If you are looking to build a bigger chest, specifically your upper pecs, look no further than the guillotine press. The guillotine press is a means of achieving serious upper chest development with a ... Continue Reading
The Incline Dumbbell Bench Press Will Unlock Your Muscle-Building Potential
The incline dumbbell bench press is prescribed in many training programs without a full appreciation of its versatility or value. Often glossed over as just an upper pec exercise, the incline dumbbell ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Calf Exercises for Lower Body Support and Power
Unless you’re genetically gifted, most people have a stubborn muscle group that refuses to grow — and there are legitimate reasons for that (which we'll get into below). But you also don't want to throw in ... Continue Reading
How to Target Your Biceps in Your Next Workout With the Zottman Curl
When looking to build bigger arms, people often think of getting massive biceps or triceps. While this is certainly the goal, it is also important to increase the size and strength of the forearm muscles. ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Lat Pulldown Properly: Variations & Alternatives
As a strength athlete, you may have any number of goals. Sometimes, you want to increase strength. Other times, you’re focused on how to build muscle. Regardless of your goals, you’re going to need to ... Continue Reading
The Snatch Pull Can Elevate Your Weightlifting Game — If You Do It Right
The competition movements of Olympic lifting require precision. The snatch and clean & jerk are composed of multiple parts that demand serious coordination from your body. As such, the Olympic lifts ... Continue Reading
Use the Trap Bar Deadlift to Build Strength and Size From the Ground Up
The trap bar deadlift is a total-body pulling movement that can be utilized across various sports to develop leg strength, lower body power, and improve your general fitness. Both veteran athletes and ... Continue Reading
Use the Calf Raise for Complete Leg Strength and Muscle Growth
If you want to have an impressive set of legs, you have to look below the knee. Building bigger, stronger calf muscles can be tough, however, the task is certainly not impossible. When looking to build ... Continue Reading
Power Your Way to Better Lifts With Thrusters
The thruster combines the front squat and the overhead press into one explosive movement. Often seen in CrossFit gyms and at the Games, the thruster is deemed one of the more challenging — and sometimes ... Continue Reading
Build Beefy Traps and Shoulders With the Upright Row
Both consistency and variety are important when it comes to strength training. Basic movements such as the squat, press, and deadlift are practiced time after time for the sole reason that they’re ... Continue Reading
How to Do Face Pulls: Benefits & Variations
Face pulls may get little recognition, but they can enable you to train harder every single day. They are a great movement to add to any pressing or overhead performance day, such as before heavy ... Continue Reading
Use the Overhead Carry to Become Immovably Strong
Proper overhead strength is key for movements like jerks, snatches, overhead presses, strongman lifts, and daily life as well. Too often lifters and athletes fail to properly gain awareness and stability ... Continue Reading
The 10 Best Shoulder Press Variations for Broader Delts
The shoulder press is devilishly simple — you drive a barbell overhead and lower it back to your upper chest. It's a movement that increases strength in the torso, adds mass to primarily the shoulders and ... Continue Reading
Clean Up Your Weightlifting Game With the Muscle Clean
One of the most exciting aspects of the sport of weightlifting is that it’s not one-size-fits-all. While most lifters share the common goal of improving their strength, technique, or gaining more muscle, ... Continue Reading
The Best Kettlebell Exercises for a Stronger Bench Press
If you feel like you’re hitting a bench plateau, or even if you’re seeing progress but want to add a little spice to your training, kettlebells could be your new best friend. Sure, they’re typically more ... Continue Reading
Build a Vice Grip With the Axle Deadlift
The deadlift is one of the most effective strength and muscle-producing movements in all of sport. And fortunately for you, the ways to train your deadlift are just as varied and numerous as the benefits ... Continue Reading
Blast Your Abs With the 10 Best Kettlebell Core Exercises
Kettlebells are used across most strength, power and functional fitness sports to increase mobility, address asymmetries, and offer athletes a way to develop a stronger core without sacrificing training ... Continue Reading
The Front Rack Split Squat is the Best Leg Accessory You’ve Never Done
One of the primary goals of strength training is to build strong legs. While you may feel you have thousands of squats to go before achieving remarkable strength, there might be a way to achieve maximum ... Continue Reading
Work Out Like a Hero with the Superman
What’s that in the sky? It’s not a bird or a plane — it’s your new favorite calisthenics movement. It might not seem as exciting as Clark Kent’s alias, but the Superman is an exercise you might just want ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilding vs. Powerlifting Programs — Understanding the Difference
When it comes to slinging weight and getting huge, bodybuilding and powerlifting are the two training methods at the forefront of every conversation. In order to excel at either goal, putting as many eggs ... Continue Reading
Use the Dumbbell Deadlift to Perfect Your Pull
When it comes to building fundamental pulling strength, the deadlift is king of the jungle. However, it is also one of the most versatile and customizable exercises out there. If you’re looking for a ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Single-Arm Dumbbell Bench — Benefits, Variations, and More
When it comes to gaining muscle, the weapon of choice for big pecs is often a good set of dumbbells. While benching with dumbbells is more than reliable during chest day, there are ways to spice things up ... Continue Reading
The Zercher Squat is the Front-Loaded Squat Your Leg Day is Missing
Squatting is one of the most universally respected and commonly performed movements that have broad carry over to almost all athletic endeavors. Some variations, though, pose new challenges to even the ... Continue Reading
Lift Up Your Ab Workouts with the Hanging Knee Raise
Training the midsection often gets compartmentalized into either functional core work or direct abdominal work. While there isn’t anything inherently wrong with either mode of training, and goal ... Continue Reading