Arms
Static Bicep Curl: Master the Ultimate Arm Builder Exercise
Close your eyes and imagine what the strongest guy in the world would ideally look like. Chances are, you pictured an individual with hulking arms who…
Exercise Guides: Form, Muscles Worked and Variations
Step-by-step guides to 979 exercises. Each one covers setup, form cues, the muscles worked, common mistakes and variations. Pick a body area, start with the guides lifters use most, or find a swap for a movement you can't do.
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Arms
The 13 Best EZ Bar Curl Alternatives for Massive Biceps
The EZ bar curl is a popular biceps exercise. EZ bars are curved, which means you can put your hands in a semi-supinated position, which some…
Legs and Glutes
Air Squat: Target Your Quads, Glutes, and Core Effectively!
It’s hard to believe that CrossFit has been around for over 20 years. Initially labeled a bit of a fad, CrossFit is now one of the…
Arms
The 15 Best Spider Curl Alternatives for Bigger, Stronger Biceps
Spider curls are one of the least known biceps exercises. Done lying face down on a bench with your arms hanging straight down, spider curls isolate…
Legs and Glutes
Barbell Kneeling Squat: Target Your Lower Body Muscles Effectively
The barbell kneeling squat is an off-kilter leg-focused exercise that could actually be described as a reverse leg extension. Instead of sitting on the machine and…
Core
14 Best Compound Exercises for Stronger Abdominals
When it comes to abs training, it’s too easy to fall into the trap of doing the same old crunches and leg raises. While these exercises…
Legs and Glutes
Smith Chair Squat: Strengthen Quads, Glutes & Core Effectively
The Smith chair squat is a great exercise for many reasons – it’s good for beginners, is a safe way to train the lower body, and…
Arms
9 Best Cable Exercises for Your Arms and Bigger Biceps
Ask most bodybuilders what the best biceps exercise are, and invariably they’ll tell you that it’s barbell and dumbbell curls. These free-weight exercises are staples of…
Arms
Concentration Curl: Target Your Biceps and Build Arm Strength
Have you ever flexed your arm randomly at someone only to find out you ripped your sleeve in the process? No? It is probably because you…
Legs and Glutes
ATG Squat: Mastering Form for Stronger Legs and Core
When it comes to building muscle, getting strong, or training for sport, squats are often considered all but compulsory. After all, squats are even known as…
Back
Dumbbell Rear Delt Row: Strengthen Your Deltoids & More!
When it comes to deltoid training, most people focus on their deltoids by doing lots of overhead presses and lateral raises. However, those exercises only work…
Legs and Glutes
Kettlebell Turkish Get Up: Master Full-Body Strength & Stability
The kettlebell Turkish get up is a functional exercise that requires and improves total-body stability. It also works most muscles of the body as you’re starting…
Core
Side Jackknife: Target Obliques & Core for Stronger Abs
When it comes to abs training, a lot of exercisers are overly fixated on working their rectus abdominis, which is the muscle on the front of…
Legs and Glutes
Kettlebell Pistol Squat: Target Your Lower Body & Core Strength
The kettlebell pistol squat is not for the faint of heart. This advanced movement requires a level of balance, mobility, stability, and strength that beginners, most…
Legs and Glutes
Maximize Strength: Resistance Band Deadlift for Total Leg Power
Deadlifts are one of the most badass exercises of all time. Watching a barbell bend as a lifter deadlifts a shit ton of weight off the…
Chest
Build Upper Body Strength with the Larsen Press Exercise
The barbell bench press is the undisputed king of upper body exercises. Bodybuilders to it to increase pectoral development, while for powerlifters, it’s the second competitive…
Back
Pronated Pulldown: Target Your Lats & Upper Back Effectively
A lot of bodybuilders are guilty of paying too much attention to the muscles on the front of their body – the muscles they can see…
Back
Kettlebell One-Arm Row: Master Your Back and Biceps Strength
The kettlebell one-arm row is a back exercise variation and alternative to other single-arm back exercises. However, unlike the dumbbell or machine row, a kettlebell is…
Legs and Glutes
Kettlebell Front Squat: Target Your Legs and Core Effectively
You might be thinking, “Isn’t this the same as the goblet squat”? While there are a lot of similarities in how they’re performed, they are not…