Ask Mike, March 2010

When Do You Go To Failure

Q: Mike, on medium volume when do you go to failure? Since low volume is usually high intensity , I thought I shops only go to failure on some sets, such as the last sets of every excersice.

Grow Muscle When Older Than 40

Q: is that people older than 40 we cant grow muscle, am vegetrian plz pescribe some veg diet.

Ideal Weight For 5 Feet 19 Year Old

Q: what was should be the ideal weight of a 19 years old, 5 feet lady?

A: Anywhere between 100 and 125 pounds is considered healthy weight for you.

Is 9 Sets Per Muscle Enough

Q: Mike i know you are bussy but i want to ask you something again :S Look, im really confused now ... First: the owner of the gym told me that if i for example train the chest, i must do the first 3 sets on bench cos its basic exercise. Second i do is the incline DB press or flat DB press, thats 6 sets of exercises. And now he told me that if i want to build some more muscle mass its enough to have only 9 sets of exercises, so the first 6 and now i need to do only 3 more sets of exercises. Than i go on the cable cross and do some exercises there, but i think it isnt enough ...