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
Full-Body Vs. Split Workouts: Which Is Right For You?
Working out properly can be hard. While some people set foot in the gym and go straight to the bench or bang out endless sets of dumbbell curls, most truly accomplished lifters rely on the right program to ... 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 Best Dumbbell Chest Workouts for Beginners, Strength, and More
Gym rats the world over are constantly on the hunt for the best ways to build an impressive set of pecs. Dumbbell exercises are a staple for many muscle groups — and luckily, the chest is no different. ... Continue Reading
The Best Bodyweight Workouts for Muscle, Beginners, Mobility, and More
Whether you don’t have access to a gym or want to spice up your training routine, consider bodyweight training. It might not seem like much compared to tossing a loaded barbell on your back, but training ... Continue Reading
The Best Core Workouts for Strength, Muscle, and Power
Even if you're actively chasing a six-pack, there are plenty of other reasons to strengthen your core. If you want to PR in your deadlift and bench press or pack on muscle mass, training your core ... Continue Reading
The Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own Bodybuilding Workout Plan
From cannonball delts to cut abs, an impressive physique is the proverbial pie in the sky for every gym rat who hits the iron to look good. However, knowing where you want to go is much easier than ... Continue Reading
The Best Lower Body Workouts for Strength, Fat Loss, Muscle Growth, and More
No matter what kind of training split you prefer, your program is going to need a couple of solid leg days. It’s not for nothing that two of three powerlifts are lower body-focused. And without a strong ... Continue Reading
Push/Pull Workouts Can Take Your Training Up a Notch
You’ve probably heard of upper body/lower body splits, or you might still be on a muscle group-based split ever since you learned about them in high school gym class. But if you’ve never tried a push/pull ... Continue Reading
The Best Arm Workout for Powerlifters and Strength Athletes
Should powerlifters perform arm-focused training? The short answer is yes. The long answer is an absolute yes. Many fitness gurus in the powerlifting space might claim that direct arm work is overrated; ... Continue Reading
Why You Should Learn to Love the 20-Rep Squat Set
Gains rarely exist in your comfort zone. To get bigger and stronger you need to do more than you did the week before. This doesn't mean you should deadlift until your back gives out (please don't do this), ... Continue Reading
Build Muscle Anywhere With the Best At-Home Bodyweight Workouts
Bodyweight workouts deserve a bit more respect if you ask us. If you only rep-out push-ups and lunges when the squat rack is full, then you're doing your muscles and mobility a disservice. Strength ... Continue Reading
5 Travel Workouts to Keep You Fit On the Go
You might be out of town for a business event or to visit your family for the first time in who knows how long. Or, you might be out on an actual vacation. Whatever your reason for being off somewhere ... Continue Reading
The 5 Best Resistance Band Workouts According to Experts
A lot of strength athletes use bands as a way to make their barbell lifts more challenging, but if anyone were to suggest using bands for an entire workout, they'd get scoffed out of the building. But ... Continue Reading
Should You Retest CrossFit Open Workouts?
Competition is one of the most beautiful human endeavors. It’s through competition that we test our mettle, learn where our limits are, and learn where they could be. In CrossFit, the worldwide Open ... Continue Reading
How Do You Create An At-Home Workout Routine To Match Your Goals?
Maybe you had a new bench 1RM in mind, or you might have wanted to get to squatting 225 for sets of ten without (a) losing all your breath and (b) losing all your form. Your programming was probably ... Continue Reading
4 Full Body Bodyweight AMRAP Workouts To Maintain Strength
As much as you love barbells (you and me both, my friend), it can be good to return to good old bodyweight moves. They help uncover weak links in movement integrity. Recognizing that slight leftward lean ... Continue Reading
20 Weights-Free Exercises to Help Your Deadlift Strength
You want to improve your deadlift but you haven’t seen a lifting platform in months. You’re near panic mode, and I feel you. But you don’t have to completely despair — sure, it’ll take time to get back ... Continue Reading
4 Dumbbell Exercises You Should Try Adding Bands To
Resistance bands are a fantastic training accessory tool. They are portable, lightweight, inexpensive, and you can train in multiple planes of motion. Plus, because the further the band stretches the ... Continue Reading
Best At Home Foam Roller Workouts
There is a lot of content out there about foam rollers and the best ways to use them for almost to aid every part of the body. Be it upper or lower, from glutes to calves, for active and sedentary people ... Continue Reading
8 Muscle-Building Home Workouts from Top Athletes and Coaches
Over the next few months, the idea of hitting the gym is looking pretty bleak for many across the globe. With no idea when gym access will be granted again, it can be pretty stressful when thinking about ... Continue Reading
5 Functional Exercises to Improve Warmups, Movement, and Overall Fitness
Functional training became a hot topic in 2019 and keeps gaining momentum in mainstream fitness. But what is functional training really? Functional movement or training, has it all in the ... Continue Reading
4 Farmer’s Carry Workouts for Fat Loss
Farmer’s carries have been around since the dawn of time but have increased in popularity thanks to strength coach Dan John. He says doing carries for three straight weeks will change your life. And ... Continue Reading
6 Fantastic Kettlebell Workouts for Burning Fat
Kettlebells were used in Russia in the 1800’s as a weight to measure grains and other goods. But then Russian vendors started swinging and lifting these kettlebells to show their strength and quickly ... Continue Reading