AI Sports Nutrition is based in North Canton, Ohio, and they sell a pretty wide variety of products from basic whey protein powder to some pretty unusual products like sports probiotics and growth hormone ... Continue Reading
Reverse Hollow Rock (Superman Rock): Muscles Worked, Exercise Video, and Benefits
The reverse hollow rock/Superman rock is a bodyweight exercise that can target the lower back, glutes, and hamstrings (posterior chain). Similar to the hollow rock (except this is done in a prone position, ... Continue Reading
6 Elite Powerlifters Share the Most Underrated Accessory Exercises
"If you want to get better at the squat, bench, and deadlift, you just need to squat, bench, and deadlift, bro!" That's one of the most important powerlifting "rules" you should break. The sport that ... Continue Reading
Jumping Pull-Ups vs Bands vs Ring Rows: Which Is Best for Your Goals?
In this article we will compare three (3) pull-up regressions (jumping pull-ups, banded pull-ups, and ring rows) to determine which one is best for your muscle development, upper body strength, and ... Continue Reading
CON-CRÈT Creatine HCl Review — What Does HCI Do?
Promera Sports is a Massachusetts-based supplement company that has a few products on offer, like pre-workouts and fat burners, but their best-known product is probably CON-CRÈT, their creatine ... Continue Reading
Nike Metcon 4 Vs. Reebok CrossFit Nano 8 Flexweave
Cross training shoes are designed to be versatile in a variety of environments, and they continue to be developed to further match a strength athlete's needs. These needs include things like breathability, ... Continue Reading
Dealing With and Working Past Bad Days In the Gym
We’ve all been there before: You’ve got a big workout coming up. Maybe you’re going to try to hit some big PRs, or maybe you’re starting a new training cycle, or maybe you’ve just been dealing with some ... Continue Reading
The Viking Press: How to Perform and Include Them In Your Workouts
The Viking Press is a Strongman Competition lift that has slowly been gaining popularity in general strength training circles. It is often used in major competitions in a format that is contested with ... Continue Reading
Why Do Some Lifters Screw Their Feet Into the Floor During Deadlifts?
Have you ever seen videos of strength athletes screwing their feet into the floor before deadlifts and various compound movements? This is a cue that can hold different benefits and purposes, which will be ... Continue Reading
Universal Creatine Review — Where Is the Creatine From?
Based in New Brunswick in New Jersey, Universal Nutrition has been in the supplements business for over forty years. Perhaps best known for targeting their products at the bodybuilding community, we've ... Continue Reading
What’s an Elite Weightlifter, and How Do You Define It?
The term 'elite' gets thrown around a lot in strength sports, and most of the time haphazardly without a clear cut definition. Although, in defense of the usage of the word, it's tough to clearly define ... Continue Reading
Cellucor Cor-Performance Creatine Review — Is Flavored Better?
Cellucor is a Texas-based sports nutrition company and we’ve tried quite a few of their products: their whey protein, their branched chain amino acid supplement, and their flagship pre-workout called ... Continue Reading
Master Hollow Rocks for Strength, Stability, and Ripped Abs
Hollow rocks look easy. That is until you sit down, try one and realize you've got the core strength of a jellyfish. You’ll need full-body tension to resist loading and rotational forces on your spine, ... Continue Reading
MusclePharm Core Series Creatine Review — How Pure Is It?
MusclePharm is a Denver-based nutrition company that’s pretty well-known for their inexpensive protein powder Combat Whey and their Combat Crunch protein bars, so named because MusclePharm ... Continue Reading
4 Benefits of Weighted Pull-Ups
In this article we will discuss the weighted pull-up and the specific benefits that it offers strength, power, and fitness athletes in regards to back development overall performance. In an earlier article ... Continue Reading
Is Kratom a Performance-Enhancing Drug?
Kratom is an unusual target in the War on Drugs. A relative newcomer to the American market, kratom hovers in the space between plant-based medicine and prescription drug, and while it’s usually used as a ... Continue Reading
Survey Finds the Average American Spends Over $100k On Fitness In Their Lifetime
How much do you spend a month on your fitness? This could include things like gym memberships, supplements, equipment, meals, and so forth. A little over a week ago, the supplement company MyProtein posted ... Continue Reading
BodyCraft Xpress Pro Home Gym Review
BodyCraft is a company that creates multiple pieces of home gym equipment. They produce things like treadmills, benches, racks, full body home gym systems, and much more. What they may be possibly best ... Continue Reading
Genius Brand Creatine Review — What’s AstraGin®?
The Genius Brand, as the name suggests, focuses more on nootropics than other supplement companies, meaning they specialize in substances that may improve cognitive function. They sell about a dozen ... Continue Reading
BPI Sports Micronized Creatine Review — Quality Creatine for Cheap?
BPI Sports is a sports nutrition company based out of Hollywood, Florida, and they’re pretty well-known for their inexpensive protein powder and protein bars. But their product line is enormous: they sell ... Continue Reading
MET-Rx Creatine 4200 — What’s In These Pills?
MET-Rx (pronounced "met-rex") is a sports nutrition company based in Boca Raton in Florida, and compared to other supplement companies they seem to focus a little more on football than bodybuilding. Their ... Continue Reading
Weighted Pull-Ups Alternatives
In this article, four alternatives to the weighted pull-up will be discussed, each with video demonstrations. In an earlier article we discussed the benefits and purpose of the weighted pull-up, which are ... Continue Reading
How America’s Olympic Freestyle Ski Team Gets So Strong
The 2018 Winter Olympics are kicking off in South Korea on February 9th and each and every event provides jaw-dropping feats of athleticism. Winter Olympians train all year, every year with some of the ... Continue Reading
Ben Pollack’s 4 Steps to the Perfect Powerlifting Warm-Up
Warming up is so hot right now, and that’s great, because it’s extraordinarily important to a good training plan. Warming up improves performance, reduces risk of injury, and it only takes a few ... Continue Reading