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How to Build Muscle: The Training and Diet Guide for Beginners and Advanced Lifters

Ask 100 people in the gym what their goal is, and it’s a safe bet you’ll hear “I wanna get bigger” more often than not. There’s certainly nothing wrong with wanting to transform from the proverbial ... Continue Reading

The Best Back Workouts for More Muscle, for Strength, for Beginners, and More

Although it isn't one of the “mirror muscles” — body parts looking back in your reflection like the chest, shoulders, and arms — a well-developed back will balance your physique. A strong back will also ... Continue Reading

How to Do the Barbell Skull Crusher for Triceps Size and Strength

The barbell skull crusher, also known as the barbell triceps extension, is one of the most well-known exercises for the triceps. Yet it is heavily underrated due to a misunderstanding of how to perform the ... Continue Reading

The Best Leg Workouts With Bodyweight, With Dumbbells, for Size, and More

Leg workouts have a well-earned reputation for being one of the most intense sessions a lifter can put themselves through. Because the legs are a group of several muscles instead of one single body part, a ... Continue Reading

How to Do the Seated Cable Row for a Bigger Back

Back exercises come in two basic patterns: vertical, or overhead, pulls, like the classic pull-up, and horizontal rows. Many lifters are familiar with standard pull-ups, chin-ups, and pulldowns, but the ... Continue Reading

The Best Arm Workouts for Beginners, With Dumbbells, and More

Arm training gets a bad rap as being "all show, no go." That mindset ignores the full range of benefits that come with training these essential muscle groups (in addition to a building good-looking pair of ... Continue Reading

How to Do the Overhead Dumbbell Press for Wider Shoulders and Upper-Body Strength

Sometimes simple is better when it comes to exercise selection. And few exercises are as simple and equally effective as the standing dumbbell overhead press. You heave a couple of dumbbells to your ... Continue Reading

The Best Chest Workouts for Muscle Mass, Strength, and More

A well-developed chest is a calling card of lifters who’ve spent months, if not years, dedicated to hard training. From lifters bench pressing jaw-dropping weight and bodybuilders hitting the classic “side ... Continue Reading

10 Essential Muscle-Building Tips for Lifters Over 40

It’s every lifter's goal to pack on muscle and get stronger, right? If not, why go to the gym so darn much? You probably started in your teens and toyed around to figure out what worked and what didn’t. ... Continue Reading

The Front Squat Can Make You Strong From Head to Toe. Here’s How to Get It Right

The front squat is one of the most fundamental, functional, and yet commonly-overlooked lower body exercises. It develops strength, power, conditioning, and leg size while reducing lower back stress ... Continue Reading

The Definitive Guide on How to Build Big Arms

If you lift, then you probably want to look like you lift. And for many gym-goers, looking the part includes owning a pair of arms that put the seams of your sleeves to the test. Aesthetically, big arms ... Continue Reading

This Kettlebell Grip Cue May Change Your Training for the Better

#kettlbell has accumulated north of three million posts on Instagram. Your favorite fitspo is probably (most definitely) swinging and hoisting kettlebells overhead, and you've been officially convinced to ... Continue Reading

5 Exercises to Help Athletes (Possibly) Prevent Injury

As strength coaches, an athlete’s health should be the top priority. The role of a strength coach is to prepare athletes to play their sport and compete through strength and conditioning programs that are ... Continue Reading

The Benefits of Hill Running — More Speed, Better Mechanics, and Power

I grew up in the late ’70s and ’80s, have been an athlete my entire life, and have loved football for as far back as I can remember. So one of my favorite training stories from the mainstream media as a ... Continue Reading

The “Murph” Primer: A Sort of Tradition

It is more than likely that many people will be doing the hero WOD "Murph" on Memorial Day. To make the day enjoyable for everyone, Coach Mike Tromello offers his insights on how to scale the WOD to suit ... Continue Reading

A Heavy Ground-to-Overhead KB Complex

Ground-to-overhead movements like snatches, clean and jerks, and thrusters are all excellent full-body strength and conditioning exercises. But if you find yourself looking for a little more variety, check ... Continue Reading