Category Archives: Charles Poliquin

Charles Poliquin’s Blog – Fifty Fat Loss Tips

Posted on May 22, 2012 by EdR

1.    Train using the most “bang for your buck,” multi-joint lifts like squats, deadlifts, bench press, chin-ups, and Olympic lifts. 2.    Avoid isolation, single-joint lifts such as bicep or leg curls unless you have unlimited training time. 3.    … Continue reading →

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Stretching for Strength and Muscle Mass

Posted on March 18, 2012 by EdR

Practical advice on getting the most out of this effective training method by Charles Poliquin2/24/2012 4:08:34 PM You can use the timing and the nature of stretching to maximize gains in strength and flexibility. The timing of stretching is critical … Continue reading →

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Sleep Enough: Get More Sleep and Make It A Habit for Optimal Body Composition

Posted on March 18, 2012 by EdR

Make it a habit to go to bed at the same time nightly and you’ll have a better body composition. Adequate sleep duration is linked to less belly fat (both visceral and subcutaneous) and a leaner body overall. It’s also … Continue reading →

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Do The Hard Stuff

Posted on February 8, 2010 by EdR

by Charles PoliquinThe most common training mistake is choosing the easy way out: choosing the exercises that don’t recruit the most muscle. Leg extensions vs. squats, back extension vs. deadlifts, etc.Basically, hypertrophy is a function of load time under tension … Continue reading →

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High Reps or Heavy Weight? by Charles Poliquin

Posted on December 7, 2009 by EdR

The best studies on hypertrophy have been done in Finland, and they found that wrestlers, bodybuilders, powerlifters, and weightlifters all hypertrophy… but for different reasons. The most important thing for hypertrophy training is to actually do varied training. Look at … Continue reading →

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