lifter

So you wanna get more chin-ups, eh? Please allow me to assist you in achieving this feat. There are many ways to go about it, so rather than just naming my favorite method, I’m going to cover a variety of the most popular methods and techniques used by lifters and coaches to increase your...

It's not every day you see tree-trunk legs on a guy who's over 6'2". The truth is, it's difficult to build enough mass to disperse over such a long body. A tall guy can spend years developing himself and he'll often pale in comparison to a shorter, more compact lifter who's done the same thing...

Consider two lifters who are both trying 500-pound deadlifts. Lifter A swiftly applies a lot of power to the ground, and the bar leaps off the ground. Lifter B applies the same amount of power to the ground, but not as rapidly, thus the bar comes off more slowly. Which lifter has a better chance...

Power lifting is often confused for bodybuilding, although the two are similar in some aspects but they are very different sporting codes. A power lifter is interested in the amount of weights they can get their bodies to lift and the training that a power lifter undergoes is different to that...

"There was a point in my life where I thought, 'I don't care if I die young. I just want to be in the biggest pine box possible,'" recalls Kaleb Redden. Back in those days, he was a football player and diehard lifter with plenty of gains—and plenty of injuries—to show for his efforts. He was...

So, your deadlift has been stuck for the last few months and you can’t figure out what’s wrong? Well, truth be told, weight lifting is an acquired skill. You don’t just wake up one day with the ability to rip 500lbs off the floor. Sure, it would be cool if you could, but that would take all of...

Contrary to what many entry level personal training weekend certification textbooks say, exercises themselves aren’t the things that should be scrutinized and contraindicated. The people who do them should be. Different skeletal builds or training needs can deem an exercise dangerous depending...