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Madison, WI, played host to a historic World’s Strongest Woman competition from Dec. 5-8, 2024, with another impressive display from the now 3-time winner, Rebecca Roberts. Here’s how it all went down. At age 29, Roberts, who stands at 6’3”, won her first WSW title in 2021, then a second in...

Chris Bumstead is officially a six-time Classic Physique Olympia champion, and he is also officially retired from competition. The man known as CBum what is dominant as ever when he took both the prejudging and final stagesin Las Vegas, Nevada on the weekend of October 11th and 12th. He won...

How to Build Muscle Without Pain If an exercise is causing the wrong kind of pain, swap it out. These moves work just as well... and maybe even better. Pain should never get in the way of your upper-body gains. First, go get the problem checked out. Second, try these simple technique tweaks to...

The key to building muscle while staying healthy is to hammer the muscles while sparing the joints. Uninjured joints are a major key to consistency. There's no bigger deterrent of long-term progress than being on the sidelines with chronic joint pain. It comes down to two simple principles...

HOW TO TELL IF YOURS NEED TO GROWTH The medial (side) delts can be stubborn. Stand in front of a mirror and square up to it. Are your shoulders rounded on the sides, almost like a ball cut in half? Or are they shaped more like a 90-degree angle? If they're more like the latter, that's a sign...

One Advanced Training Method, Four Great Benefits “Accentuated eccentrics” is coachy way of saying to focus on the lowering phase of a rep to trigger certain adaptations. Including tempo work that emphasizes a slow and controlled eccentric early in a program is a great way to improve...

People often overlook bodyweight training because they think it's not hard enough. But it's certainly possible to build muscle using your own bodyweight, especially if you can turn it into a challenge. Below you'll find eight intense methods to maximize muscle growth using basic bodyweight...

The 2023 World’s Strongest Man competition was held in Myrtle Beach, SC, from April 19-23, and the conclusion saw a new champion win his first title. Mitchell Hooper of Canada is in his second full season as a strongman, and he won the championship in his second attempt. He was eighth in his...

Two-time Arnold Classic champion and 2009 Mr. Olympia runner-up Branch Warren was the guest on this week’s episode of The Menace Podcast. Warren joined host Dennis James, Chris Cormier, and Milos Sarcev in this episode to reflect on his career, including why he feels he reached the high points...

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Don't discount the leg press just because it doesn't involve a barbell. Every variation can help grow massive legs. The escalating leg press is one giant set with micro-stops. The banded leg press makes the eccentric or negative phase more challenging. The drop...

There’s a reason Milos Sarcev is a legendary bodybuilder and trainer. You don’t achieve that status with run-of-the-mill training sessions. The back workout he recently took JYM Athlete and IFBB Classic Physique pro Stefan Rivera-Clack through may soon become the stuff of legend, too. It’s a...

If you find it tough to get out of the house during the holiday season, you may feel like using this as an excuse to skip training, but you can always keep fit from home with this intense “12 Days of Christmas Workout,” a circuit that is sure to burn off some of that Christmas excess and keep...

The 2021 New York Pro was already a significant event, but two athletes who left victorious made the contest even more memorable. The Open winner, Nick Walker, received a lot of attention for valid reasons, but another man who stamped his place as an Olympia contender was the winner of the 212...

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...

Per Bernal / M+F Magazine As is true with almost any skill, the more you lift, the better you get at it (and the bigger you get as a result). The more frequently you train a muscle, the faster it’s going to respond by growing. So if you’ve only ever trained one or two body parts in a...

OPENING ARGUMENTS DEFENSE Muscle tissue is composed of slow- twitch and fast-twitch fibers. Faster repetition speeds activate fast-twitch fibers and have been shown to enhance muscle power and rate of force development. For bodybuilders, activating fast-twitch fibers is most important for...

Help In Mastering The Squat Posted by DanWynesFitness Increase Your Gains By Gaining Strength On The Weaker Part Of The Lift! Everyone wants to improve a lift but how do you actually go about strengthening a specific area of the lift? Let’s take a Squat for example if you look at the...