes into great detail about the layout of a training program and how to manipulate frequency to bring up weak body parts.

An Experiment in Overreaching
An Experiment in Overreaching

In the weeks leading up to my vacation, I intentionally out-trained by ability to recover in attempts to spur super compensation. Here’s what I learned.

LISTEN: High-Frequency Training and the Science That Supports It
LISTEN: High-Frequency Training and the Science That Supports It

Scott Stevenson details the scholarly and bodybuilding principles that formed his high-frequency training philosophy.

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