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
How to Do the Dumbbell Snatch — Variations, Benefits, Mistakes, and More
Upon hearing the word "snatch," you probably have an image of some elite weightlifter (like Lasha Talakhadze) toiling away day after day for years on end to master this one exercise. So if you don't have ... Continue Reading
The Best Upper-Body Home Workouts You Can Do Without Weights
Gyms across the globe may have once again opened their doors as the COVID-19 pandemic slowly quells, but that doesn't mean you have to get yourself a public membership if you want to get (or stay) in good ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Farmer’s Carry: Benefits and Expert Tips
The farmer’s carry is fairly straightforward: you’ll walk while holding dumbbells or other weights in your hands. The increased popularity of the sport of strongman — which regularly features the farmer’s ... Continue Reading
Perfect the Push Press for Muscle and Strength Gains
If you want to start lifting heavier weights overhead, look no further than the push press. The push press is a variation of the overhead press that brings the lower body to the party to help take your ... Continue Reading
FST-7 Training Explained — Can You “Shock and Awe” Your Muscles Into New Growth?
Every bodybuilder has their own claim to muscle fame. From Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous addiction to the pump, to Dorian Yates's high-intensity, one-set-to-failure approach, it has been proven time and ... Continue Reading
Build a Complete Workout With These 9 Best Accessory Exercises for Weightlifting
There’s more to the story in weightlifting than just the snatch and clean & jerk. If you want to get better at the lifts, practicing them over and over again won’t cut it on its own. You should still ... Continue Reading
How to Return to Strength Training After an Extended Break
For a weathered gym rat, almost nothing is worse than being unable to access your barbells and weight plates. Not that you need a fully-equipped gym to work out — but sometimes, life just doesn’t ... Continue Reading