Some Thoughts on High-Volume, High-Frequency Training, Bodyweight Workouts, Program Design, and Progressive Resistance Bill Starr is primarily known for his 5x5 training and his heavy-light-medium system of strength training. Most of the articles that I write here on Starr revolve around those methods, as well, including an entire book I wrote on his methodology, The Strongest Shall Always Survive: Lifting Lessons from an Iron Legend . Starr was a one-time world-class Olympic weightlifter and a world-renowned strength coach. When it came to the athletes that he trained, it was all about increasing their strength and performance. But he also wrote a lot of articles for the major bodybuilding rags that ruled the magazine rack during his lifetime. When I was young, for instance, I knew of him only because of his many articles in Ironman magazine and MuscleMag International . Starr was well aware that most of those readers ...
On Programming Design and Discovering the Best Program for You Ha! I probably caught you with that catchy little title and got you to click on what you’re now reading. Call it a little “bait and switch” or a handy bit of marketing to get you to read my blog, but I’m also quite sincere. I want to discuss the single greatest training program/workout routine ever , so what is it, you ask? There are essentially two truisms in strength training and muscle building that will always be true. Sure, we make discoveries all of the time in the realm of science. What was “true” one minute can be washed away the next in a new moment of discovery. But when it comes to training, here are the two truths: The very best program on the planet is the one that works for you . The best program is the one that you’re not doing. Many lifters simply follow the routine of the latest hot-...