Tagged: lifting

Why? Recently I took a four-month hiatus from weight lifting to focus purely on training for a marathon. Now that this goal has been achieved it is time to get back into the weight room and start a new challenge. What could such a goal look like in terms of strength? I remember reading „Beyond Brawn“ back in the day where the author writes „Achieving a bodyweight Military Press should be one of the highest priced goals“. In the past,...

Training frequency too low Most training plans for building muscle nowadays suggest that you only train each part of your body once a week. Often this is justified by the fact that you then have the advantage of a longer regeneration time and you can train the muscles especially hard on this one day. You know the saying on the Internet that after a good “Leg day” you can no longer take the stairs and therefore think you have done...