All posts tagged "training techniques"
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Why Your Big Toe Is Your Key To Great Calves!
If you’re looking to really build your calves, this one little piece of advice will help tremendously. Yet you rarely, if...
Blog PostNick NilssonApril 6, 2016 -
10 Simple Steps To Fix Your Squat And Get Strong
If you think a runner’s “high” is something that feels good, you should feel the endorphins release after a set of...
BodypartIron Man MagazineMarch 11, 2016 -
How To Do Dumbbell Front Squat
Hold two dumbbells or kettlebells in the “rack position” (chest height under the chin). Take a slightly wider-than-shoulder-width foot position with...
BodypartIron Man MagazineSeptember 18, 2015 -
Stink Training…How to use exercises you suck at to balance your physique and build muscle fast
It’s a little known fact that you tend to use the exercises you’re good at a lot more than the exercises...
Blog PostNick NilssonMarch 7, 2013 -
Single Rep Cluster Training for Maximum Mass and Strength Building
Cluster Training is an extremely useful method for mass and strength building. It’s essentially a way to mitigate fatigue, allowing you...
Blog PostNick NilssonFebruary 28, 2013 -
How to Get MUCH Greater Tension on the Abs on Hanging Knee Raises
The Hanging Knee Raise is a classic abdominal exercise…the common form being hang from a bar then raise your knees up...
Blog PostNick NilssonFebruary 21, 2013 -
Heavy Barbell Step-Ups for Cardio Interval Training
I’m a BIG fan of resistance-based cardio training. I don’t like slogging away on a bike or a stair machine. And...
Blog PostNick NilssonFebruary 13, 2013 -
A Simple Movement to Lock in Your Lats for Pulldowns
The Pulldown is an excellent exercise for working the Latissimus Dorsi muscles of the back (also known as the lats). It...
Blog PostNick NilssonDecember 15, 2012 -
Heavy Barbell Step-Ups for Cardio/Fat-Loss Training
I’m a BIG fan of resistance-based cardio training for fat loss. I don’t like slogging away on a bike or a...
Blog PostNick NilssonDecember 7, 2012 -
Touch-And-Go Top Start Deadlifts for Continuous Tension and Growth on Your Posterior Chain Muscles
Deadlifting is straight up one of the best exercises you can do, if not THE best. But regular deadlifts can get...
Blog PostNick NilssonNovember 15, 2012 -
Carve Detail and Put Size On Your Back With High-Tension Full-Range Pulldowns
Training the back is not always about moving heavy weights. In fact, sometimes going TOO heavy can actually compromise the form...
Blog PostNick NilssonOctober 10, 2012 -
I literally said “thank you” to my workout timer after this one…
When the beeping went off to let me know I was done the workout, I actually said “thank you”… …out loud…...
Blog PostNick NilssonOctober 3, 2012 -
My “secret” 1 minute warm-up method…save time and energy in the gym with this.
This is the method I use at the start of just about every warm-up that I do. It takes just a...
Blog PostNick NilssonSeptember 29, 2012 -
The killer fat-loss workout I set a new record in…for swearing at myself…
Yeah, wish I could say I was kidding about the swearing… It was a TOUGH workout…and so good that I knew...
Blog PostNick NilssonSeptember 19, 2012 -
How to Get Bigger Traps FAST…An insane technique that gives rapid results even in stubborn traps
Traps (short for trapezius muscles) are awesome. Nothing gives you that look of power like a set of big, ugly traps...
Blog PostNick NilssonSeptember 13, 2012