Maybe you’re a powerlifter who wants your strength to be reflected in your musculature. Or you might be a bodybuilder who wants to be as strong as you look. Even if you have no aspirations to compete — or ... Continue Reading
What Is EMOM Training? How To Do It and Why You Should
When you think of building endurance as a strength athlete, you might well be filled with dread. That’s understandable if you’re the kind of person who loves barbells but loathes endless hours of ... Continue Reading
Mobility vs. Flexibility — Why It Matters and What It Means for You
You train for better strength, endurance, and cardio, but when was the last time you took the time to help your body move better? Mobility and flexibility can often be overlooked as they may not be as fun ... Continue Reading
How to Use Weightlifting Straps to Gain Strength and Make Progress
When practicing weightlifting, things can get a bit heavy-handed. Moving a barbell necessitates tons of pulling, which means having a respectable level of grip strength. Your hands have a lot of ... Continue Reading
Get Stronger and More Powerful With Post-Activation Potentiation
In the world of fitness, the next big thing is always on the horizon, just waiting to unlock your hidden potential. Those trendy “one cool trick” tactics usually don’t pan out to any real gains, though. ... Continue Reading
How to (Safely) Train to Failure to Boost Your Intensity and Muscle Mass
When you’re new to the gym, it seems like all you have to do to gain muscle and get stronger is look at a dumbbell. But the more experience you get under your weightlifting belt, the harder it can be to ... Continue Reading
The CrossFitters’ Guide to Surviving Murph
When most people think about the end of May, they think about barbecues, pool noodles, and the sun setting nice and late. And if you're a CrossFitter, May is also likely to make you think "Murph." If ... Continue Reading
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Why Don’t I Sweat When I Work Out?
Walking out of the workout drenched in sweat might look like the ultimate signal of a fast and furious workout. It’s easy to think that if you don’t have to wring out your gym shirt, you didn’t even try. ... Continue Reading
No Barbell, No Problem: Here’s What You Need to Know About Manual Resistance Training
Resistance training has seen some pretty huge advancements in equipment, technology, techniques, and even exercise innovation over the years. From bands and chains, to post-activation potentiation, or the ... Continue Reading
Be a Hero in the Weight Room — Here’s How to Properly Spot Someone in the Gym
Picture this. You’re on week three or four of your new gym routine, humbly grinding through one of your workouts in the weight room when one of the locals approaches you out of the blue with a ... Continue Reading
Front Squat Variations for Lifters at Every Experience Level
If barbell back squats are the king of all leg exercises, then barbell front squats are next in line to the throne. With the barbell front squat, you’ll hold the barbell either at your fingertips or ... Continue Reading
What is a Workout Complex? Your Guide to Building Strength While Saving Time
One piece of equipment, one weight, one area — and go. That’s what you’ll be doing when you start a workout complex. Whether you use a barbell, dumbbell, kettlebell, or even battle ropes, a workout complex ... Continue Reading
Want To Find the Right Personal Trainer? Here’s How
A good personal trainer can play a gigantic role in how quickly you start making progress in the gym. Their main purpose is to help you skip over the errors that many people make when trying to navigate ... Continue Reading
The Complete Guide to Nailing Your First Weightlifting Meet
Weightlifting is a competitive sport. The longer you practice it, the better your lifts get, especially when just starting out. As your lifts improve, the challenge of how much you can lift begins to creep ... Continue Reading
The Fat Loss Myth You Want to Be True: Spot Fat Reduction
You do everything your coach tells you to do. You’re working out three or four times a week; you’re going on long walks on your active recovery days; you’re actually eating fruit and veggies every single ... Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know About Endurance Training for Strength Athletes
You love nothing more than the sweet sound of iron clanking together in the gym. In your quest to become ever more powerful, you’ve become all about sets of heavy triples and the occasional accessory lift. ... Continue Reading
Want To Strengthen Your Posterior Chain? Here’s How — And Why It Matters
Properly engaging your posterior chain is a borderline superpower that you should harness if you want to truly maximize your gains. Not only is the posterior chain a group of ridiculously powerful muscles, ... Continue Reading