Rowing machines — like the Sole SR500 — provide many benefits. Not only do they offer an excellent cardio workout, but since they also involve around 80 to 85 percent of your muscles during any given ... Continue Reading
Build Muscle Anywhere With the Best At-Home Bodyweight Workouts
Bodyweight workouts deserve a bit more respect if you ask us. If you only rep-out push-ups and lunges when the squat rack is full, then you're doing your muscles and mobility a disservice. Strength ... Continue Reading
Sole SB900 Exercise Bike Review
The Sole SB900 ranks among the best exercise bikes on the market for its high quality and great price point. While it doesn’t offer advanced features, like touchscreen displays or pre-programmed workouts, ... Continue Reading
Finer Form Exercise Bike Review
The Finer Form exercise bike keeps things perfectly basic. It’s a quality bike with few distracting features, so you can get your workout in without any fuss. If you’re the type who hates having to deal ... Continue Reading
BSN Syntha-6 Protein Powder Review – Big Ingredient List
When it comes to picking the right supplements to improve your performance or recovery, a protein powder is usually a good place to start. With hundreds of options on the market today, the prospect of ... Continue Reading
Ergatta Rower Review — A Racer’s Best Friend?
The Ergatta rower might be the most appealing rowing machine for athletes who don’t find motivation from — what they consider to be — overzealous fitness instructors. For anyone who still wants interesting ... Continue Reading
The Split Squat Can Improve Mobility and Leg Strength
If the back squat is the cool guy everyone wants to hang out with, then the split squat is his older, less cool but more practical older brother. You can't lift as heavy with the split squat, but you'll ... Continue Reading
7 Row Variations to Build a Stronger and Thicker Back
A big back signals to the rest of your iron-lifting brothers and sisters that you know a thing or two about hoisting heavy weights. It can take years of lifting to forge a broad backside, and it takes lots ... Continue Reading
Your Ultimate Guide to Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition
Here’s a fact nobody ever likes to hear: All your hard work in the gym is meaningless if you don’t have proper pre- and post-workout nutrition. The nutrients you provide your body will determine how long ... Continue Reading
How to Do Dips: Proper Form & Variations
If you want to develop serious upper body strength, drive muscle growth, and improve your lockout performance in the bench press, there is one lift to rule them all — the dip. This is a simple movement ... Continue Reading
Are You Strong Enough for a Racing Pit Crew? (w/ Christmas Abbott)
Today we're talking to Christmas Abbott, a woman with a fitness resume about a mile long. She’s been a team CrossFit Games competitor, weightlifter, influencer, reality TV star, and also NASCAR’s ... Continue Reading
6 Core Exercises That Will Improve Your Squat and Deadlift
The squat and deadlift have a lot in common. They're both compound movements that build a lot of muscle, strength, and grit. They also both require a tremendous amount of core strength. These two movements ... Continue Reading
BSN N.O.-Xplode Pre-Workout Igniter Review — Do The Ingredients Stack Up?
When it comes to getting that extra edge in the gym during intense training, adding a pre-workout supplement to your cabinet can be hugely beneficial — if you know what to look for on the label. BSN, which ... Continue Reading
Sole SB700 Exercise Bike Review
Exercise bikes are ideal for those who want to minimize the stress on their joints during cardio sessions, and the Sole SB700 is one of our favorites. This bike resembles what you’d find in a ... Continue Reading
NordicTrack Commercial S15i Exercise Bike Review
The NordicTrack Commercial S15i is one of the most advanced indoor bikes on the market. From the included iFit subscription to its rotating touchscreen display, this bike is more than just a tool for ... Continue Reading
Get Strong and Bust Through Sticking Points With the Half Squat
Half squats are thought to be a gym sin carried out by either weak or lazy squatters that can't or don't want to hit depth. Full-depth squats are indeed ideal for building leg muscle, improving squat ... Continue Reading
Use Pause Squats to Skyrocket Your Leg Strength and Size
The squat is considered the king of all movements, and it’s one of the most important exercises to master for any lifter or athlete. It’s a lower-body exercise that engages the largest muscle in your body ... Continue Reading
The Vertical Diet: Everything You Need to Know
Even if you're mixing up one of the best protein powders each morning, adjusting your diet can still be necessary to build muscle mass. To gain weight, you need to be in a calorie surplus — consuming more ... Continue Reading
Build Big Traps and Strengthen Your Lifts With Shrugs
Well-developed traps don’t only make you look jacked. They also play a crucial role in deadlifting, squatting, carrying, and in the Olympic lifts. The shrug is an excellent exercise for building the traps. ... Continue Reading
5 Travel Workouts to Keep You Fit On the Go
You might be out of town for a business event or to visit your family for the first time in who knows how long. Or, you might be out on an actual vacation. Whatever your reason for being off somewhere ... Continue Reading
Angela Borges Becomes First Wellness Competitor to Qualify For the Olympia
Angela Borges of Brazil makes history as the first Wellness Division competitor to qualify for the Olympia. On May 1, 2021, Borges earned the gold medal at Jim Manion’s IFBB (International Federation of ... Continue Reading
Get This Strong to Build a Log Cabin (w/Brian Alsruhe)
Today we're talking to strongman athlete Brian Alsruhe, who actually joins the BarBend Podcast for a second time. Recently, Brian has been focusing most of his time on building a homestead in the woods, ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Foam Roller Exercises for Strength (Yes, Strength)
You know the foam roller as a pre-and post-workout tool that loosens your muscle fascia, speeds up muscle recovery, and allows for enhanced mobility. It is, but over the years, creative strength coaches ... Continue Reading
The 8 Strangest World’s Strongest Man Events
Strongman and strongwoman competitions have always been as much about entertainment as they are sport. Since the first World’s Strongest Man in 1977, there’s been a clear need to entertain fans while ... Continue Reading