Exercise Guides
13 Best Gluteus Medius Exercises For A Perfect Butt
Contrary to what Instagram fitness models would have you believe, your butt is not a single muscle. Squatting every day alone won’t help you get the…
Training
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Body Mechanics
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…
Exercise Guides
8 Best Shoulder Press Alternatives For Savage Delts
There’s no denying that a well-developed set of shoulders is an essential element to an overall impressive physique that turns heads. There’s nothing worse than flat…
Training
Ectomorph Workout: The Skinny Guy’s Training Guide
Back in the 1940s, William Sheldon, Ph.D., M.D., introduced the idea of somatotyping or classifying people according to their natural body shape. Initially, Sheldon used his…
Core
10 Best Oblique Exercises for a Stronger, More Stable Core
Your obliques do more than twist your torso. They help you resist unwanted rotation, control side bending, transfer force between your upper and lower body, and…
Legs
How to Get Bigger Thighs: The Ultimate Leg Workout
Most fitness coaches and bodybuilding experts agree that lower body training is the key to a good physique. After all, your legs make up about 40%…
Exercise Guides
21 Exercises For Building Massive Traps
What do Brock Lesnar, Batista, and Goldberg have in common? Other than the fact that all three have been WWE megastars, these folks sport some of…
Circuit Training
Steady-State Cardio: Pros and Cons
Not so many years ago, cardio meant going for a jog. Jogging was how millions if not billions of people kept fit and lost weight. It…
OP-ED
Alternatives to the Must-Do Exercises
Squats, bench presses, deadlifts, and many more of the big, compound exercises are on everyone’s to-do list of required exercises. If muscle and strength is on…
Training
Fat Grip Training Guide: Benefits, Exercises, Dos and Don’ts
Back in the golden age of strength training, old-school lifters trained with a wide range of equipment. They didn’t just use barbells and dumbbells. They lifted…
Training
Arnold Schwarzenegger Volume Workout Routines
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a bodybuilding legend. He was and continues to be one of the most influential people in the sport. Movies like Pumping Iron, Commando,…
Training
Bikini Model Workout – Siege The Stage With These Routines
Women’s bodybuilding competitions have come a long way. It started with a couple of categories but today spans across competitions like bodybuilding, physique, fitness, figure, and…
Core
How to Build a V-Taper – Training Guide and Nutrition Tips
There is no denying that bodybuilding has changed dramatically since the golden era of the 1960s-1980s. Back then, the competitors of the day were muscular but…
Back
15 Best Cable Back Exercises & Workouts to Level Up Your Training
Most newbie lifters gravitate toward free weight training, aiming for quick results. Free weights are undoubtedly among the most effective options for serious muscle-building. Since this…
Exercise Guides
Hex Bar vs. Barbell Deadlift – Which One Should You Do?
Deadlifts are, hands down, one of the best exercises you can do for your posterior chain muscles—the muscles of your upper back, lower back, glutes, hamstrings,…
Exercise Guides
Best Box Jump Alternatives For Building Explosive Strength
Having strong legs isn’t enough. Explosiveness and agility in your wheels are a must for optimal functionality. Box jumps are one of the best exercises for…
Circuit Training
What Is Muscular Endurance and Exercises To Improve It
Train at a gym long enough, and a friendly neighborhood gym bro, with disappointment in his eyes, will at some point ask you to work on…
Arms
Front Lever Raises: Target Your Lats, Core, and Shoulders!
Front lever raises look impossible! When properly performed, your body appears to defy gravity. Unlike front lever holds, which are an isometric exercise, front lever raises…
Training
7-Day Workout Plan to Smash Through Training Plateaus
A few years ago, I had to have surgery. It wasn’t anything serious, but I knew it was going to keep me out of the gym…