The push-up is one of those exercises that looks so simple, but even one rep can be difficult to perform properly. It’s a popular bodyweight exercise that recruits your chest, triceps, shoulders, and back. ... Continue Reading
Need to Fix Your Snatch? Start By Addressing These Common Errors
Behind all the grace and glamor of the two competitive movements in Olympic lifting lies hours upon hours of technical practice. The snatch is simple enough at a glance — you must lift the barbell from the ... Continue Reading
What’s the Deal With Blood Flow Restriction Training?
Maybe you’ve seen that one bodybuilder in your gym always crushing workouts with a cuff on their arm while they do preacher curls. Or maybe you’ve heard the rumor that blood flow restriction (BFR) training ... Continue Reading
7 Benefits of the Prowler Push Your Training Needs Today
In the gym, barbells and dumbbells are popular pieces of equipment for strength. On the other hand, treadmills and ellipticals are popular for cardio. But you don't have to get in your cardio and strength ... Continue Reading
Workout Finishers Are the Intensity Booster You Didn’t Know You Needed
Some days, you’re exhausted when you finish your last working set and feel like you can’t push any harder. Then you catch your breath, and you find that you’re ready to go again. When you get that second ... Continue Reading
Are You Making these Five Clean & Jerk Mistakes? Here’s How to Fix Them
The movements in weightlifting are an art unto themselves. The clean & jerk involves catching the barbell at your shoulders, then extending it overhead. Total body power is used in the lift to maximize ... Continue Reading
Meditation for Athletes — How to Start, Benefits, Types of Meditation
When strength athletes think about gains, the first thing that comes to mind tends to be picking up heavy weights and putting them back down. Lifters — perhaps especially bodybuilders — also tend to ... Continue Reading
How to Improve Your Deadlift Lockout
Deadlifting is an unforgiving game of physics — a true battle of you versus gravity. Missing a rep can be absolutely devastating. Sometimes the bar seems cemented to the floor, or even worse, the universe ... Continue Reading
Short on Time? Try These Bodybuilding Workout Tips
If you’ve ever entered the weight room ready to squat only to find the racks were taken, you know the pain of a disrupted workout routine. If you’re strapped for time in the gym, the last thing you need is ... Continue Reading
9 Dumbbell Flye Variations for a Bigger Chest and Stronger Presses
Your ultimate training goal might be boosting your bench press PR. And while that’s a worthy goal, especially for powerlifters, your road to a fresh one-rep max might be made a lot easier by one move — the ... Continue Reading
Tactical and Functional — How to Train Like Law Enforcement
A cultural trope exists that police officers are often out-of-shape doughnut-loving public servants. The kinds of characters you may have chuckled at in movies like RoboCop 3 and Die Hard, or animated ... Continue Reading
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Walking for Strength Athletes
There’s an eternal chasm between the athletes who think that the only way to do cardio is high-intensity interval training and those who think jogging or cycling is the way to go. However, as with so many ... Continue Reading
The Best Exercise Tips For Your Body Type
Some people are built to train. If you’ve ever known someone who benched two plates in their first few months of lifting weights, it may have left you scratching your head (or seething with jealousy). Do ... Continue Reading
Back Off Sets: What They Are and How to Use Them
Strength and power training is incredibly satisfying. Pulling and pushing heavy singles is a hard sensation to beat. The unfortunate part of heavy lifting is that it isn’t necessarily the most efficient — ... Continue Reading
7 Benefits of Foam Rolling to Help You Get Lean, Strong, and Limber
Foam rolling is a self-myofascial release technique that is increasingly used by athletes, physical therapists, and gymgoers alike. It is meant to mimic and provide some of the same benefits of a deep ... Continue Reading
7 Benefits of the Deficit Deadlift All Lifters Should Be Aware Of
You’ve probably heard of — and practice — the king of exercises, the deadlift. But even if you love improving your pulling strength, you may not be as versed in the deadlift’s seemingly endless variations. ... Continue Reading
Build Bigger, Stronger Arms with These 9 Triceps Extension Variations
Wanting to build big and strong triceps isn’t just about aesthetics. The triceps are a powerful contributor to compound pressing movements like the barbell bench press and the overhead press. Because ... Continue Reading
15 Benefits of the Snatch for All Strength Athletes
There are full-body exercises, and then there’s the snatch. It’s a phenomenally difficult exercise that can require years to properly master. The journey to learn and refine the move is worth it. When ... Continue Reading
The Beginner’s Guide to the Gym
Whether you have a personal resolution to get fit in the new year or have just decided to take your first steps towards bettering your health, you need a good roadmap. Pursuing a better bill of health ... Continue Reading
8 Strategies to Help You Break Through Strength Training Plateaus
Progress in the gym is much like the rest of life. It’s never in a straight line. There are times when you’re adding weight, adding reps, and making rapid gains. Then, the time comes when you and the ... Continue Reading
The Resolutioner’s Guide to Gym Etiquette
Whether you’re a rank beginner or are comfortable with a barbell in your hands, public gyms can be intimidating places. There are plenty of rules — both spoken and unspoken — that govern good behavior in ... Continue Reading
How to Use Forced Reps to Level Up Your Training
Even if you’ve never used the term, you’re probably familiar with forced reps. These attempts to move beyond strict form to build more muscle can have a bad reputation, but they’re not unequivocally ... Continue Reading
10 Pallof Press Variations for All Your Core-Training Needs
Maybe you’re under the weight of a loaded barbell, and you know you have to brace your core. To do so, you need to practice proper bracing mechanics without all that weight on your back. Or maybe you want ... Continue Reading
10 Competitors Who Boast the Best Shoulders in Bodybuilding
In bodybuilding, every muscle matters. But the first grouping of muscle fibers that catch most folks' eyes is the shoulders. Also known as the deltoids, these muscles represent the widest point of a ... Continue Reading