This is a simple deadlifting program for the early intermediate to intermediate lifter. It cycles through a heavy, light and moderate week and is designed to help you pack on muscle and strength. During your first cycle, base percentages off of 90% of your current one rep deadlift max. This means that if your deadlift max is 400, then starting percentages will be based off 360 pounds. Each rep you perform while using this cycle is a single. After each single you will reset. Rest as long as needed, until you feel mentally and physically recovered and ready to try the next rep. Note : I do not want you performing sloppy reps. If your form goes to heck before the time period is up, either stop deadlifting or wait a little longer until you are sure that you can perform a deadlift rep with decent form. Live to fight another day. The goal is to improve each week, not to injure yourself training like a fool. 3
Post-workout nutrition has long been considered an inviolable cornerstone of muscle building. How true is that, though? Does it really matter? One of the first pieces of bodybuilding advice I was given was on post-workout nutrition. If I didn’t eat protein and carbs immediately after training, I was told, I’d miss an opportunity to accelerate muscle growth, if not directly hinder it. And so I did, after every workout, without fail. Chances are you’ve heard the same things. Bodybuilders and gymbros alike have been singing post-workout nutrition’s praises for decades. How important is it really, though? Does eating after workouts actually help us build muscle faster? Well, the long story short is this: Post-workout nutrition isn’t as crucial as many would have us believe, but it’s not entirely witho