http://oldschooltrainer.com proven training methods Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:58:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Years ago, a fool proof method of bulking up was discovered. And yet gaining weight is a major problem with bodybuilders today because the old method somehow got lost in the shuffle. It's too bad, because gaining weight is really no problem. Bulking up is far and away ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/bulking-up/ In my opinion, of all that has ever been written on the topic of weight training, the most comprehensive and most useful overall to the the vast majority of the population comes from Stuart McRobert. His two major works are "Brawn" and "Beyond Brawn", both of which are essential primers ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/brawn-abbreviated-training/ Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale's first version of this diet was the "Anabolic Diet". "The Metabolic Diet" as it is now called is a hight fat, high protein, low carb diet where there is a carb reload period, usually on weekends - similar to the "rebounding diet" of Zumpano in the ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/the-metabolic-diet/ In the old days, most men who lifted weights in a serious fashion practiced the standing press – and most of them were reasonably good at the lift. Let’s work together to bring that aspect of training back to the Iron Game. Make it a belated New Year’s resolution: “This ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/increasing-your-press/ By far, the movement that involves more muscles in the body than any other lift is the conventional deadlift. Many years ago, a researcher named Per A. Tesch wrote a book called "Muscle Meets Magnet" which published data from various exercises performed under MRI. He found the conventional deadlift uses ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/how-to-deadlift/ "How to improve your bench press" would have to be the most popular search on any weight training article. From the time we started training with weights, many of us have obsessed over our bench press, even though it is not the best exercise one can do for overall chest ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/how-to-improve-your-bench-press/ Probably no weight training movement has been more maligned than the back squat. Over the years it has been blamed for ruining knees and backs, causing disk problems and building a big butt. There is absolutely no ground to any of these claims when we are talking about squatting properly. ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/how-to-squat/ httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0Ya0s5pR4&feature=related ...originally found at old school workouts http://oldschooltrainer.com/jim-wendler-military-press-225x11/ By far the most popular way people have split their routines is with a so-called "A/B" split. The most common of these is a classic "upper-lower" split with the shoulder girdle and arms being hit one day and then the lower body the next session. Some of the biggest advantages ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/upper-lower-training-split/ Bill March was one of the finest weightlifters in the 1960. Here he is performing the press - a lift that used to be the test of upper body strength before the bench press became popular. This is the best demonstration of the exercise I have ever seen. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ubAQfYcWQ ...originally found ... http://oldschooltrainer.com/bill-march-overhead-press/