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Hitting a plateau in your training sucks. You leave no stone unturned with your diet, you've exhausted every one of your tricks in your training tool bag and you?re more consistent than 24-hour political updates. Yet you still find yourself starring down that pesky plateau. Played around with...

So you religiously go to the gym every Monday to train chest, right? You hit the flat bench, hit the pec deck, and smash a few sets out on the cable cross machine. So why isn't your chest growing? While progressively overloading with weight or reps, chest growth could be slow due to genetics...

Alex Roberts 6 Tips to Build a Bigger and Stronger ChestIn his prime, Arnold Schwarzenegger had the chest that both amateur and professional bodybuilders idolized. His chest was strong, full, and evenly developed. When he hit the side bicep pose his chest took on a new dimension and truly popped...

Alex Roberts Advanced Chest Training - 5 Alternative Chest Exercises it's Monday and you know what that means? If you?re like the rest of the world, it signifies chest day. Despite the ridiculousness of that mentality (read: I hope you train chest a little more often than that) you most-likely...

What do you do within triceps training? Pressdowns, skullcrushers/nosebreakers, maybe a kickback or two? Are your triceps growing or do you need an intervention because you are still doing the same old boring routine full of the aforementioned exercises and not seeing the results you want? Yes...

Steve Shaw 36 Explosive Ways to Gain Muscle Mass It's time to get on the gains train. If you're feeling flat in the gym and need a good kick in the back end, these 36 tips are tricks are proven winners. Please let me know in the comments section below if you implement any of these tactics into...

Steve Shaw Run the Rack & Back: Chest and Triceps Destroyer Look, I love having a plan just as much as the next guy. Hitting the gym with a defined purpose is a good thing. Most of the time. But there are times when I need a change. After running the same program for 6 to 12 weeks, my mind gets...

Jeremy Gray Build Bigger Arms With These 10 Exercises I always feel bad watching gym goers go day in and day out doing endless bicep curls trying to get bigger arms. In order to build bigger arms, you really have to pound your triceps and do some effective bicep work. You also need to do heavy...

Steve Shaw Strength Training Cycle - 16 Week Building & Peaking Workout Program ....by Steve Shaw This strength training cycle is comprised of 2 phases: 8 Week Powerbuilding Stage - You will be trying to build strength and muscle while using more conventional rep ranges. 8 Week Peaking Cycle -...

When you first walked into the gym, did you turn and see a bench press that looked broken? It’s like the back is too low. This rarely used gem is usually a towel rack for other gym patrons, but today is the day you knock their crap off and start using it. I’m sure you’re aware how potent of a...

If you are on the quest to building a bigger chest, chances are you’ve been putting in a lot of work but not getting enough progress. This eight-week program is going to tear those chesticles down with familiar moves. Maintaining proper form is going to be needed, so small tweaks can mean big...

The most popular question for anyone to ask someone who lifts is “how much do you bench?” It’s like that’s the only exercise that matters and shows off your brute strength. Right… If building a bigger bench press is something you’re trying to do, you’ve probably spent a lot of time under that...

Hollywood hunk, Luke Cook knows that he could get the call at any moment to shoot with his shirt off, so the Australian tells M&F that he is constantly training, but because he’s not exercising for power or sporting performance, the actor instead aims to sculpt a Hollywood physique that is...

Building a big chest means you need to develop your pecs. That means you need to properly overload your chest with exercises that can hit all angles. Incline dumbbell presses are an exercise every lifter needs in their pocket. By adjusting our angle we lay, we can target our upper pecs that...

The barbell. One of the most sacred pieces of equipment in the gym. This is my barbell. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My barbell is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My barbell, without me, is useless. Without my barbell, I am useless. I...

It's time to get on the gains train. If you're feeling flat in the gym and need a good kick in the back end, these 36 tips are tricks are proven winners. Please let me know in the comments section below if you implement any of these tactics into your workouts. How to Gain Muscle Mass Fast #1 -...

Big. Juicy. Chesticles. Everyone wants the Arnold Schwarzenegger-like slabs of man-meat hanging off their chest, but few people achieve this monumental feat of iron dominance. So what gives? Everyone is into International Chest Day and building a big bench. We all love pushing heavy barbells...

Bench Press Coaching Points 1 strong, functional body > individual muscles firing independently Setup To create an optimal body position so you can effectively create and transfer force into the barbell. The ultimate goal is to create full-body tightness so you can function as a single unit...

Bodybuilder and celebrity trainer Eric Janicki is committed to providing his clients with great results, but you don’t need to live in Hollywood or be on a film star’s salary to get his advice. Janicki’s millions of social media followers regularly check-in with the big guy for killer workouts...

Natural bodybuilder and trainer Jeremy Ethier took to his Instagram account this week to put his finger on the correct bench press grip distance for making optimal gains on the bench press. Here’s what you need to know. On the surface, the humble bench press seems like a pretty straight forward...