When you’re training, your mind is usually occupied with muscles, muscles, and more muscles. And yes, you want your muscles to get bigger and stronger. But your muscles act on your bones and joints. And ... Continue Reading
How to Design CrossFit Workouts for Speed and Power
CrossFit is a lot of things, but it is not predictable. The nature of CrossFit programming is precisely that it’s hard to pin down. You’re never supposed to know what any given WOD — that’s CrossFit-speak ... Continue Reading
20 Low-Calorie, High-Protein Foods To Add to Your Diet
Okay, so many athletes know that the best protein powders can be great tools for hitting your protein counts each and every day, but have you considered the other sources of protein across your ... Continue Reading
Everything You Need to Know About Refeed Days
Even the most diligent strength athlete might struggle to do what it takes in the kitchen to maintain particular gains in the gym. It might feel like no problem to commit to four to five high-intensity ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Steinborn Squat — Common Mistakes, Benefits, and More
The biggest lifting legends often have exercises named after them. Nineteenth-century lifter Henry “Milo” Steinborn, born in 1893, is no exception. One of the most influential strongmen and weightlifters ... Continue Reading
How to Increase Your Bench Press — Tips and Programs to Try
(Almost) everyone wants a big bench press. Whether you’re a powerlifter on the prowl for a huge total, a bodybuilder looking to beef up their pecs, or simply hit the gym to feel good and perform well in ... Continue Reading
How to Train Bodybuilding Once Per Week (and Make It Count)
Your gym partner says that a five-day split is, like, the best for muscle growth, bro. That pre-written template program you just picked up from your favorite influencer? It’s four hard days of hard ... Continue Reading
Best Ski Erg Workout for CrossFit for Every Experience Level
In the wide world of CrossFit, full-body conditioning is the name of the game. Sometimes, that involves extensive endeavors on cardio machines. Throughout WODs (workouts of the day), you’ll do everything ... Continue Reading
The Key to Nailing Split Squat Form
The split squat in all of its glory is quite a beast. While some athletes may utilize them more than others, you’d be hard-pressed to find a program that doesn’t dabble in a split squat or two at some ... Continue Reading
The 8 Best Pre-Workout Supplement Alternatives to Improve Performance
Whether you’re looking to bust through an old plateau or start a new program off right, you’re ready to keep on crushing your workouts. Time for a little bit of pre-workout to fuel your body to perform its ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Reverse Biceps Curl for Absolutely Massive Arms
Want to build an impressive pair of arms? Great. Get a pair of dumbbells for dumbbell curls. Then, find a bar and bang out some chin-ups. Also, you should probably do several sets of wrist curls for your ... Continue Reading
Try These Cable Shoulder Workouts for Bigger, Stronger Delts
You’re probably in the market for some capped delts. Full, round shoulders that pop from every angle can help define your physique, so nailing your delt days in the gym is an absolute ... Continue Reading
Bodybuilding Lore Addressed: Can You Actually Target Your Inner Chest?
Bodybuilding is an art form. Where the sculptor carves and chips detailed works of art from stone or clay, the physique enthusiast strives to bring forth every last striation in every muscle across their ... Continue Reading
So, Is Flexible Dieting Legit? Here’s What the Science Says
All diets, in one way or another, are designed around managing what foods you eat in what quantities. Whether you cut carbs with the ketogenic diet or go all-in on meat with the carnivore diet, the ... Continue Reading
The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance
When you’re a CrossFitter, your workouts are all about improving the quality of your movements. Everything from the nutrition to the recovery habits of CrossFit athletes is dedicated to maximizing the ... Continue Reading
Try These Cable Arm Workouts to Build Massive Bis and Tris
A dedicated arm day just hits different. Arm workouts may be a little less mentally taxing than a hard squat session but a true gun run can leave you feeling just as great. Walking away with a sweet pump ... Continue Reading
What is Fat Grip Training and Is it for You?
It’s a common axiom in strength sports circles that you are only as strong as your weakest link. In many sports, the connection to your major movements is through your hands. This is particularly true when ... Continue Reading
Try These Cable Ab Workouts to Crush Your Core
The gym offers a diverse selection of training tools to suit your needs. You can make some serious gains using calisthenics, but there’s also free weights, machines, and even cables at your disposal — yet ... Continue Reading
Your Guide to Creating Fitness Goals — And How to Crush Them
Have you invested hours at the gym hoping to look like the Hulk, but the only growth you have seen is in your ponytail or beard? Even though you might be eager to have raised veins sprawling through your ... Continue Reading
These Are the 12 Best Rhomboid Exercises for Your Upper Back
The rhomboids are a sneaky little pair of muscles nestled between your shoulder blades that play a role in upper back strength and scapular control. In reality, a more attractive reason to direct your ... Continue Reading
The 80/20 Diet Rule Explained (and Why You Should Try It)
There are as many opinions about diets out there as there are people who eat food. Despite what you may hear on your Instagram feed, there is no one-size-fits-all way to approach nutrition. Still, there ... Continue Reading
20 High-Fiber Foods to Support Digestion
When you’re looking to adjust your diet for increasing strength and promoting muscle growth, the main macronutrients — protein, carbohydrate, and fat — likely consume the bulk of your attention. And ... Continue Reading
These 11 Tips Will Help You Crush Your First Workout
Congratulations on taking the plunge: Getting started on your first fitness routine can be your catalyst to improving your health, physical abilities, and overall well-being — but it can also be a bit ... Continue Reading
Crack the Code on New Leg Gains With the Hack Squat Machine
Fun fact — the hack squat machine wasn’t named for its rule-breaking potential in the weight room. While you can’t hack through the firewalls of physiology (you still need to eat well, recover properly, ... Continue Reading