lifting

How Do You Build Muscle? If we’re talking about building muscle and not truly focusing in on our lifting performances, then we’re talking hypertrophy in its purest form. We can’t increase the amount of specific muscle fibers that we possess, but we can increase the size of our existing fibers...

I am going to share with you how I got started lifting weights. The first workout routine I ever did was the “125 routine”. I call it the “125 routine” because most of the lifts are done in sets of 25. First, I would do 5 sets of 25 push-ups (so 125 push-ups total). I knew how to do push-ups...

It's easy to get caught up in status as a lifter. And I'm not just talking about "how much ya bench" conversations, either. It's often a question of how long we've been lifting. Do these sound familiar? "You're a beginner? Just get your reps in." "I'd be careful doing that. It's only for...

If someone is talking about training, and the topic shifts to the deadlift, the first thing that comes to mind for many people is powerlifting or strongman. Don’t get it twisted. The deadlift has bodybuilding benefits, too. Gym rookies who are looking to build size and strength should learn all...

The New Rules of Over-40 Lifting Keep Making Gains Like When You Were Younger by TC Luoma | Pretend for a second that you're an aging professional athlete. Your joints are a little achier than those of your younger teammates and your reflexes aren't as spectacular, but you've still got most of...

Taking time off from the gym is something no ever wants to do, but sometimes, it’s inevitable. Whether it’s due to an injury, an extended vacation, or something like the global pandemic we’re going through, there are times when making it to the gym just won’t be an option. Unfortunately...

Brandon Ramos / M+F Magazine Sarah Cogswell, one of the top Strongwoman competitors in the 82kg (180 pounds) weight class, doesn’t compete or lift for the plaudits, money, and titles. So when she failed to make weight for the 2019 Strongest Woman in the World competition in Fairbanks, AK, she...

Iammotos / Shutterstock A lot of people swear by fasted cardio—that is, running on a treadmill or hopping on an exercise bike before eating anything. Some say this burns fat faster, though the science on that is inconclusive. But what about getting your strength workout in before eating? Could...

This concept may seem so basic that is does not require any explanation. Yet many times the fundamental factors are overlooked or forgotten, while more complicated factors are stressed. For this reason, I am calling your attention to the basic law of lifting in the following paragraphs. In...

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Ted Lindberg has been lifting for 75 years, since he was just 12 years old. He remembers how back in the early days gyms didn’t even have benches, and gym-goers had to lie on the floor or on homemade, wood planks to lift. After retiring from working construction, Lindberg began hitting the gym...

View this post on Instagram 666 lb DEADLIFT PR at #hybridshowdown and first time backflipping with a lifting belt on! THANK YOU my friends that helped bring my deadlift back from the dead this year! @steficohen @hayden.bowe @alexuslar @hybridperformancemethodgym @jack_the_deadlift_ripper...

So as y'all have heard before I'm a Duel Major Exercise Science and Dietetics (thinking bout getting my masters)...I've been lifting for about 7 years now first 2 was learning my body, building up from a scrawny 140 lbs to 200lbs of solid weight mainly just bulking eating whatever, 2nd 2 years I...

Why My Back Is Whack Posted by Envium Sometimes A Back Strain Is MORE Than Just A Strain. Hello everyone! I thought I should give a brief explanation of what got me into lifting. My name is Brady Turner. I am a 15-year-old powerlifter who has been lifting competitively for eight months as of...

I'm planning on joining a Krav Maga gym next month and I'm curious how you guys schedule your lifting along with your classes? Does it matter if I take a class at night and lift in the morning or vice versa? Looking at their class schedule they have an All Levels class at 7am so I can do that...

Well with my job and my baby coming, bodybuilding is to life consuming right now and I have better things to do but now ima start only lifting 3 days a week like bench with little chest workouts and then deadlifts with little back workouts and then squats with little leg workouts. Now my thing...

So we all now know that RockShawn is a 2 pump chump - which is why his wife would rather watch TV than give up the p. But I digress. This rant is about my problems, not his. I've just recently gotten back into the gym after a 4 month sabbatical due to a new baby in the family. So 2 weeks...

I lift very heavy objects over my head for fun......... Skating with the kids, DANGEROUS