Athletic coaching is not a particularly lucrative profession — most of the time, people teach out of passion towards the activity or sport in question. That kind of dedication, coupled with the knowledge ... Continue Reading
The Heaviest Deadlifts Ever Pulled
Some people say the squat is the king of the lifts, but we’re not sure it deserves the title outright. There’s something just damn impressive — and impressively simple — about picking up really heavy ... Continue Reading
Cluster Sets Are the Intensity Booster Your Workouts Need
There are multiple workout variables to take into account when it comes to improving power, strength, and size. Possibly the biggest variable when aiming to accomplish one of them or all of the goals is ... Continue Reading
Why The Home Gym Craze Is Here To Stay (Brought to You by Tempo)
There are many reasons to own a home gym — convenience, cleanliness, and affordability all come to mind. Of course, that’s always been the case. The desire to stay at home for a workout is even stronger ... Continue Reading
Yes, Office Workouts Are a Thing — Here’s What You Need to Know
There's never a bad time to move. Well, maybe that's not entirely true, but more movement is usually not a bad thing. And considering that the average workday is eight hours long, many folks may not be ... Continue Reading
Get More Out of Your Training With an Upper-Body Warm Up
Diving headfirst into your upper-body workout is a no-no. Throw on a couple of plates on the bench press, and your unprepared shoulder joints may be aching by the end of set one. For that reason alone, a ... Continue Reading
Prime Your Glutes Using These 12 Warm-Up Exercises
Imagine this scenario: you're sitting at work all day and hit the gym after for some squats and other lower-body training. Your training plan calls for you to hit heavier percentages, but your legs don't ... Continue Reading
The Main Benefits of Medicine Ball Slams And How to Do Them
Building muscle and gaining strength is all about control. Anytime you hoist a loaded barbell, you do so slowly. Up and down, up and down, up and down. On the other hand, becoming more powerful is all ... Continue Reading
How to Integrate Mental Toughness Into Your Training
When you see someone crushing a workout and having a ton of success, it's easy to think they're mentally tough. If an athlete's running extra sprints, grinding through a heavy squat set, or holding onto ... Continue Reading
Powerlifting Plus Weightlifting: How to Train for the 5-Lift Super Total
Pose a powerlifting versus weightlifting question on social media, and you’ll likely never see the end of the comments section. But followers of the Super Total training method would ask, “Why not ... Continue Reading
5 Lunge Benefits For More Muscle and Improved Movement
Squats are widely considered the king of all leg exercises, but the lunge is — or should be — a close second. Done correctly, lunges are an efficient leg blaster, helping bodybuilders grow their wheels ... Continue Reading
The Story of How Body Part Splits Rose to Popularity
The past two decades have seen a wonderful and much-needed rise in evidence-based training, much of which is available online. This means that many gym-goers now worry about volume, intensity, reps to ... Continue Reading
What to Know About Strength Training For Bodybuilders
Bodybuilders need to lift lots of weights to become muscular and, as a result, need to be strong to lift all those weights. You don’t really see many weaklings standing on the Olympia stage after all, ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Weightlifting Belts (and How to Use Them Properly)
If you go to a commercial or big box gym, you've probably seen them. They stride into the free weight section and beeline toward an open squat rack. Casting their gym bag onto the ground, they pop into a ... Continue Reading
Jogging and Strength — How Pounding the Pavement Can Improve Your Lifts
If you're focused on getting really strong, then you probably have tossed cardio to the curb. Or, if you do cardio, then it's a short, intense HIIT (high-intensity interval training). After all, too much ... Continue Reading
“I Haven’t PR’d in Two Years”: Breaking Through a Common CrossFit Story
Humans share a universal need to work toward something. When we are not stretched or reaching, we become bored, lost, uninterested. This is what brings so many of us to CrossFit: the physical and mental ... Continue Reading
The History of How the Modern Day Gym Came to Be
Whether you work out in a CrossFit Box, a commercial gym, or in a home gym, there is little denying the importance of a dedicated space to train. It is a place where the body is tested, strengthened, and ... Continue Reading
6 Training Methods to Stay on Track During the Holidays
For the fitness-focused, the holidays can be a figurative minefield of dietary and training missteps. Between Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years', there are ample opportunities to overindulge and skip ... Continue Reading
What You Need to Know About How to Build Muscle
Building a lean, muscular physique complete with peaked biceps and a ripped midsection isn’t as easy as those 1970s movie training montages make it seem — it takes a lot of time, steadfast dedication, and ... Continue Reading
4 Side Plank Variations For A Stronger Core
The side plank is an exercise lifters love to hate. Why? Because there is no barbell in sight, they’re tough to perform correctly, and those payoffs aren't immediately obvious. But the benefits of it — ... Continue Reading
Why Having Fun Is Important For Your Training
When gyms closed due to the spread of COVID-19 starting back in March of 2020, it threw gym goers, owners, and employees for a loop. Understandably, it affected a lot of people financially, and gym ... Continue Reading
5 Superman Exercise Alternatives To Build Your Lower Back
The superman exercise is a great bodyweight exercise to prevent injuries to your lower back, improve your posture, and build a better mind-muscle connection to your back and glutes. When it comes to ... Continue Reading
3 Overhead Carry Trap Bar Variations and Their Benefits
Normal farmer's carries might appear to be of no value besides strengthening grip. However, when you pick up weights and walk, you’ll find there’s so much more to it. Taking a weight into an overhead ... Continue Reading
Most Effective Strength Training Splits For Bodyweight-Only Programs
Whether getting back to basics for a training cycle, or sprucing up your at-home workout routine with some actual routine, it’s worthwhile to figure out the best training splits for bodyweight-only ... Continue Reading