You’ve got your strength training program ready to go. It might be strongman, weightlifting, or even powerbuilding. You’re getting stronger and building your endurance, but something’s missing. Maybe ... Continue Reading
Try These 11 Best Shoulder Warm-Up Exercises to Raise the Roof on Overhead Lifts
It’s tempting to load up a barbell and try to toss it overhead — no warm-up, just feeling super cool. But if you’ve ever gone into a workout cold, you might have learned the hard way that your muscles and ... Continue Reading
10 Benefits of Strength Training for Bodybuilders That You Need to Know Before Your Next Workout
When a bodybuilder steps out under the lights of the competition stage, they aren’t judged on how much they can squat or deadlift. In fact, what they can do with their physique isn’t relevant in any ... Continue Reading
Do Knee Sleeves Actually Boost Your Squat?
Whether you’re a competitive athlete or a recreational lifter looking for a boost in your squat, you’ve probably seen someone roll up to the squat rack with compression sleeves on their knees. For most, ... Continue Reading
The Smolov Jr. Program for Powerlifting, Explained
The Smolov Jr. strength program may have claimed the soul of more gym bros than any other program on the market. The often- underestimated program has been proven effective for seriously boosting your ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Landmine Press — Benefits, Variations, Common Mistakes, and More
Landmine training has become increasingly popular among strength athletes and general gymgoers. It offers a unique range of motion, is touted as more joint-friendly, and is often done one side at a time, ... Continue Reading
The Weightlifter’s Guide to Hypertrophy — How Bigger Muscles Make Better Lifts
Weightlifting is a performance sport, but it’s not performative. The charm of Olympic lifting is in its simplicity — either you can lift the barbell over your head, or you can’t. How you look while you set ... Continue Reading
The Best Full-Body Workout You Can Do In the Squat Rack
Your workouts shouldn’t make you feel like you’re on a scavenger hunt. If you’re ever had to scour a crowded facility, desperately trying to find that one missing cable attachment (seriously, where is it?) ... Continue Reading
5 Common Strength Training Mistakes and How to Fix Them
Something feels off in your program. You’re not exactly plateauing, but you’re not leaving the gym feeling good, either. Sometimes that nagging sense of something being not quite right about your gains has ... Continue Reading
These Are Eight of the Best Weightlifting Exercises You Need to Strengthen Your Jerk
Olympic weightlifting will present you with many challenges on your journey. While the clean & jerk is one of the two main lifts, it actually consists of two separate movements in and of itself. The ... Continue Reading
Want to Build a Complete Physique? Don’t Forget to Train These Overlooked Muscles
What do you notice when you look at a bodybuilder on stage? Most people are drawn to the big, glamorous muscles. A pair of pecs you could balance a beer can on. Legs that absolutely do not, under ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Training for Bodybuilders — Tips, Tricks, and the Best Exercises for Muscle Growth
Bodybuilders have many tools in their toolbox. If you're trying to build the physique of your dreams, there's no reason to limit yourself to one piece of equipment, one specific machine, or one style of ... Continue Reading
The Best Upper-Body Workouts Workouts You Can Do At Home
Whether it’s a one-off session or your preferred training method, it’s highly likely that you’ll find yourself performing an at-home workout at some point. Stepping into your own basement or garage gym can ... Continue Reading
8 Scientifically-Backed Benefits of MCT Oil – Good for Keto?
If you spend much time in the wide world of keto, paleo, or other niche diet circles, there’s a decent chance you’ve seen people pouring spoonfuls of clear oil into their coffees, shakes, and salad ... Continue Reading
Y3T Training Explained — Is Coach Neil Hill’s Bodybuilding Workout Muscle Magic?
Size matters not...except for when it does. Y3T, or "Yoda-3-Training", is the brainchild of renowned bodybuilding coach Neil "Yoda" Hill. Hill — whose coaching pedigree contains names like Flex Lewis, ... Continue Reading
12 Benefits of Kettlebell Swings That Will Have You Swinging in No Time
You love nothing more than getting to the gym as often as you can. But alas — life happens. When you haven’t got a lot of time for training — nor room in your apartment for outfitting an entire home gym — ... Continue Reading
Want Rock-Solid Squats? Here’s How to Nail Your Walk Out
A successful squat starts when you unrack the bar. Sure, executing perfect reps is important for making gains, but you can’t overlook the importance of the setup and how it impacts your ... Continue Reading
Master the Bird Dog to Give Your Core Routine Wings
Imagine your favorite workout. For strength and functional fitness athletes, this fantasy likely features a training session involving barbells, a load of bumper plates, or a Rogue echo bike. At the very ... Continue Reading
9 Deadlift Mistakes and How to Fix Them for Stronger Pulls
Known for the hallmark grip-and-rip battle cry, deadlifting is one of the easiest lifts to explain in concept. Simply walk up to the bar and pick it up. However, the harsh reality of proper pulling is ... Continue Reading
Use Daily Undulating Periodization to Force New Muscle and Strength Gains
How do you approach your workouts? While it may seem like there are an infinite number of factors at play — how often you go to the gym, what exercises you do, the equipment you work with — one of the most ... Continue Reading
Learn How to Box Squat to Lift More Weight and Improve Power
The box squat is thought of as a move for hardcore powerlifters looking to eke out every ounce of progress from their squat. Actually, it’s a great move that any lifter can do to improve the back squat, ... Continue Reading
Get Freakishly Strong With the 5×5 Workout Program
If you're even a little bit interested in getting stronger, you've probably heard or read about the 5x5 workout program. One of the earliest iterations of this workout was popularized by Bill Starr — and ... Continue Reading
8 Benefits of the Bird Dog to Make Your Core Strength Take Flight
Let’s start with a quiz. What’s one exercise that’s often performed poorly, rushed through, or skipped entirely, even though it can help keep your lower back from a world of hurt? If you guessed the bird ... Continue Reading
Master the Jump Rope Again with Double Unders
The sound of a clacking jump rope might bring you back to the middle school playground or your childhood backyard. As an adult, though, you may not pick one up nearly as often — unless you’re a ... Continue Reading