Perfecting the snatch takes time, dedication, and a highly detailed approach to addressing technical faults and weaknesses. One exercise that can drastically enhance a weightlifter's, CrossFit athlete's, ... Continue Reading
Make the Most Out Of Leg Day With the Best Leg Exercises for Mass
Big legs serve two primary purposes: First, they prevent you from looking like a pair of pecs on stilts. Second, they support the massive weights that strength athletes like powerlifters are known for ... Continue Reading
The Jefferson Squat is an Old-Time Exercise That Builds Supreme Leg Size
The Jefferson squat is a unique squat variation that can increase leg strength, size, core stability, and build power in multiple planes of movement. Named after circus strongman Charles Jefferson ... Continue Reading
The 13 Best Trap Exercises & Workouts, CPT-Approved
Traps may be the new abs to strength athletes — at least in the sense that they're hard to obtain and signal to the world that you take your fitness goals seriously. Just like you can't get abs without ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Hip Flexor Exercises for Your Leg Day Warm-Up
The muscles you don't see have a big impact on the muscles you do, and the hip flexors fall into this category. Although they are unseen, the strength and performance of your hip flexors directly affect ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Floor Press — Benefits, Variations, and More
The floor press is a simple and highly effective pressing variation that can be used as a primary pressing movement, accessory lift, or even by injury-prone lifters. Taking your bench press from a bench to ... Continue Reading
The 7 Best Foam Roller Exercises for Mobility and Better Movement
Foam rolling is a popular myofascial release method among strength athletes and the general population to help reduce post-exercise muscle soreness and improve mobility. But if you’re only using this tool ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Neck Exercises for More Mobility and Bigger Traps
The average human head weighs eight pounds. When you think about it like that, your neck, which is what supports and rotates your head, is pretty darn strong. And just like any muscle — well, the neck is ... Continue Reading
How to Do a Hang Clean: Proper Form & Variations
Powerful hip drive is a must in strength sports. Popular among weightlifters and CrossFit athletes, the hang clean has you drive the barbell from knee level to shoulder height. Flip your elbows, then catch ... Continue Reading
Build Ridiculous Core Strength With the Toes to Bar
Don't let the simplicity of the toes to bar exercise fool you — raising your feet from extension to your head can forge iron-like abs. There are plenty of other reasons to sub this exercise into your ab ... Continue Reading
Realize the Strength and Power-Building Benefits of the Clean & Jerk
Few moves are as dynamic and recruit as many muscles — namely, the quads, back shoulders, glutes, and core — as the clean & jerk. It's one of the two competition lifts in the sport of weightlifting, ... Continue Reading
5 Best Adductor Exercises For Hip Strength & Injury Prevention (CPT-Reviewed)
When it comes to building an impressive lower body, you tend to focus on the quads, hamstrings, and glute muscles. But certain muscles remain out of sight and mind even though they have a direct effect on ... Continue Reading
The 10 Best Kettlebell Exercises for All Skill Levels
Kettlebell training is as versatile as you need it to be. Want to up your conditioning? Kettlebells. Want to boost your grip strength and raw lifting power? Use kettlebells. Are you trying to even out ... Continue Reading
6 Unique Trap Bar Exercises for Muscle, Strength, and Conditioning
The trap bar may be one of the best tools that you're not using. Or, you're only using it for deadlifts. The thing is, the neutral-grip handles and unique positioning that it allows make the trap bar a gym ... Continue Reading
The 7 Best Serratus Exercises for Chiseled Abs and Shoulder Stability
If you've ever seen a shredded set of abs, then you've probably noticed a serrated muscle that sits under the ribs and flows around the obliques. This muscle is called the serratus — named that for its ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Exercises For a Stronger Psoas
When it comes to getting stronger, little muscles such as the hip flexors are important. While bigger muscles — like the quads, glutes, chest, and back — are the primary movers, smaller muscles help ... Continue Reading
5 Overhead Stability Exercises to Increase Shoulder Strength
No matter your training goal, neglecting shoulder strength and stability is many a lifter’s biggest pitfall. Maintaining healthy shoulders is the centerpiece of any lifter’s repertoire. You don’t have to ... Continue Reading
Nail the Front Squat for Leg Muscle and Power
The front squat is a uniquely challenging and highly beneficial squat movement that differs drastically from back squats and overhead squats. The front squat can help improve a weightlifter's clean, build ... Continue Reading
The Best Foam Roller Calf Exercises for Recovery
Foam rolling is a popular myofascial release method among strength athletes and the general population to help reduce post-exercise muscle soreness and improve mobility. However, outside of just rolling ... 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
4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
As much as you love barbells (you and me both, my friend), it can be good to return to good old bodyweight moves. They help uncover weak links in movement integrity. Recognizing that slight leftward lean ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Home Exercises for More Muscle and Strength
If you’re not fortunate enough to have a sweet home gym set up where you can squat, bench press, and deadlift while your gym access is limited, all is not lost. With a little creativity, you can still ... Continue Reading
Best At Home Foam Roller Workouts
There is a lot of content out there about foam rollers and the best ways to use them for almost to aid every part of the body. Be it upper or lower, from glutes to calves, for active and sedentary people ... Continue Reading
7 Barbell Back Exercises That Are NOT the Deadlift
The barbell is an excellent training tool. You can load it up with a lot of weight, control it with two hands, and perform a myriad of moves with it. Yet, when when it comes to heavy barbell lifting, most ... Continue Reading