Big triceps are not just a symbol of hard work and consistent effort in the gym, they are highly functional and necessary for serious strength and power athletes. Without them, bench pressing will stall, ... Continue Reading
What Exercises Are Best for Weight Lifting Belts?
When reaching for a weight lifting belt, what exercises signal the need to use one? Are they movements that you feel a belt benefits, movements that warrant a belt's use based off of what's presented on ... Continue Reading
10 Box Jump Variations to Boost Strength, Explosiveness, and Athleticism
The box jump is a plyometric exercise that is used by strength, power, fitness, and sports athletes to increase lower body power and explosiveness. While most of us are familiar with the box jump, it is ... Continue Reading
Does Soy Lower Testosterone? What Athletes Need to Know
One of the most controversial topics in sports nutrition has got to be soy. The humble, unusually high-fat bean has been a dietary staple in much of Asia for thousands of years and today it makes up some 7 ... Continue Reading
Turkish Get Up Exercise Guide
The Turkish get up is a movement that can benefit athletes of all levels and sporting goals. Strength, power, and fitness athletes alike can increase overhead strength, core and shoulder stability, and ... Continue Reading
Will the Rogue Fitness .50 Cal Trolley Change the Power Rack Game?
With an undying love for barbell sports, comes an undying love for lifting equipment. At times with lifting equipment, it can seem like you don't really need something, until you see it. The next item ... Continue Reading
YouTube Personality Nick Bare Tries Brian Shaw’s 12,000 Calorie Diet
A professional strongman diet is no joke. In fact, it seems like every time you watch a video covering what a professional strongman eats in-season, they often describe adhering to their diet as one of ... Continue Reading
Study: Breakfast Pre-Exercise May Increase Nutrient Metabolization
To breakfast, or not to breakfast, that is the question. Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day, but that's been seen as a slight exaggeration. After all, the most important ... Continue Reading
6 Leg Finisher Circuits for Strength Athletes
Leg finishers are a brutal way to induce serious muscle building, work capacity improvements, and even kick start recovery processes. Strength athletes can benefit from performing these short and intense ... Continue Reading
Bodyweight Workout Finishers for Weightlifters
Bodyweight exercises are beneficial for establishing foundational fitness, building muscle, and improving bodily control. While Olympic weightlifters must be well-versed with a barbell and the competition ... Continue Reading
Certain Cancers Use Body Fat for Fuel, Says New Study
If you’re tired of being told that maintaining a lean physique is just an exercise in vanity, you might be pleased with this news. A new study by researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute has ... Continue Reading
Reebok Fans Rejoice: The Reebok Nano 4 Is Making a Comeback
If you're a fan of cross training shoes, and more specifically Reebok, then the following news is probably going to make you very happy. Earlier this week, Reebok officially announced that the popular ... Continue Reading
6 Stretches and Warm-ups to Improve Ankle Mobility
Ankle mobility is key for most movements in Olympic weightlifting, powerlifting, and competitive fitness (not to mention proper joint integrity for all individuals). Limited ranges of motion in the ankles ... Continue Reading
4 Single-Kettlebell Circuits You Can Do At Home
Kettlebells are a versatile piece of fitness equipment that can be used to increase fitness, strength, muscle endurance, and cardiovascular health. The large appeal for learning kettlebell exercises is ... Continue Reading
The Best Kettlebell Movements for Core Strength
Kettlebells have been used across most strength, power and fitness sports to increase movement, address asymmetries, and offer coaches and athletes a way to develop a stronger core without sacrificing ... Continue Reading
Kettlebell Circuit for Leg Strength
Kettlebell training is an effective way to build overall strength, power, and hypertrophy for most fitness and general fitness enthusiasts. Often, movements like squats, deadlifts, and other leg training ... Continue Reading
Total-Body Kettlebell Circuit for Runners
In this article we offer runners a comprehensive total-body kettlebell workout to develop greater power, build muscle, and enhance running performance; all while increasing injury resilience. The below ... Continue Reading
Full Body Kettlebell Circuit Workout for Strength
Kettlebells are a highly valuable tool for building stamina, muscle, and strength. Often times, when athletes think about building serious strength, the kettlebell is not one of the first tools to choose ... Continue Reading
3 Muscle Building Kettlebell Circuits You Need to Try
Kettlebells are a versatile tool for building muscle, increasing power, and shedding body fat. Like most training programs, building muscle with kettlebells is highly dependent on: load/intensity ... Continue Reading
If You’re an Athlete, Check Out This Fascia Documentary While You Can
If there’s one thing smart athletes like to talk about, it’s fascia. Long undervalued and overlooked it’s a hugely important, fascinating, and misunderstood network of connective tissue that extends from ... Continue Reading
Reverse Lunge Exercise Guide
The reverse lunge is a unilateral exercise than can be used to build strength, muscle hypertrophy, and enhance movement mechanics for strength, power, and fitness athletes. While most athletes spend a good ... Continue Reading
Transparent Labs Stim-Free Pre-Workout Review – Is Anything Missing?
Transparent Labs is making some pretty serious waves in the supplement industry, and not just because their products are all free from artificial ingredients. This is the kind of company that takes ... Continue Reading
Why Do I Yawn When I Lift?
You’re psyched up. You’ve had pre-workout coffee, jogged up a sweat, mobilized, done your warm-up sets, hit your working weight, and after your first working set… you yawn. Shake it off. Another set. ... Continue Reading
GrubSub Meal Replacement Review – Too Much Iron?
GrubSub was started by biochemistry major Jesus Flores and two friends he met while studying at the California State University of Fullerton, and the product differentiates itself a little bit from other ... Continue Reading