Not exact matches
These people need to
train differently
than the big guys, so instead of doing a large number of sets with low
weight, they should concentrate on getting
stronger first.
Because they are taking / took enough drugs in a month that they'd be 250 pounds and ripped if they never lifted anything much heavier
than their pill bottles (an exaggeration perhaps, but if you'd seen some of these top pros
train you might be surprised to find that they don't
train as hard as you do - steroids make the muscles
stronger but don't do much for the joints, so some of these men actually can't
train heavy anymore... the
weights they use in photoshoots are made of styrofoam and plastic).
Hi Anna, you can definitely still be
strong, lean and have muscle tone with other types of resistance
training (i.e. HIIT and lighter
weights) rather
than heavy lifting.
And the
weight -
training rats, although they were much
stronger at the end of the experiment
than they had been at the start, showed no discernible augmentation of neurogenesis.
Hi Mike I have just read another article of yours about personal trainers and I've started reading your book thinner leaner
stronger and I wondered if I could bother you about my experience with a PT because since I have got him involved with my
training and diet I've put on
weight and feel more confused
than ever!
This program has made me
stronger than I have ever been with years of exercise and
weight training, even
stronger than pre-babies.»
I'm almost as
strong as I was in college (when I was
weight training) 30 years ago, and definitely I feel healthier
than I ever have in my life.
If the main reason you lift
weights is to gain muscle, rather
than get
stronger, then your
training should be different.