April 17
My Favorite Upper Body Warm-Up
Wanna know the best warm-up for heavy lifting? Ask a powerlifting coach. Like this one.
April 11
A Comeback for Lat Pulldowns?
Pulldowns are only for people who can’t do pull-ups, right? Well, maybe not. Here are a few very effective ways to do it.
March 27
21 Exercises For Injury Free Mass
Injured? Here’s what you need to know to keep training, keep your gains, and get better.
March 22
The Power of 3 Program
A simple yet highly effective 3-day-a-week program that cuts out all the B.S. and gets you super strong.
March 21
5 Training Strategies for Fuller Muscles
Flat muscles are small muscles. Do your gains a favor and jack them up like this.
March 19
Bands For Size and Strength
How to use bands to get bigger benches, stronger squats, and add pounds of new mass - in just a few months!
March 12
Bands and Chains for Bodybuilding
Think bands and chains are only for strength athletes? Think again. Use these powerlifting staples to pack on pounds of muscle. Here’s how.
February 22
Is the Leg Press Worthless?
Some say that the leg press is worthless compared to the squat. Here’s the truth.
February 21
Bodybuilding's Most Controversial Exercise
Back in the “Golden Age of Bodybuilding,” guys performed the now-forgotten pullover to build their upper bodies. Who says you can't go back?
February 20
Fine Tuning the Basics: Back Training
Awesome variations on back exercises, plus a hugely inspirational video feature of Dave Tate doing deadlifts with chains.
February 16
Scorch Muscle With the Dubreuil Effect
It’s a plan only for true muscle masochists. It was first proposed in Iron Man magazine in 1976. We know why it didn't get popular – it hurt too much.
February 13
Shoulders and Triceps Blast
A 6-week routine filled with heavy weights, drop sets, and 100-rep muscle burners. You ready?
February 6
Reaching Your Potential in the Big 3
Everybody wants to add more wheels to their squat, bench, and deadlift. But sometimes it's the little things that trip us up. Give this a read and start hitting some PR's.
February 2
How to Modulate Intensity
The smart lifter’s guide to intensity, from neural efficiency to myofibrilar hypertrophy.
February 1
Exercises You've Never Tried: Beach Body Edition
Think the only exercises that matter are the trendy ones? Wrong. Do the uncommon things to get uncommon results. Then get ready to sport some skin.
January 31
Heart Rate Variability Training
Go heavy or go home is a good rule of thumb, but wouldn't it be helpful to know if you should skip the workout before you got to the gym? Here's how.
January 30
Boring But Big 3-Month Challenge
If you're not as strong as you look, you're a fake, a scam, a knuckle-dragging billboard for "all show and no go" syndrome. Here's your intervention.
January 27
7 Principles of Exercise Selection
If you're not as strong or as jacked as you want to be, there's probably a very simple reason for it: You're doing the wrong exercises. Check this out.
January 26
6 Questions About Tempo Training
When should you use tempo training and why? Mike Robertson answers these and other questions about this often-neglected component of strength and muscle building.