Much like Rome, a beautiful deadlift is not built overnight. A great deadlift is composed and built with multiple training elements that all work hand-in-hand with one another to manifest an efficient and ... Continue Reading
7 Workout Finishers to Improve Hypertrophy and Conditioning
You walk past the mirror at the gym, sweating and heading to the locker room, and can't help but flex. You would have liked to spend more time on arms today, but you’ve only got 5 or 10 minutes to ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle in College
College comes and goes incredibly fast, which means it should be treated as a sacred time for many things. Outside of the budding friendships and career connections being made, college is also a great time ... Continue Reading
Hate Doing Mobility? Here’s How to Do It Between Sets
You should know (by now) that recovering from your training with rest, good nutrition, and the occasional soft tissue massage is essential for a body that not only looks good but performs well ... Continue Reading
The Untold History of Weight Machines
We live in a technological age, and the exercise machines being designed and manufactured today are better than ever. But your muscles were designed by evolution to overcome the pull of gravity rather than ... Continue Reading
Pro Strongman Rob Kearney Teaches Us How to Z Press (VIDEO)
The Z Press is a shoulder press variation that can benefit every type of strength athlete and lifter. This shoulder press variation was first popularized in the sport of strongman, and it is often ... Continue Reading
IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros): Your Ultimate Guide to This Diet
The world of nutrition is awash in different diets and it’s safe to say that many of them hinge on rules surrounding what you can and can’t eat: nothing post-caveman for the Paleo diet, nothing from an ... Continue Reading
How to Fix Your Weakest Strongman Movements
You can’t be great at everything, but you certainly can get better. Everyone has their least favorite movements and those are usually the ones that do not come naturally. There are a number of techniques ... Continue Reading
Injuries in Training: How to Manage Risk
Nobody plans on getting injured, but it is common and sometimes seems inevitable if you are in strength sports for the long haul. Lifting can certainly beat a body up, especially the ultra competitive who ... Continue Reading
Why Program Hopping Isn’t Always Bad
If you were to ask the top 100 lifters of 2018 what their “secret” is, you might get a lot of different answers, but I bet that a lot of them would say exactly the same thing: Consistency. Consistency is ... Continue Reading
7 Tasty Keto Meals That Don’t Use Meat (Brought to You by Ample)
Keto diets have become phenomenally popular, with Google searches related to the term surging by almost 2,000 percent between 2016 and 2018. Halle Berry has done it, Tim Tebow has done it, Vanessa Hudgens ... Continue Reading
How Strongman Jerry Pritchett Trains the Log Press
If you’re one of the people who plan on being at the Santa Monica Pier on January 19 to watch the first Arnold Strongman USA competition, then the first event you’ll see will be the Log Press for reps. ... Continue Reading
Powher Review – What’s Different About a Women’s Pre Workout?
Do women need different pre-workouts than men? Powher joins the ranks of brands like FitMiss, StrongGirl and other brands seeking to provide a boost to the slightly tricky female pre workout market, ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Vs. Bodybuilding Arm Workouts: What’s the Difference?
Recently, I wrote an article explaining what I think of bodybuilding — from, of course, my point of view as a life-long professional powerlifter. In that article, I explained that despite how different ... Continue Reading
Why Every Rookie Powerlifter Needs a Handler for Their First Meet
If you think that powerlifting is a solo sport, you may be largely correct. When you step onto the platform, after all, it is just you and the weights. However, similar to finely tuned race cars, ... Continue Reading
Build a Massive Upper Back and Traps With “Kirk Shrugs”
If you know a little bit about me, you might remember that I earned my PhD studying the history of strength, but that my own research focused specifically on the early 1900s — before powerlifting in its ... Continue Reading
Why You Should Be Pulling Sumo Deadlifts From a Deficit
Y’know, I think a lot of people overcomplicate lifting. It’s lifting weights — you don’t really need some super-scientific programming method or ultra-rigorous diet to do damned well. But you do have to ... Continue Reading
Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Vs. MuscleTech Premium Gold – Which Whey Protein Is Best for You?
The world’s most popular whey protein powder versus the top selling bodybuilding supplement company in the United States. Who comes out on top? At this point, Optimum Nutrition’s Gold Standard is more ... Continue Reading
Strongman Training Over 40 Years Old
While most people would consider such an extreme sport something for young athletes to enjoy, Strongman is a sport that can be enjoyed as a master’s athlete, especially if certain considerations are made. ... Continue Reading
Why Olympic Weightlifting Makes Great Wrestlers
The sport of wrestling is one of the oldest combat sports on record and was one of the first disciplines included in the ancient Olympic Games program. Wrestling was first highlighted in sport science ... Continue Reading
Home Chef Review (2026): A Worthwhile Meal Subscription?
According to Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, MS, RDN, LD, “The best meal delivery services can be game-changing tools for improved nutrition and wellness.” For those that prefer ... Continue Reading
3 Ways to Build a Kettlebell Pyramid Workout
Ah, pyramid training. There’s something about getting in and out of a muscle group (or a cardio-esque workout) quickly and not-at-all easily that is immensely satisfying. Unlike traditional (and more ... Continue Reading
Ascent Whey Protein Review (2026): An RD Scrutinizes This Tasty Powder
Whey protein is what you’ll find in many of the best protein powders on the market, and Ascent Whey Protein stands out from the pack with its unique filtration process. Their Native Whey Protein Blend is ... Continue Reading
How to Approach Strength Training During Menopause (And Why You Should)
The way we perceive strength training today has dramatically evolved over the past decade, especially around the subject of weight training for women. Yes, men and women respond differently to strength ... Continue Reading