For a period of more than twenty years I used “resulting muscular soreness” as one means of determining the effects of exercises – or, at least, so I thought I was doing; now I am not so sure – in fact, not at all sure. Most of our new machines produce EXTREME degrees of muscular [...]

After reading the preceding few chapters concerning the new types of equipment, some impressionable readers may be left thinking, “… since I don’t have the new equipment, why bother to train at all.” But if such an impression has been gained, then it is in grave error; properly used, barbells are extremely productive tools – [...]