exercises

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chris-cormier-deadlifts.jpg Kevin Horton By incorporating more than one body part in a team effort, you can use more weight than when a muscle goes alone. Generally, the more complex a body part, the easier it is to work with compound lifts. On the other hand, simpler body parts, like calves...

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...

One of the best ways to develop your delts and get full 360-degree growth is to run a circuit routine, otherwise known as a giant set, that consists of four basic exercises to start. Of course, as your shoulder development becomes more advanced and your strength and muscular endurance increase...

OPENING ARGUMENTS DEFENSE In bodybuilding, it’s not about moving the weight, it’s about building the muscle. In order to do that you have to isolate the muscle, so you can really focus on each contraction and achieve maximum motor unit activation. PROSECUTION A muscle can be fully activated...

Per Bernal As you’d expect, building huge arms requires a solid foundation of free-weight exercises over the course of years, including moves like close-grip bench presses, dips, and French presses, as well as barbell, dumbbell, and preacher curls. Yet Elssbiay—guided by his trainer, Ahmad...

Sponsored Content Building significant amounts of muscle mass is a difficult venture regardless of your background and ability. Add in any number of different variables and sometimes it can feel downright impossible. Luckily, this guide is here to help. We’re going to take a look at some...

Per Bernal STOP WASTING TIME There’s a lot of idleness in a work out. All those rests between sets are lost opportunities to stimulate growth. Of course, you don’t want to take away from the muscles you’re resting, but you can work an unrelated muscle during that downtime. By hitting two body...

You don't have to do anything. The goons in the gym say you have to train balls-to-the-wall heavy on squats, bench presses and other "compound classics" if you want to be a hardcore bodybuilder. That's a load of B.S. You don't have to do anything except what works best for you, and the...