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

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.

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

neurological, or ‘bulk free’, strength training can be summed up as acquiring the skill to generate more tension.

For the record, there is a reason why big guys are usually so partial to squats. Comrades who gravitate to serious iron games often have big muscles, short legs, and a long torso. These characteristics give them an advantage in the squat while making the deadlift very difficult.

the stabilizing muscles are prematurely fatigued during high-rep sets

Increased muscle tone is not a physical transformation of your muscle. It is the result of the nervous system being more alert.

Do only things that help most. Concentrate your energies on doing few tasks well, rather than many tasks poorly.”

Here is how you can minimize various types of fatigue and get the most out of your strength training: 1) limit the repetitions to five and fewer; 2) increase the rest intervals between sets to a duration of three to five minutes; 3) limit the number of sets to two; 4) pause and relax between reps; 5) do not practice a lift more than five times a we

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.