Cueing the right muscles at the right time can be useful during strength training. Next time you deadlift, crank this song! In all seriousness, music can have a profound effect on your training. Pick the wrong song and it can compromise your performance. To understand how music can affect your performance, take a look at…

Focus on the exercise, not the music. As Randy Roach said in episode 28 of The World of Muscle, “You should be able to put on Lawrence Welk and do a maximum lift!” You need to be able to psych yourself up – on your own – without the use of any external influences. Why?…

I have three days of feasting ahead of me and it all starts tonight. You can bet my workout this morning is going to be a good one! Before I train, I’ll get my Rocky IV fix and when the session begins, this will be the first song I listen to: The holidays are a…