Muscle Science
The Importance of Sleep for Building Muscle and Losing Fat
Modern life is hectic, and most people are under constant pressure to do more, achieve more, and perform better than ever before. Because of this, a…
Training
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Training
Special Forces Training: How To Be Fit For Anything
There probably haven’t been too many occasions where your fitness and strength were all that separated you from life and death. But, for members of the…
OP-ED
Oblique Pain: Muscle Strain Or Sports Hernia?
Experiencing any type of unexplained pain can be unnerving, however, this is particularly true when it’s felt in the abdominal area. Hernias occur when an organ…
Exercise Guides
Wall Sit Exercise: Build Stronger Legs and Core Today!
The wall sit is an unusual exercise. Unlike most leg exercises, they involve no actual movement. Instead, they’re an isometric exercise, which means your muscles contract…
Training
The Best Exercises to Improve Your Vertical Jump
Have you ever dreamed of dunking a basketball? Or spiking the ball in volleyball? Well, we’ve got good news and bad news for you! The bad…
OP-ED
Barbells vs. Dumbbells: Which is Best?
Whether you work out at home or at a gym, at some point, you’ll probably need to choose between training with barbells or dumbbells. Maybe it’s…
Training
Reverse Pyramid Training Guide: Build Muscle and Strength
Unless you use a specific training system, your workouts are probably built around a concept called straight sets. That means you do several sets with the…
Training
10 Ways to Make Any Exercise More Effective
Take a look around your gym. Check out the muscle size and strength of your fellow exercisers. Now cast your mind back a year. How many…
Training
6 Best Resistance Band Exercises To Get Stronger
The biggest knock on resistance bands is after a certain point, they’re useless for building strength. They only come so thick and they only stretch so…
OP-ED
How To Use A Deload Week To Make Faster Progress
If you want to build muscle mass or increase your strength, your success is dependent on three pillars. If you pay too little attention to any…
Training
A Head by Head Guide to Deltoid Training
Big, powerful shoulders can add a lot to your physique. They make your upper body look wider, powerful, and more impressive. But the shoulders are also…
Training
The Best Glute Ham Raise Alternatives For A Stronger Posterior Chain
A lot of gyms have glute ham raise machines, also known as a glute ham developer, or GHD for short. Looking a lot like a 45-degree…
Training
15 Best Weighted Bar Exercises for Toning and Fitness
Weighted bars, also called body bars, are very useful exercise tools. Where barbells are usually adjustable and loaded with weight plates, weighted bars are fixed weights…
Training
5 Rowing Mistakes You’re Probably Making
As much as I love CrossFit, I have often joked that as a community, we’re butchering Olympic sports, one at a time. I remember watching the…
Training
10 Lat Pulldown Alternative Exercises for A HUGE Back
Strength training machines have come a very long way in the last 100 years. Where they used to be big, clunky, uncomfortable, and barely effective, they…
OP-ED
How To Write Your Own Fat Loss Or Hypertrophy Program
If you’ve ripped workouts from fitness magazines and or websites, you’re not alone. It’s a bodybuilding rite of passage. Because when you’re concentrating on getting big…
Legs
The Best Exercises To Bring Up Your Teardrop Quad Muscle
Muscle names often sound like a foreign language. That’s actually not all that surprising when you discover that most have their roots in Greek and Latin.…
Training
Build A Bigger Yoke With Kirk Shrugs
A big yoke is a cherry on top of a great physique that you’ll see on strength athletes, bodybuilders, and movie stars. And it makes them look…
Training
The Best Upright Row Alternative for Huge Shoulders and Massive Traps
The upright row is something of a controversial strength training exercise. On the one hand, it’s an effective way to work your deltoids, upper traps, and…