Rep Tempo and Time Under Tension
Tempo is one of the most underutilised and poorly understood training variables, and it is actually an important variable to grasp if you want to get the most out of your resistance training. It isn’t even a difficult concept to grasp, yet many people willfully...
RIR & RPE: Do You Need To Train To Failure?
The concepts of Reps In Reserve (RIR) and Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) are incredibly helpful. Despite this, they are often poorly understood and poorly utilised in the health and fitness world. Fitness culture would often lead you to believe that there is no...
Understanding Reps
Understanding reps is essential to understanding resistance training. After all, a workout is just a collection of reps. If you optimise the rep, you are well on your way to effective training. However, to optimise your reps, first you have to actually build out your...
Exercise Selection, Variety and Ordering
Exercise selection is something that a lot of people overthink. You would think that it would be easy to answer the question “What exercise should I choose?” But, it is actually quite nuanced, and it can leave people scratching their heads wondering what...
