<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>ForgeLyte Lift Training Guides</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/</link><description>Evidence-based guides on programming, rest, effort, and tracking your lifts.</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>How Long to Rest Between Sets for Muscle Growth and Strength</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/how-long-to-rest-between-sets/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/how-long-to-rest-between-sets/</guid><description>How long to rest between sets for hypertrophy, strength, and endurance, what the research shows about 1 vs. 3 minutes, and a simple rest-time chart by exercise.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Programming</category></item><item><title>How Many Sets per Muscle Group per Week? A Training Volume Guide</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/how-many-sets-per-muscle-group-per-week/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/how-many-sets-per-muscle-group-per-week/</guid><description>How many sets per muscle group per week build muscle, what counts as a hard set, weekly volume targets by experience, and how to calculate and track training volume.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Programming</category></item><item><title>Progressive Overload: How to Apply It and Track It for Steady Gains</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/progressive-overload/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/progressive-overload/</guid><description>What progressive overload is, six ways to apply it beyond adding weight, a simple double-progression plan, and how to track it so you keep getting stronger.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Programming</category></item><item><title>Push Pull Legs Routine: A Complete PPL Split for 3 or 6 Days a Week</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/push-pull-legs-routine/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/push-pull-legs-routine/</guid><description>A complete push pull legs routine with exact exercises, sets, and reps, 3-day and 6-day schedules, weekly volume per muscle, and how to progress it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Programming</category></item><item><title>RPE Chart for Lifting: RPE and Reps in Reserve (RIR) Explained</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/rpe-rir-chart/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/rpe-rir-chart/</guid><description>A clear RPE chart for lifting with the matching reps in reserve (RIR), how accurate effort ratings really are, and how to use RPE and RIR to plan your training.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Technique</category></item><item><title>Training to Failure: Is It Necessary for Muscle Growth?</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/training-to-failure/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/training-to-failure/</guid><description>Should you train to failure? What the latest meta-analyses say about failure, muscle growth, and strength, plus when to use failure sets and when to stop short.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Technique</category></item><item><title>Warm-Up Sets: How Many to Do and How Heavy (With a Ramp-Up Chart)</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/warm-up-sets/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/warm-up-sets/</guid><description>How to warm up for lifting: how many warm-up sets to do, what percentages to use, a ramp-up chart for any weight, and why warm-ups aren't working sets.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Technique</category></item><item><title>What Is a Superset? Types, Benefits, and Example Superset Workouts</title><link>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/what-is-a-superset/</link><guid>https://lift.forgelyte.com/blog/what-is-a-superset/</guid><description>A superset is two exercises done back to back with little rest. Learn the main superset types, when they help, what the research says, and sample superset workouts.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Programming</category></item></channel></rss>