The beauty of resistance bands is they don’t rely on gravity for resistance —like a dumbbell or pair of kettlebells — so you can perform various exercises at different angles to challenge your muscle ... Continue Reading
6 Healthy Fast Food Options, According to a PhD
Fast food is convenient, widely available, and often delicious. Whether you’re road-tripping, traveling to a competition, or just busy running errands, a quick stop at the drive-through makes life a lot ... Continue Reading
5 of the Best Dumbbell Arm Workouts for Strength, Size, and Time-Saving
Wanting big, strong arms is somewhere on the list of goals for just about everyone who hits the iron regularly. From filling out a t-shirt to supporting your entire body during a push-up or plank to ... Continue Reading
The 9 Best Jerk Variations for Improving Your Overhead Game
Depending on who you ask, the jerk is the most challenging movement in weightlifting. It’s where Olympic lifters are truly tested on the platform. The most traditional variation of the jerk is the split ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Arm Exercises for Weightlifting
Big biceps don’t win strength competitions. Developing proficiency in the sport of weightlifting is about mastering both the snatch and the clean & jerk. If you’re pursuing the biggest total possible, ... 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
The Best 15 Minute Workouts for Strength, Conditioning, and More
You might love a long workout as much as the next gym nerd. But sometimes you can’t spend hours in the gym. You might be traveling, working hard at that new job, or just need to squeeze in an extra ... Continue Reading
The Best Kettlebell Strength Circuit To Improve Your Lifts
When you’re looking to build your strength, barbells are fantastic, but they’re not your only option for getting strong. Using kettlebell strength circuits to get stronger will not only help you lift ... Continue Reading
The 15 Best Cable Exercises for Hypertrophy, Strength, and Stability
Cable exercises offer an incredibly diverse range of benefits to every lifter. They are potent tools to optimize hypertrophy training, and offer a joint-stabilizing option between rigid machines and free ... Continue Reading
The Best All-Around Kettlebell Training Program
Figuring out how to work out with kettlebells — in all their off-balanced glory — is one thing. You’ve long since mastered the kettlebell swing, and you’ve even got enough training pizzazz to perform a ... Continue Reading
The Best Kettlebell Workouts for Strength, Muscle Mass, Beginners, and More
If you have room for only one piece of strength equipment in your home gym, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better alternative than the oddly-shaped powerhouses known as kettlebells. Working out with ... Continue Reading
13 Best Upper Back Exercises and 4 Upper Back Workouts
Hot take: We think the upper back is the new abs. Sure, a shredded six-pack turns heads at the beach or pool, but a beefy upper back signals to the entire world that you hit the weights on a regular ... Continue Reading
The Best Airport Workouts for Staying Fit During Holiday Travel
For most, the holidays are a welcome respite from a long year of work. The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years, while light on daylight, are heavy on good food, quality time with your loved ones, and ... Continue Reading
The Best Holiday Workouts for Maintaining Muscle and Getting Stronger
When your roadmap is clearly laid out and you've got the right plan in your pocket, getting or staying in shape isn't as hard as you think. Whether you want to put on some new muscle or add plates to your ... Continue Reading
The 12 Best Bodyweight Cardio Exercises You Should Be Doing
When you hear the word cardio your thoughts might drift to the drudgery of a treadmill or elliptical. Cardio in lifting circles is often thought of as a dirty word, but improving your cardio has a wide ... 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
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
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
Get Your Hands Dirty With the 10 Best Grip Exercises
You need to train your grip. If you can’t hold onto your barbell in the first place, how can you expect to make gains in the gym long-term? A strong grip will help you pull better on rows, cycle faster in ... Continue Reading
Kick Your Own Ass With the 10 Best Bodyweight Glute Exercises
A steel-forged booty looks good on everyone. What's more, smart glute training is a key component of any solid exercise program. Without focusing on your glutes, you might not be able to really maximize ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Quad Workouts for Forging Bigger and More Explosive Legs
The legs are the pillars of performance in the gym. From sled pushes to sprints, box jumps to bench pressing, everything you do in training demands strong legs in some way. Therefore, training your quads ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Bench Press Variations to Try on Your Next Chest Day
The bench press may be one of the most popular exercises in the gym. It may also be the exercise that gym-goers plateau on the most. Progress starts quickly as one learns the basic technique, but many a ... Continue Reading
The Best Pull-Up Variations for All Experience Levels
If there’s one upper body exercise every strength athlete should include in their training program, it’s the pull-up. Think of pull-ups as squats for the upper body — arguably, no other upper body exercise ... Continue Reading
The 15 Best Manual Resistance Exercises to Help You Build Muscle Anywhere
Whether you’re battling back from injury, lack the home gym of your dreams, or are just sick and tired of slinging dumbbells, sometimes you need an alternative to weight training. While it can be hard to ... Continue Reading