Power to the People!: Russian Strength Training Secrets for Every American

The squat is a man made game. End of story.

When you get back to the real world where you have to control your weights, you will expose yourself to an injury in the planes of movement you have not strengthened.

why do you get sore on one side of a muscle, rather than the other? Probably from tendon inflammation on the loaded end.

your spine, joints, and tendons must get accustomed to the pressure of ‘real’ resistance. When

more fixed the object, the more likely you are to develop a pattern overload,”

The logical way to meet the above requirements is to: 1) reduce the reps to 4-6 per set to allow for heavy weights; 2) perform many, 10-20 on average, sets; 3) terminate all the sets a couple of reps before failure to avoid premature fatigue which would force the reduction in weights or/and sets.

this is what muscle tone is—residual tension in a relaxed muscle!

There is just one gap the deadlift leaves in your strength: your pressing prowess.

the stabilizing muscles are prematurely fatigued during high-rep sets