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Hey, did you guys happen to see the new glasses that Larry “Wheels” Williams is rocking? Probably not—because you were way too distracted by the 500 pounds he bench-pressed for 11 freakin’ reps. Week after week, Wheels performs insane lift after insane lift—and we’ll never not watch him. At...

Badass Workout of the Week: The Pec Punisher Push yourself to the limit and test your boundaries with this week's badass workout from PJ Braun For our ongoing quest to deliver cutting edge training techniques and routines to the masses, we bring you the second installment of our Badass Workout...

Instagram/larrywheels Larry Wheels was built for the 2018 fitness scene. His incredible strength combined with his social media acumen is the perfect marriage to show off his viral feats of absurdity on a nearly daily basis. It’s amassed him a following of over 460K on Instagram and over 150K...

Instagram/larrywheels Before we start talking about how freakish it is that 23-year-old powerlifter Larry Wheels is out here benching 225 pounds with one arm, we should stress that you really shouldn’t try this at your own gym (despite what he tells you in his Instagram caption). Just leave...

smith-machine-shoulder-press.jpg Chris Lund Unless you're Willy Wonka, you wouldn’t ride an elevator that had no fixed path. You want to be locked into the same route on every trip. So it is with Smith machine exercises—and there are many more such exercises than most bodybuilders realize. In...

QUESTION I'm a hardgainer when it comes to packing on pec mass. What's your advice for breaking down the barriers to building a bigger chest? ANSWER In my earliest days as a competitor, I thought my chest was a weak point and wanted seriously to bring it up. At the same time, I knew that...

HYPOTHESIS Bodybuilding is a solitary pursuit. In fact, many bodybuilders chose to get into bodybuilding instead of other team sports because, win or lose, the outcome is solely dependent on the performance of the individual. That being said, it is known that when it comes to training, the...

I was reading somewhere where your flat bench should always be higher than your incline.....it seems to me I can push more weight/reps on incline than flat. I also read where Kai Green also pushes more on incline than flat. Thoughts...suggestions?

HYPOTHESIS Supersets are two different exercises performed back-to-back with no rest in between. A traditional superset involves two separate muscle groups. Another way of supersetting is doing two exercises for the same muscle group back-to-back. These are called giant sets. It’s hypothesized...

Jason Breeze HOW MUCH CAN YOU BENCH? The question is asked of anyone even slightly buffer than Justin Bieber. Of course, it doesn’t ultimately matter in bodybuilding, which is all about muscle and not at all about metal. Still, even Flex Lewis spends a lot more time in gyms than on stages. And...

Jason Breeze HOW MUCH CAN YOU BENCH? The question is asked of anyone even slightly buffer than Justin Bieber. Of course, it doesn’t ultimately matter in bodybuilding, which is all about muscle and not at all about metal. Still, even Flex Lewis spends a lot more time in gyms than on stages. And...

Ian Spanier Look at this guy, George Brown. Check out those abs. He’s just a genetic freak, a men’s physique version of Dexter Jackson. To get a midsection that great, he probably doesn’t even train abs—they just come naturally for him, right? Wrong. Brown has been hammering his abs every...

Pavel Ythjall THINK YOU CAN’T BUILD MAJOR MASS WITH MACHINES? THINK AGAIN. THESE FOUR-WEEK MACHINE-ONLY CHEST ROUTINES COULD BE THE SHOCK TREATMENT YOUR PECS NEED TO GROW. We use machines to build things every day. Machines build cars; they build roads; they build computers; they build robots...

HYPOTHESIS The bench press is one of the most popular gym exercises. As a compound exercise, it brings multiple muscle groups—including the delts and triceps—into play as prime movers and stabilizers that must work together to balance, direct movement, and generate force. It’s easy to think...

QUESTION I’m a bodybuilder first, having trained hard for three years, but I still want a big bench. Can you give me a few months of bench-press specialization workouts that won’t compromise my size? ANSWER I am all for bodybuilders getting strong. Franco Columbu and Arnold Schwarzenegger...

After all of the box-office successes (and failures), 
all of the State of the State speeches and ballot initiatives, all of the fame and fortune, it’s easy to forget that at his very core Arnold Schwarzenegger is, first and foremost, a gym rat. Long before he ever uttered a one-liner or...

THE BENCH PRESS Almost anyone who has stepped foot inside a gym has made the bench priority one at some point. After all, a big bench equals a big chest. And who doesn’t want a massive chest that’s the envy of all? So why has an exercise that was once an, ahem, benchmark for strength and size...

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Being in my early 50's I don't usually throw as much weight on the bench press as I used to. I find I get better results with higher reps. A better pump and better growth. So I stick with 15-20 reps at 225 for most workouts. Three weeks ago however I was feeling strong and pissed at the same...

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