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As a veteran personal trainer with over 30 years of professional experience, I’ve helped numerous clients sculpt their best-ever physiques. This invariably involves assessing and fixing…
What is a slim thick body? Experts will tell you the term slim thick describes a woman with a small waist, flat stomach, and larger hips, bum, and…
How much weight do you military press? What about dumbbell side lateral raises? Let’s not forget barbell shrugs loaded with close to a quarter ton. Now,…
Back training is a must if you want to be strong and muscular. A well-developed back can add a lot to your physique and make you…
Rotator cuff tears are the most common shoulder injury [1] sustained by athletes and bodybuilders. The group of muscles and tendons surrounding your shoulder joint keep…
Barbells come in all shapes and sizes, but Olympic barbells should all be identical. That’s important because, in competition, standardization matters. If Olympic barbells differed in…
As the five time Fittest Woman on Earth, Tia-Clair Toomey knows how important it is to stretch before a workout. She recently shared some of her…
Sandbag training is a unique approach to resistance training that combines the weight of sand (50 to 100 pounds) with the instability of a not-quite-full sandbag. …
Many dieters and exercisers do what they do to lose weight. They celebrate every pound lost and may even set arbitrary weight loss goals, such as…
Ancient history is rich with tales of elite warriors. Some of the most famous include the Spartans, Mongols, and the armies of Rome. Without the luxury…
There are 206 muscles in the human body, and each one is important. Most bodybuilders like to focus on the ones they can see, training them…
If you’ve been training hard for any length of time almost anyone reading this right now can relate to sore knees. You know that feeling you…
Here at Fitness Volt, we’re always on the lookout for new, exciting training methods and exercises. That’s because innovations in training and equipment often mean bigger…
The deadlift is an incredibly powerful exercise. It builds real-world strength and is also one of the best posterior chain developers around. If you want to…
Go to any gym almost anywhere in the world on a Monday, and you’ll see exercisers celebrating Chest Day (not an actual holiday!). Most bodybuilders prioritize…
Larry Scott is a bodybuilding legend. He won the inaugural IFBB Mr. Olympia contest back in 1965 and also in 1966 and was arguably the first…
Almost everyone who works out wants bigger arms, although some will deny it! Big arms are important in bodybuilding, but most powerlifters, weightlifters, and strongmen are…
How many different pec exercises do you do? Three? Four? Five? How about lat exercises, or for your biceps? Most bodybuilders like to hit their muscles…
Pull-ups are, in my experience as an ACE-certified personal trainer, one of the all-time best back and biceps exercises. Consequently, I often include them in my…
