When I was in high school, I loved to experiment. I still like to experiment, although my principles are more grounded than they were back then. I came across a website called Crossfit and was immediately mesmerized. Their idea of constantly challenging yourself with a new stimuli and doing crazy things by combining forms...
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Circuit Training is an amazing yet simple method of setting up a workout. All you do is choose a handful of exercises and perform them back to back with little or no rest. However, after a while, performing 3-5 rounds of 3-5 exercises can get a little boring. So I decided to sit down...
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Bodybuilding is just one method of putting on mass. I am unable to give an accurate review of bodybuilding methods, as I have not fully engaged in them for any practical length of time (well, 6 months for some isn’t enough.) All I can say is that after reading the mainstream literature on bodybuilding,...
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A lot of trainees want big arms, but what most of them do not know is that you need to put on about 15 pounds of muscle all over your body in order to put on just a half inch of mass on your arms. Well, actually I don’t know the exact ratio, but...
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Well, obvious, isn’t it? I’ve written a lot of article about my training philosophy and why exactly I am not a bodybuilder. I’m not these guys! (No Offense) – Image by daioni1976 But I think more clarification is in order. Because I really do not like being called a bodybuilder. Hence, I will be...
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I’ve been making a HUGE mistake. I’ve been tracking my workouts, but not measuring them. Before I go any further, I should probably clarify two words: tracking and measuring. There is a difference. Tracking is the recording of an event, in our case a workout. Measuring is estimating by evaluation or comparison. Image by...
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My cousin, best friend, and trainee Sagar Shah gives me a run for my money asking the tough questions associated with my training methods. He summarized his constructive criticism in three, well-constructed paragraphs. I will present one of his criticisms, and try to answer it with the best of my abilities. The article Sagar...
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The Shah Training Methodology revolves around Work Capacity. Work Capacity is defined as the general ability of the body to produce work of varying intensities within a given time frame. Work Capacity is an integral aspect of being an athlete. Basketball players need to be able to move fast from one end of the...
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