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A person doing the skull crusher exercise.

How to Do Skull Crushers for Larger Triceps

Your triceps make up two-thirds of your upper arm, and are involved in overhead presses, bench pressing, and other pushing exercises. If you want to build an impressive pair of arms while improving your ... Continue Reading

Seal Row

Seal the Deal on a Bigger, Stronger Back With the Seal Row

Many great barbell back exercises build mass and strength in your lats, upper back, and posterior shoulder. Whether you're a bodybuilder trying to beef up your v-taper or a powerlifter on the prowl for a ... Continue Reading

Brandon Curry smiles while posing with a gold medal on his bare chest while Arnold Schwarzenegger looks on in a suit and applauds.

The Birth and Growth of the Arnold Sports Festival

What began as a joint bodybuilding venture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jim Lorimer in 1989 has evolved into an elite multi-sport competition space and expo. The Arnold Sports Festival (ASF) is ... Continue Reading

Kris Rugloski and Hunter McIntyre standing atop the podium at the 2022 HYROX World Championships

2022 HYROX World Championships Results — Hunter McIntyre, Kris Rugloski Win

Hunter McIntyre and Kris Rugloski of the United States are your 2022 HYROX World Series of Fitness Racing champions. Both athletes earned their titles at Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV, on ... Continue Reading

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The Big Guide to Muscle Hypertrophy

Pro wrestlers, your favorite masked (or caped) superhero, and your older sibling all have something in common — at a young age, they probably seemed larger than life. A big part of that kind of heroic ... Continue Reading

Two people wearing grey and black workout gear perform walking lunges in a gym.

Eight Benefits of Walking Lunges to Boost Your Balance and Your Squat

In your gym life, you might do everything you possibly can to avoid them. “I did leg presses after squatting today,” you might try to bargain with your program. “I’ll do walking lunges next week (read: ... Continue Reading

How to Warm Up for Weightlifting

How to Properly Warm Up for Weightlifting Workouts

Weightlifting is an intense sport. It’s centered around the snatch and the clean & jerk, but also includes many different other exercises that challenge your body in their own unique ways. No matter ... Continue Reading

A person wears a black tank top and holds a bench press at the bottom of the lift.

15 Isometric Exercises for More Core Strength and Full-Body Stability

Anytime you hit a lift, you’re thinking about lifting it and then lowering it. Those up and down movements are known as concentric (up) and eccentric (down) phases. But there’s a third phase that ... Continue Reading

X Training Elite Competition Barbell

X Training Elite Competition Barbell Review

If you’re in the market for a new barbell that is capable of handling your powerlifting, cross-training, or Olympic lifting needs, the X Training Elite Competition Bar is one you may ... Continue Reading

REP Fitness FB-5000

REP FB-5000 Competition Flat Bench Review

Sometimes overlooked, a trusty weight bench like the REP Fitness FB-5000 can be the key to taking your training to the next level. If it weren’t for a weight bench, you wouldn’t be able to ... Continue Reading

212 Bodybuilder Flex Lewis hitting a most muscular pose in posing trunks, standing in a dark gym

Flex Lewis, a 7-Time 212 Olympia Winner, Retires From Competitive Bodybuilding

James "Flex" Lewis, the winner of seven 212 Olympia titles, is retiring from competitive bodybuilding. Lewis announced the news on the debut episode of his podcast, Straight Outta the Lair, on May 13, ... Continue Reading

A person wears a black tank top and prepares to squat a barbell loaded with red 25kg plates.

Here’s How to Do a Dynamic Squat Warm Up for Bigger Lifts

It's a heavy squat day. You know your game plan and you’ve strapped into your lifting shoes. You have your belt and chalk all ready to go, and your pump up playlist is all queued up. But is your body ready ... Continue Reading

Intensity Training Techniques

Try These 8 Intensity Techniques to Turn Your Bodybuilding Workouts Up a Notch 

Strength training is a science. Whether you’re a powerlifter, weightlifter, or just want to get generally strong, you likely follow a program that is neatly and coherently designed to produce predictable ... Continue Reading

A person wears a blue t-shirt while performing a plank.

15 Plank Variations to Strengthen Your Core and Help You Support Your Big Lifts

Too many people go about building core strength the wrong way. They sit all day working with a rounded back and then head to the gym to put themselves in more flexion through countless sit-ups and ... Continue Reading

Rogue Ohio Bar vs Rogue Echo Bar

Rogue Ohio Bar vs. Rogue Echo Bar

If you’re looking to add one of the best barbells to your home gym, Rogue offers two solid choices in the Ohio and the Echo 2.0. When choosing a barbell, these are two great options since they can be used ... Continue Reading

Rogue Echo Barbell

Rogue Echo Bar 2.0 Barbell Review

For anyone searching for a new barbell that won’t break the bank and can handle a wide variety of workouts, the Rogue Echo 2.0 may be the one you’ve been looking for. Its ability to ... Continue Reading

3 Types of Training Periodization and How to Use Them to Make Gains

Walking onto the gym floor with only a loose plan and a few fun lifts in mind for your workout really can work for a while. You are primed to make progress in your early lifting years — your body is a ... Continue Reading

HYROX

How to Watch the 2022 HYROX World Championships

The 2022 HYROX World Championships are scheduled for May 14, 2022, in Hall S3 of the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV — the first time it has been held in the USA. It will begin at 9 a.m. PST ... Continue Reading

Khan Porter on the BarBend Podcast

CrossFit’s Next Super Team (w/Khan Porter)

Today I'm talking to CrossFit athlete Khan Porter, an Australian native who's competed in the CrossFit Games as both an individual and on a team. One of the sport's most durable stars, Khan had a choice ... Continue Reading

Kettlebell Swing

Learn How to Do Picture Perfect Kettlebell Swings

Whether you want to get stronger, grow more muscle, or just generally get more fit, there's a kettlebell exercise out there for you. Kettlebells are a dynamic piece of fitness equipment that are ... Continue Reading

A person wears a blue t-shirt and exhales heavily while pushing a sled in the gym.

What is Functional Fitness Training? And Why Should You Do It?

You can squat more than twice your bodyweight, but can you climb the stairs to your apartment without getting overly winded? If you just hit a new bench press personal record but your shoulders aren’t ... Continue Reading

A person wears a beige long-sleeved hoodie and a hijab while doing battle rope waves.

The Best EMOM Workouts for Strength, Endurance, and Mass

If you could, you’d spend hour after hour in the gym each day. But between family, work, friends, and sleeping every once in a while, you may just not be able to dedicate all that time to iron. If you’re ... Continue Reading

A person doing the Arnold press.

How to Do the Arnold Press: Proper Form & Variations

The Arnold press is a classic shoulder-building exercise made famous by none other than its namesake, seven-time Mr. Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger. The seated Arnold press is a variation of the ... Continue Reading

A shirtless person performs a cable crunch while facing the cable stack.

Learn the Cable Crunch to Build Yourself a Strong, Supportive Core

When you want to pull a heavier deadlift or squat three plates, you need a strong core to support all that stress on your torso. And if one of your goals has always been developing a midsection that pops, ... Continue Reading

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