If you’re lamenting your lack of squat progress and are seeking a ‘magic bullet’, you won’t find one here. However, if you’re ready, willing and able to go through 13 weeks of pure hell, we have something that could potentially add 50-100 pounds onto your existing squat 1RM.
You may have...
Everywhere I look, I see training information geared towards the hardcore.
There’s nothing wrong with this – we all need motivation.
The problem comes when examining the population of people who are actually reading and taking this information to heart.
9 times out of 10, they’re novice...
To maximize your efforts in the gym you need to eat properly. Many trainees make the huge mistake of going gonzo with the weights, but eating like a ten year old girl. This won't cut it. To get big, you have to eat big, and eat smart.
Another cornerstone of the muscle building puzzle is proper...
There are two things that almost every lifter in the weight room cares about: growing their chest and increasing their bench. Fortunately, if you focus on one, you can usually improve the other.
Although strength is usually a bigger priority for powerlifters, bodybuilders can also benefit from...
Lifters are getting smarter. They know that it's not just about how big their bench press is; going heavy isn't the only way to make muscles grow. Being able to add weight to the bar is the byproduct of the gains you make from previous workouts—and from implementing other training strategies...
To some extent, everyone wants immediate results — especially when it comes to weight loss (cue fad diets and “miracle” diet pills). Eating healthy, staying active and cutting calories are proven ways to lose weight, but they are part of a gradual process that’s not always easy. So, which path...
You worked hard to shed pounds, but then it crept right back. It happens. In fact, about 80% of people who lose weight regain it all or more, according to some estimates. It’s a term known by industry experts as ‘weight cycling’ — and colloquially as yo-yo dieting. Here, a look at what this...
The process of losing weight can feel like a roller coaster. At first, you might be dropping pounds fast and it’s exciting and invigorating. Other times, something as simple as a work happy hour can make you feel like you’re back on that slow incline, wishing you could get off the ride...
How much can King Kong lift? Would he even be good at football? How high can he jump? These are three of the roughly 3,729 questions my son asked me while we watched Godzilla vs. Kong this past weekend, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t indulge them all. We even got into a heated discussion...
When you hear Kyle Brandt describe his recent muscle metamorphosis, you get the sense he’s eager to break down his journey with the same adrenaline-rush intensity he puts into every “Angry Runs” segment he hosts on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football.
For Brandt, it’s been easier to remain his...
Less than four months into 2021, Jon Feliciano already has 17 million reasons why it paid to never give up on 2020.
If any athlete had an excuse to shut it down last year, the Buffalo Bills right guard could easily raise his hand — but Feliciano could barely lift either of his arms last year...
Right now, advertisements for fad diets are everywhere, promising quick results if you overhaul your diet and take drastic action for a few weeks. Real talk: It’s a trap. Shed pounds too quickly, and it’ll come back, which can affect your metabolism, making losing weight even more difficult...
To my gimpy self. Still suffering spasms and relying on a quad cane mainly just in case.
But Im back to the gym, even closing it again for owner. Driving again, etc
Now to REBUILD!
During the holidays, all good intentions of trying to keep your health and nutrition on track is a lot easier said than done, especially when there is a feast of stuffing, gravy, and warm buttered rolls coming for you hot from the oven.
The holidays are for merriment and only come once a year...
It’s safe to say that most lifters, outside of the professionals, could never imagine deadlifting 600 pounds at all, let alone without lifting straps. But 23-year old powerlifting phenom Amanda Lawrence is getting pretty damned close to doing it.
In a video she posted to Instagram on Wednesday...
The entire powerlifting world was shocked when the promoters of the Beasts of the Bench meet somehow managed to misload the bar when Julius Maddox attempted to become the first person to bench 800 pounds raw. The error took Maddox — who holds the raw bench record at 770 pounds — out of the zone...
A strong man barges into a bar feeling all pumped up to bang a chick. He is confronted with this sexy bimbo waitress who falls head over heals for him. The guy shows off his muscles and winks at this girl, she responds with A flying kiss of her own. This continues for a while when finally the...
From prospective clients to strangers on airplanes and vacationers at resorts, I’ve heard every excuse imaginable as to why people's can't make it to the gym: “I don’t have time to get to the gym” or “I'm social distancing myself,” "the coronavirus shutdown my gym." I’ve even heard, “I’m going...
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When it comes to losing weight, people will try just about anything: pills, an extreme diet, and even purposely starving themselves — err, we mean intermittent fasting. One strategy that’s been around for centuries is using herbal medicines such as teas, leaves, and powders...