High-Volume, High-Frequency Training and Realistic Muscle-Building for the Natural Bodybuilder This article, I will admit, is in many ways nothing more than an excuse to show off my youngest son Garrett’s physique as seen above. But since I have a good feeling that he has exactly the kind of body that most men would love to acquire, I also want to discuss his training philosophy and some lessons that you can learn from it. First, however, let’s discuss the 3 training variables of volume, frequency, and intensity. If you’re familiar with my point-of-view, you can skip ahead to the next paragraph. If you’re not, then pay attention! In order to get results out of resistance training, no matter your goals, you must properly balance and manipulate the 3 training variables of volume, frequency, and intensity. Two of the variables need to be high (or one high and the other moderate) and the remaining v...
An “Everything Moderate” Approach to Heavy Singles, Full-Body Training, and Continued Progress As the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat. I’m unsure where this idiom originated from—as an avowed animal lover I can’t imagine skinning any sentient being—but it does contain a certain truth. If one method fails at something you are trying to achieve, you should find another. Training is no different. In my last article , I presented a Bill Starr-inspired method of implementing heavy singles into a full-body routine using Starr’s heavy/light/medium system. When training with full-body workouts—singles or otherwise—you basically have two options that are the most effective for the majority of lifters. You can cycle your training loads with the H-L-M method—or something similar, but load-cycling is the point—or you can follow an “everything moderate” approach, where, essentially, all ...