strength training

When designing resistance training programs, we can't ignore physics. Here are 3 laws of training that will simplify your programming and help you become more successful (i.e. stronger).

Plain and simple, a deload is a short planned period of recovery. Here are four ways to do it and why you absolutely must include it in your training.

Cluster training is an effective tool to shock your body into new gains, as well as break up the monotony of taking a straight sets approach to your lifting. Beyond that, it's cool and different.

You change as you lift over time and you change as you age. There's no template for life.

A unique advantage of this exercise over other triceps extension variations is the use of cuffs rather than a hand-held attachment.

Many of us females pull and pull and still don’t have a pull-up. Let's change that.

Getting mad at the bar isn't just for the bros in the gym. It has an actual purpose related to your "arousal level."

Haphazardly loading a barbell and doing one set until you fall in exhaustion shouldn’t be the plan for the majority of lifters.

Someone who is strength training should have the flexibility to go on a weekly run and remove a day on the weights. That's heresy to some coaches who want to keep you in the gym.

If you prioritize your training to focus on generality and volume of work, you will set a better foundation to push the bench press harder and longer and keep it from stagnating.

What I’ve come to learn is no matter how well rounded you attempt to be, how educated and accepting you might become, there are certain situations where a woman on your staff is the only answer.

Resetting your defaults will yield success and drive insanity out the door.

The tricky part of getting back in the game after a muscle strain is to keep your injury site at rest while still keeping your body active.

When you're new to exercise it can be hard to know where to start. Strength is the best foundation.

There is nothing like the strong bond between mothers and that can translate into a positive gym environment that lifts everyone.

Are you training without purpose and without focus? For those lacking in motivation or addicted to training, competition can offer a necessary structure to achieving peak results.

Injuries aren’t a curse. They’re feedback.