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How to Eat More for Muscle and Strength Gains

The biggest obstacle most lifters face has nothing to do with heavy weights, exercise technique, or anything in the gym. Plenty of people tackle their workouts with plenty of focus, discipline, and ... Continue Reading

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Forced Reps — What They Are and How to Use Them

"Good things come after failure. You just have to keep working." In any other context, this statement reads as banal self-help advice. But relative to lifting, it’s sage wisdom gleaned from bodybuilders ... Continue Reading

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Workout Splits Explained — How They Work and Why You Need Them

If you have the luxury of working out, you’re squandering the opportunity by walking into the gym without a plan. To avoid wasting your time with marginally effective training, you need to get organized. ... Continue Reading

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Powerbuilding: The Training Method for Size and Strength

Building strength and muscle is what drives many people to start lifting weights in the first place, so why not train for the best of both worlds? Instead of choosing between sheer power and strength or a ... Continue Reading

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Two-A-Day Workouts Explained: Better Results Without Overtraining

Some lifters believe the more they work out, the better their results will be. That might mean training every day of the week or grinding out monstrous three-hour sessions in the gym. However, to ... Continue Reading

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Supersets Explained: A Technique for Better Results and Less Fatigue

Want a more efficient, more effective, more engaging workout? Rest less between sets. More specifically, start using supersets — a common, but often misunderstood and misapplied, intensity-boosting ... Continue Reading

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Why You Should Be Greasing the Groove During Your Workouts

Practice makes perfect, right? Wrong. Only perfect practice makes perfect. Practicing the correct skill is more important than repeating any random thing and hoping for the best. Whether you’re practicing ... Continue Reading

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How To Do the Pendlay Row

Glenn Pendlay was one of the leading coaches in American weightlifting — he held a Level 5 accreditation from USA Weightlifting (the highest available) and coached many high-level athletes to medals in ... Continue Reading

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Learn How to Build Strength with Three Key Principles

Weights, by their very definition, are heavy. That would explain why lifting weights is a good way to get stronger. Pick up a weight. If it’s easy, pick up more. If it’s too hard, try until it’s easy…then ... Continue Reading

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Squat/Pull/Press: A 4-Week Strength Challenge

This strength cycle should help you prioritize overall squat, pull and press strength. The final week will be a test week of sorts, some lifts you will be allowed to max, others you will be given a set rep ... Continue Reading

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Lift Stuff: Add Mass to Your Body and Years to Your Life

Photo by Bev Childress “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general.” The infamous words of Mark Rippetoe are often used to drive the avid gym-goer to squat more, ... Continue Reading

The RAIL System: Shoulder Mobility for the Bench Press

Bench pressing is not a just chest exercise. There is no break in living matter. There are no empty spaces between tissue layers and body parts. When you lie down on the bench to move that weight, the ... Continue Reading

Your 1RM Present: A 4-Week End of Year Strength Program

This programs is designed for an intermediate-advanced level weightlifter. It is high volume and builds to higher intensity in week four. It should not be attempted by those with a back squat 1RM that is ... Continue Reading

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The Fast Way to Long Health: Move Really Quickly

“I wish I looked less like a sprinter.” - Nobody, ever Most of us will never be graced with the physiques of Usain Bolt or Jessica Ennis, but we can all benefit from a little sprinting. In fact, ... Continue Reading

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Will Online Programming Make or Break Your Training?

Online coaching and programming is a good method of getting expert tuition for a fraction of the price. With the right mindset, focus, and coach it can help you achieve brilliant results and take your ... Continue Reading

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Keep It Simple: Classic Tools for Smart Training

In this day and age of accessibility for everything from strength training and nutrition, to mobility and recovery, I find myself wondering where the simplicity has gone. If you are reading this you are ... Continue Reading

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Awesome At-Home Workouts: The Cinder Block Training Plan

You have a gym membership and time to use it regularly. Your facility most likely offers heart-rate elevating devices such as treadmills, ellipticals, and climbers. In addition, you have your compliment of ... Continue Reading

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Don’t Be a Specialist: Your Routine Needs Variety

The human body craves variety. No matter how disciplined someone is, sooner or later he or she will need a change. For some reason, instead of embracing the fact we need variety and understanding it, many ... Continue Reading

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Bobby Maximus’s 5 Favorite Not-for-Wimps Workouts

Over the years I have been asked many questions about my workouts: “What is your go-to workout?” “If you could only do one workout what would it be?” “What is the best workout to build ... Continue Reading

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How to Be a Thinking Athlete: A User’s Guide to the Brain

Today, we have access to more training options than ever before. Within the click of a few buttons, we can engage with world-class coaches and pre-made programs for any performance area we ... Continue Reading

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7 Ways for Experienced Lifters to Stimulate Muscle Growth

For most beginners, training is a glorious time where personal records are seen monthly, new striations pop up every day, and you feel invincible. But for those of us who have been around the iron block ... Continue Reading

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Quitting Vegetarian: Smart Strength With Charles Staley

Note: Charles is here on a weekly basis to help you cut through the B.S. and get to the bottom of the biggest questions in health and training. Question #1: The Dreaded Dot Drill READER: When I do ... Continue Reading

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Too Busy to Train? 6 Pieces of Advice for the Average Joe

You love to train, you want to train, but you simply don’t have the time. You have a job that demands so much of your time and energy that you find it hard to get into the gym, and when you do, it feels ... Continue Reading

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5 Essential Tips for Building a Better Exercise Practice

In a previous article, I explained the difference between practicing, training, and testing, and how knowing this difference has helped me make better gains in my physical efforts. Today, I am going to ... Continue Reading

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