April 21
Question of Strength 43
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
April 17
Building Fat Guy Calves
Fat guys have great calves. Here’s how to build them without the getting fat part.
April 16
7 Steps to a Balanced Fighter
To be a good fighter, you need a balance between strength, endurance, and mobility. Here’s what to do to ramp up all three.
April 15
The 200 Rep Challenge
Need to shock your muscles into new growth? Need to make that personal trainer with the oversized head and youth-sized Under Armour shirt drop his favorite baby blue dumbbell on his toe? Then this killer workout is for you.
How Not to Warm Up
Five warm-up routines and stretches that do more harm than good, plus some better ideas.
April 14
Beast Building - Part 1
The first installment of a three-part series that'll turn you into a thick, dense, and rugged beast in three short months.
April 10
Anterior Core Training
Real core training, real simple. The best exercises and exercise progressions for your abs.
April 8
Violent Variations - Part 4
We can always count on Christian to give us some great new movements that, in addition to spurring new muscle growth, will elicit bewildered stares from all the ACE certified trainers in the gym.
April 3
The Round-Up Interviews: Dave Tate
Big Dave Tate is a powerlifting icon and a successful businessman. He's also the least politically correct man in weightlifting and always a sure bet to scorch somebody's eardrums.
The Glute Tri-Set
Charles Poliquin invented this glute tri-set for alpine skiers, but it works great for bodybuilding purposes, too. It's also a good routine if you're an ass model, but there aren't too many of those around.
April 2
5 Programming Strategies for Quick Results
Training ideas that’ll improve your squat, bench press, and even your abs.
March 31
Total Body Split Training
What’s better, total body training or an upper-lower body split? Both work, and even though it sounds weird, you can actually combine the two methods. Here’s how.
March 28
One-Arm Barbell Eccentric Scott Curls
Charles Poliquin is a genius when it comes to devising innovative, painful exercises and his One-Arm Barbell Eccentric Curls are no exception. They're guaranteed to hurt, along with eliciting stares from other gym members.
March 27
The Importance of Bodyweight Training
Do you need a 1:1 ratio of bodyweight exercises and weighted exercises? This coach thinks so. Here’s why and what to do.
March 25
Cosgrove's Five Ah-Ha! Moments
Every good trainer has that moment of clarity when something he thought was true is brought into question. Alwyn calls these mini-epiphanies "Ah-ha" moments. Here are five "Ah-ha" moments that might just change the way you think, too.
March 24
Up for a Quickie?
Christian serves up 3 innovative methods for taking your gains to new heights - one for biceps, one for arms in general, and a Bizarro World method that involves doing the opposite of everything you now do.
March 20
Gironda Perfect Curl
Bodybuilding legend Vince Gironda called it the "perfect curl". Christian Thibaudeau says it may be the best biceps-building exercise ever. With street cred like that, you just gotta' try it!
All Hardgainers are Not Created Equal
A lot of lifters think that hardgainers rank right up there with Big Foot and Nessie on the believability scale. Writer Phillip Nation begs to differ. He thinks that true hardgainers exist and, more importantly, can be cured.
March 17
Stealing From the Pros: Back Training
Sure all the pros are roided out to their mutant gills. That doesn't mean we can't still learn some incredibly valuable back-training tips by observing how the big bastards train.