The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
Francis did the opposite of most coaches: "Ninety percent of my time is spent holding athletes
back to prevent overtraining, and only 10 percent is spent motivating them to do more work."
23 is a great rep range to emphasize throughout an athlete's program. 45 is where neural
training and muscle-building meet, which means you could end up with some hypertrophy.
This is out of the question in weight-class-based sports like boxing.
Steve Baccari, strength coach extraordinaire to top ghters like the UFC's Joe Lauzon, agrees
with the heavy but not hard approach:
"In my opinion, `easy' strength training is the only productive way a competitive ghter can
strength train.... But most people think if you don't break a sweat, it must not work. This used
to bother me a lot, but not anymore, because I think it is one reason why my ghters win so
much."
Concludes Baccari: