Training optimization is something I’m always searching for; often times, aimlessly so. But every once in a while, you stumble onto a novel way of doing something that seems to have outsized benefits. This “AHA” moment came to me not long ago when I, somewhat accidentally, figured out a better

WHAT IS IT? Ladders are a technique that emphasizes escalating and deescalating through a pre-selected variable in order to accumulate a high density of work and accumulation of metabolic stress. The variable in question can be intensity, reps, or load, but the defining feature will be the minimization of rest.