Body Mechanics
How to Eliminate Knee Pain from Lunges
Squats are, without a doubt, the crowned king of leg exercises. It doesn’t matter if you do barbell back squats, kettlebell goblet squats, or bodyweight air…
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Exercises to Fix Your Nerd Neck and Desk Slouch
Posture is the alignment of a joint or joints, and it can be good or bad. With good posture, very little muscular tension is required to…
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Gymnastic Rings – Benefits, Exercises, And Workout
If you want to build muscle and get stronger, you need to overload your muscles. There are many ways to do this, and each has pros…
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Muscle Scraping – Performance Enhancer or Fitness Fad?
Massage is arguably the oldest form of medicine. In fact, it’s something most people do instinctively in response to pain or muscle tension. If something hurts,…
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10 Fitness Tests Every Man Should Be Able to Pass
Fitness can be defined as the successful adaptation to imposed demands, and your fitness is specific to the type of training you do. For example, powerlifters…
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The DeFranco Agile 8 to Improve Mobility
Strength training is arguably one of the best things you can do for your body. Lifting weights builds muscle and strength, increases bone mass, reduces age-related…
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How To Prevent Forearm Pain When Curling
No pain, no gain, or so the saying goes. But, there is a big difference between the pain caused by lactic acid and muscle fatigue and…
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Serratus Anterior Exercises for Bodybuilders
Most bodybuilders and exercisers have a basic knowledge of anatomy. They know their gluteus maximus from their biceps, which exercises target what muscles, and even dedicate…
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Upper Body Warm-Up You Should Be Doing Before Every Workout
Warming up before a workout is one of the most overlooked aspects of resistance training. It is much more prevalent on upper body training days as…
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Five Ways to Fix Tight Hamstrings
The hamstrings are a large, powerful group of muscles located on the back of your hip and thigh. They are biarticular, which means they cross two…
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15-Minute Fat-Loss Finishers for Bodybuilders
Cardio is a must for your bodybuilding success. Doing cardio strengthens your most important muscle – your heart – and builds the fitness and endurance you…
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The 7 Best Yoga Poses for Bodybuilders
Bodybuilding and yoga aren’t just at opposite ends of the alphabet; they’re about as dissimilar as any two workouts can be. Where bodybuilding is all about…
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Elliptical Training Guide – Benefits, Drawbacks, Dos and Don’ts
We LOVE lifting heavy weights here at Fitness Volt. Building muscle and getting strong are what we’re all about. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking powerlifting,…
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6 Hip Hinge Exercises Guaranteed to Maximize Lower Body Power and Mobility
How many times a day do you bend over? You probably have to bend to pick up your clothes and shoes in the morning, or pick…
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Sets vs. Reps: Everything You Need to Know
Resistance training isn’t only about building muscle—in reality, it improves every aspect of your fitness, including strength, explosive power, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility. People who lift weights…
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15 Transverse Plane Exercises For Rotational Power and Explosive Strength
Thanks to our three-dimensional world, we can navigate through the wilderness without bumping into every obstacle in our way. Although leaping onto flag poles and jumping…
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Velocity Based Training 101: Speed Up Your Workouts For Better Gains
Over the last few years, a number of fitness tools have been released into the market that allow resistance trainees and coaches to measure both power…
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How to Train Your Stabilizer Muscles for Increased Performance
When it comes to designing a bodybuilding program, most people focus on a handful of major muscles. If you are following a split routine, that usually means…
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Hip Flexors: The Best Psoas Exercises and Stretches
Your body is amazing! It’s made up of 206 bones, over 600 named muscles, dozens of organs and systems, and literally miles of nerves and blood…