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Product news and training notes from Musku.
How to Read a Training Programme
3x8-12, RIR 2, 3010 tempo, 75 %, A1/A2: programme notation explained one item at a time, with examples and the most common misreadings.
ReadGroup Classes or Free Training: What Each One Gives You
Do barbell group classes build muscle? What they genuinely develop, their limits for strength, and how to combine them with free training.
ReadFeeling the Muscle Work: Useful, but Not Everywhere
Focusing on the muscle raises its activation but can lower the load you lift. Where to use it, where to drop it, and how to build it.
ReadMusic and Lifting: What It Actually Changes
Music makes effort feel easier without working miracles on your loads. What the research shows, when it helps and when it gets in the way.
ReadWhat to Do on Rest Days
A rest day is neither a lost day nor one to fill. What genuinely helps recovery, what does nothing, and what gets in the way of your next session.
ReadFFMI: What It Measures and What It Does Not Tell You
FFMI fixes the main flaw of BMI by setting fat aside. The calculation, reference values by level, and why the famous threshold of 25 is shaky.
ReadA Missed Session: Make It Up or Move On
Making up a missed session often disrupts more than the gap did. The decision rule by training frequency, and what to do with a whole lost week.
ReadWhich Shoes to Train In at the Gym
Running shoes are the wrong default. What a sole genuinely changes, exercise by exercise, and what is enough for most people.
ReadTraining at Peak Hours Without Sacrificing Your Session
Between 6 and 8 pm the equipment is taken. How to reorganise your session, which exercises to protect and what to prepare in advance.
ReadProgress Photos: The Protocol That Makes Them Useful
Progress photos only work when they are comparable. Learn the right setup, ideal frequency and the mistakes that make them misleading.
ReadThe Minimum Needed to Lose Nothing
Maintaining takes far less than progressing. How many sets, how often, and what you genuinely lose if you stop altogether.
ReadOvertraining: You Are Almost Certainly Not There
True overtraining is rare. Learn to distinguish it from normal fatigue and poor recovery, and find out what to change when performance drops.
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