It’s leg day, and you want to make sure you’re choosing the most effective leg exercises for lower-body hypertrophy, strength-building, or whatever your particular goals are this training cycle. Whether ... Continue Reading
The Differences Between the Push Press Vs. Overhead Press Explained
Pressing weight overhead is a surefire way to increase overhead strength, add more mass to your deltoids, and reinforce shoulder mobility. None of that is new news. The more pressing question becomes which ... Continue Reading
Do the Suitcase Deadlift For a Strong Grip and More Muscle
The suitcase deadlift — where you perform a deadlift with one side of your body loaded — is more useful than you may think. First, think about how often you carry something in one hand, be it a bag of ... Continue Reading
6 Chest Exercises Without Weights That Build Size and Strength
Push-ups are the green beans of your chest day. You know the full-body control, stability, and core strength to be gained from what is essentially a moving plank are next to none. Still, they're not nearly ... Continue Reading
The Differences Between High-Bar Vs. Low-Bar Squats Explained
When you’re getting yourself pumped up for a heavy squat session, you always want to head in with a game plan — you’ll want to know how you’re warming up, how many reps and sets you’re doing, and at what ... Continue Reading
Use the Snatch Balance to Perfect Your Timing and Speed
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
5 No-Equipment Back Exercises That You Can Do Anywhere
When you want to strengthen your back but there's no equipment in sight, all can feel lost. Without the weight of barbells, kettlebells, or dumbbells in your hands — let alone a pull-up bar — it may ... 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
Floor Press Vs. Bench Press — Is One Better Than the Other?
If you've been lifting for even a minute, you've probably heard of the bench press — a powerlifting movement that lifters of all backgrounds work into their training for more upper-body mass and stronger ... 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
10 Upper Body Kettlebell Exercises for Strength, Power and More Muscle
When you love lifting, but you only have the money and space for a singular kettlebell, it’s very tempting to opt for the heavier bell. And don’t get it twisted — heavy kettlebells are great for increasing ... Continue Reading
Pendlay Row Vs. Barbell Row — Which Is Best for Strength and Hypertrophy?
Bodybuilders and powerlifters have sung the praises of the barbell row as one of the most vital moves for strength and muscle-building. But don’t take their word for it — the American Council on Exercise ... Continue Reading
Burn Fat and Save Time With the Kettlebell Complex
Life has a way of getting between you and a good workout. Maybe you need to stay late at work. Or, perhaps your gym is closed indefinitely due to a global pandemic (imagine?). Either way, know that there ... 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
Hang Clean Vs. Power Clean — Which Lift Should You Be Doing?
Few lifts measure (and create) power as well as the clean. Simply put: a clean is when the lifter picks weight up off the floor and drives it up into a front rack position. Like most exercises, there are a ... 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
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