Happy holidays and a Happy New Year. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. At first, I thought about posting this after New Year’s Day – but then I thought about those of you back in the gym already, rather than the “new year, new you” crowd. So here’s a new Workout Edge post to help you grab those 2020 gainz.

Let’s get started.

Workout Edge: The Fastest Way to Build Muscle and Strength.

One thing I always get asked about is how I get such size and strength. The quick answer is consistency, nutrition, and get-in-and-kill-it workouts.

The better, but slightly longer answer is there’s a method I developed over the years through training and listening to how my own body responded.

While every muscle group performs better with different rep ranges; for instance, if you want rapid growth with quads, doing a barely-can-get-to 20 rep set with a respectable weight – brutally painful but efficient; I find that there’s a rep-range that serves as a good sweet spot, if you will, for increasing weight and improving strength, all while keeping good form.

For example, let’s say it’s arms day – it goes a little something like this:

1. Find a weight you can just get to 8 reps with, with little to no body english.
2. Next week try for more reps, let’s say 10.
3. Once you get to 12 reps, find another weight you can just get to 8 reps with.
4. Keep lifting that weight, until again, you can get to 12 reps.
5. Wash, rinse, repeat – then buy new shirts because your old ones are too small.

Rest for 1 minute max when first starting this method, and cut down rest times to 40-45 seconds. It’ll burn like hell but it works.

The same for legs, or back. Find a weight you can lift for 8 reps, build to 12, find a heavier weight, repeat.

It’s straightforward, easy to remember, and will keep you growing stronger and bigger with the right intra workout and around the clock nutrition.

The key is consistency – it’s the only way to get real results.

Don’t worry about the “next best workout method” that’s coming out – give something more than a few weeks or months to try. Put time and energy into some basic rules, don’t ego chase plates, keep your form as strict as possible, and keep a log. I can’t stress that last point enough. If you don’t know what you lifted last week, how are you supposed to monitor progress?

There’s some real simple rules to life and fitness: train like a warrior; eat for function first, then flavor; protect and provide for your loved ones; stay smart and humble, but always hungry for becoming a better version of yourself than you were yesterday.

Happy New Year. To your success in 2020.

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