July 16
A New Way to Deadlift
Blast through your deadlift PR while building new mass on your upper back with Anderson deadlifts.
July 11
Nailing the Overhead Press
Successful overhead pressers lift with violence and hate. Here's all the technique cues you need to add to that aggression, plus a complete overhead press program.
July 9
How to Increase Your Pull-Up Power
High-rep pull-ups are cool, but you'll stagnate and bang yourself up if you keep chasing volume. Instead concentrate on adding weight.
July 8
Fast Abs: 4 Fat-Burning Finishers
Get your abs back fast with one simple diet tip and four grueling fat-burning finishers performed a few times per week.
July 7
Break 3 Rules, Build More Muscle
Partial reps, isolation exercises, high rep sets: All bad in the eyes of performance and strength coaches, but all very effective for building slabs of muscle.
July 4
The Toughest Way to Do a Set
One rep, three phases. This overload method will not only challenge you, it'll pack muscle on your weakest body parts, fast!
July 2
The Strong Bodybuilder Program
A program that combines strength-building compound movements with insane muscle-growing giant sets and multiple intensity techniques.
July 1
Running Doesn't Suck
Why are people listening to fat guys who squat 800 pounds but can barely move? The truth is, running (not jogging) has a host of benefits to the weight lifter.
June 30
Planned Brutality
There are plenty of ways to ratchet up the intensity of a set, like forced reps, Tom Platz iso-holds, and rest/pause sets, but you need to apply them in two-week waves.
June 27
CrossFit and Starting Strength
Most training programs will deliver results, but are those the results you really want? Let's look at two popular methodologies.
June 26
7 Mind Hacks for Gym Dominance
Once your physical skills are well-developed, psychology may be the greatest weapon in your arsenal. Check out these tips.
June 25
Hang Clean For Total Body Power
How do you train nearly 200 muscles in your body with one, easy to learn lift? You perform the hang clean. Here's the simple way to do it.
June 23
BOSU Ball: The Good, Bad, and Ugly
Learn the best and worst ways to use stability balls, BOSU balls, and exercise discs to improve your strength, health, and athleticism.
June 20
The Daily Squat Cure
A single "squat day" isn't going to cut it anymore. Bring up your Olympic lifts by starting every workout with squats. Here’s how.
June 19
The Case for Broscience
If you're disregarding the advice of an experienced lifter in favor of the latest study, you may be doing yourself a disservice. And you definitely look like a punk.
June 18
Sport, Not Beauty Pageant
Our undercover IFBB pro dishes the dirt on what really goes on behind the scenes of professional bodybuilding competitions. In this installment, he tackles the questionable judging criteria.
June 17
4-Week Chest Specialization
If your chest is weak, you can't expect it to grow by only working it once every five to seven days. Here’s a better plan.
June 16
22 Proven Rep Schemes
Want to build pure brute strength? How about unadulterated muscular size? Maybe both? Here are the best set/rep schemes for your goal.
June 13
Burn Reps for Anabolic Growth
To extend time under tension and trigger key anabolic responses, do “burn reps” at the end of a set until you have nothing left in the tank.