Muscle-Building
Working Out Twice A Day for Weight Loss and Building Muscle
How many times a week do you work out for weight loss? Three? Four? Five? Bad news, folks; that may not be enough to lose weight.…
Exercises
Exercise comparisons and how-to guides: which movement to choose and how to do it well.
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Exercise Guides
Master the Parallel Squat: Strengthen Your Legs Effectively
Squats are one of the most important exercises you can do. It doesn’t matter if you are training to build bigger muscles, increase your leg strength,…
Arms
The 13 Best Landmine Press Alternatives for Massive Shoulders
The landmine is one of the most versatile training devices in the gym. Using just a landmine and a barbell, you can train virtually every muscle…
Arms
The 8 Best Compound Triceps Exercises for Size and Strength
Watch most people training their triceps, and you’ll probably see them doing things like pushdowns, skull crushers, kickbacks, and other isolation exercises. That makes a lot…
Exercise Guides
Fast Feet Exercise: Tone Quads, Glutes, and Core Effectively
Whatever your fitness goal is, metabolic conditioning (metcon) training will help you get there sooner. Metcon develops fitness, increases muscular endurance, improves your recovery ability, and…
Arms
Skull Crusher Alternatives for Stronger, More Muscular Triceps
Skull crushers are so-called because, if you fail mid-rep, the bar could come crashing down on your head! While that might sound unlikely, this actually happened…
Legs
How to Increase Squat Performance
If you could only do one leg exercise from now until the end of time, squats should probably be the one you choose. In terms of…
Arms
How To Build Bigger Arms With Biceps 21s
Look at most training programs, and you’ll see things like three sets of eight (3 x 8) four sets of ten (4 x 10), or five…
Arms
Wrist Roller Exercise: Strengthen Your Forearms & Wrists!
There is no denying that the biceps are the most well-known muscle in the human body. Lifters and non-lifters alike are impressed by big, round biceps.…
Core
The 10 Most Awesome Upper Abs Exercises
Contrary to what many people think, the rectus abdominis, or abs for short, is not made of two muscles – the upper abs and the lower…
Training
Get Bigger Shoulders Without Wrecking Your Joints
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
Lat Pulldowns Vs. Pull-Ups: Which One Should You Do?
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…
Exercise Guides
6 Best Infraspinatus Exercises to Strengthen Your Rotator Cuffs and Reduce Shoulder Injuries
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…
Training
The Ultimate Guide to Sandbag Workouts & Training
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. …
Body Composition
Body Composition Exercises: How to Burn Fat and Maintain Muscle Mass
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…
Training
The Viking Workouts: Warrior Fit and Strong
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…
OP-ED
How to Squat and Build Better Legs with Bad Knees
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…
Back
Supinated Pull-Up: Target Your Back and Biceps Effectively
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…
Training
Deadlifts for Weight Loss: Benefits, How-to, and Workouts
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…