Exercises

Exercise comparisons and how-to guides: which movement to choose and how to do it well.

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Muscle-Building

How to Squat Better for More Muscle

The squat is heralded as the granddaddy of leg exercises. Whether your goal is to get your legs stronger, bigger, or both, nothing really beats the…

Brad Borland, M.A, C.S.C.S ·
Training

The Best Workout Finishers for Every Muscle Group 

Finishers are a great way to make sure that your workouts are as productive as possible. A finisher is basically a short challenge that you “bolt-on”…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Featured

15 Best Bodyweight Exercises for Muscle Size and Strength

Bodyweight training is incredibly effective for building muscle, strength, and overall functionality. That’s not to say that lifting weights is subpar or ineffective. It’s just that…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

Grip Tips For More Productive Workouts

How much attention do you pay to your grip during your workouts? If, like most lifters, you just grab on to the knurled part of the…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding Tips for Beginners and Hard Gainers 

For some people, building muscle comes easy. It doesn’t matter if they break all the training and nutritional rules and do everything wrong; they grow anyway.…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

9 Ways to Boost Your Overhead Press

The bench press is often seen as the king of upper body exercises, and Monday is Bench Press Day in most gyms around the world. But…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

Ten Ways to Boost Your Squat

Squats are the exercise that most lifters love to hate. They love how squats build muscle and strength in equal measure but hate how hard they…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

Different Leg Press Foot Placements Explained

While the squat is the reigning king of leg exercises, leg presses aren’t far behind. The great thing about leg presses is that the weight is…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

Ten Ways to Boost Your Deadlift

The deadlift is the most productive exercise you can do with a barbell – period. Whether you want to build muscle, get stronger, improve your sports…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

The Balanced Superset Workout

Life is all about balance – work vs. leisure, money earned vs. money spent, food intake vs. energy expenditure, stress vs. relaxation, training vs. recovery…the list…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

10 Non-Bench Press Moves for A Bigger Chest

The barbell bench press is considered by many lifters to be the best exercise for building chest size and strength. Go to any gym, especially on…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·
Training

10 Ways to Un-Stick a Training Rut 

Train long enough, and you will probably experience at least a few times when your workouts stop producing results. We call these periods plateaus or ruts,…

Patrick Dale, PT, ex-Marine ·