Legs
6 Exercises For A Better Deadlift
When you’re pushing to break your max deadlift, you need to deadlift more. Seems obvious but sometimes we miss what’s right in front of our faces.…
Training
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Training
T-Bar Row Alternative For a Massive Back
If you want your back to grow, you’ve got to row, or so bodybuilding lore tells us. Many lifters rely very heavily on things like pulldowns…
Training
5 Reasons To Add Tempo Training To Your Program
Before we get into why tempo training is so valuable, it’s important to understand exactly how to read a tempo prescription, such as @3131 or @40×0.…
Training
10 Best Hack Squat Alternative for Bigger, Stronger Legs
The hack squat machine is one of the most popular leg exercises around. A regular dose of this well-known exercise can help you build strength and…
Arms
10 Best Lateral Head Triceps Exercises for Bigger Arms
Look at elite bodybuilders’ arm workouts, and you’ll see they are heavily weighted toward biceps exercises. This is hardly surprising, given the appeal of big biceps.…
Cardio
Three Common Interval Training Mistakes You Might be Making
Whether you’re a strength or power athlete, an endurance athlete, or a recreational fitness enthusiast, we can all agree interval training is effective. But are those…
Training
What is the Best Chin-up and Pull-up Alternative?
Doing your first pull-up or chin-up is a real fitness milestone. A lot of exercisers dream about being able to do these demanding bodyweight exercises, and…
Exercise Guides
10 Best Leg Press Alternatives
The leg press machine is a hugely popular exercise. Like the king of exercisers uses, squats, it can help you build muscle size, strength, and even…
Strongman
How and Why To Do The Windmill Exercise
The windmill is not a new exercise. In fact, it’s been around for hundreds of years. The strongmen of old used to do this movement with…
Body Mechanics
13 Ways to Prevent Elbow Pain When Working Out
Your elbows are involved in almost every upper body exercise you do, and some lower body ones too. Because of this, elbow pain can have a…
Training
Pull-Ups Vs. Chin-Ups – Which One is Right for You?
Pull-ups and chin-ups are compound exercises. That means they involve multiple joints and muscles working together. To a lot of people, these two bodyweight exercises seem…
Training
The 10 Best BOSU Ball Exercises
BOSU balls have been around for almost 20 years, and they’re still in use. This means only one thing – they really do work! The fitness…
OP-ED
Over 40? This is How You Really Should Be Training
For many of us over forty, pushing heavier and heavier weight just isn’t cutting it anymore. Sure, when we were twenty the gains came a bit…
Featured
Chest Press Vs. Bench Press – Which Should You Do?
In gyms all around the world, Monday is chest day! Who doesn’t enjoy starting their week with a good pec workout? There are lots of exercises…
Training
The Couch Stretch – Why, How-to, and Variations
Tight hips can have a huge impact on many aspects of your life. In the gym, they can stop you from squatting or lunging properly. Out…
Training
4 Methods For Busting Through Lifting Plateaus
Pauses / Adding 1/2 Rep / Tempo Lifting / EMOM for Strength / Wrapping Up Progress in the weight room is never in a straight line. There are times when you’re…
Training
Lunges vs. Squats – Which Exercise is Best?
It doesn’t matter what you are training for. You need to work your legs hard, heavy, and often. Leg training ensures that you develop a well-balanced…
Featured
Rack Pull vs. Deadlift: Similarities, Differences, How-To, Pros and Cons
Rack pull vs. deadlift has been a hot debate for a while now. But the truth of the matter is, they both have pros and cons.…
Bodybuilding
7 Best Old School Bodybuilding Methods That Still Apply
Many of the Old School bodybuilders were well ahead of their time, and we know that because we still use several of the methods that they…