seconds

Gather up four of your male friends. Statistically, one of you will die from a heart-related problem. Let's make sure it's one of the other bastards and test your heart health now. The Test Walk up 4 flights of stairs in under 45 seconds. THE RULES Start a timer and walk (don't run) up four...

The ladder system is simple: start with one rep of an exercise and keep adding a rep with each set until you reach 5 reps. At that point, revert back to one rep and keep it going until you reach a target number of reps, say, 50. This is a sure-fire way to cram as much volume as possible into a...

A FAT BURNING WORKOUT, NOT MUSCLE BURNING Fat loss is simple, but improving body composition – losing fat while retaining or adding some muscle – is a lot trickier. It requires the use of smart nutrition and the best training methods. A lot of people who focus on "fat loss" think of their...

How 2 Set Styles May Build Muscle In Half The Time By Carl Juneau, PhD. How many sets do you do when you work out to build muscle? When you bench press? When you squat? 3 sets, right? For most people, 3 sets seem just right. 2 sets… you’re leaving too much in the bank. 4 sets… it’s hard...

This quick and effective HIIT circuit can be performed at the gym, outdoors, or at home! In addition to torching calories, HIIT or “high intensity interval training” is a great way to boost your stamina and agility. Go through all four exercises without stopping, then rest for 15-30 seconds, and...

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...

Have you ever walked into a gym and seen a battle rope curled up in the corner and wonder why it is and what are some battle rope exercises you can do? First, it’s another tool in the toolbox when it comes to your conditioning. Second, it is not there to tie you in knots. Ropes were used way...

Following the last two years of uncertainty, thanks to a myriad COVID restrictions, the summer of 2022 has mercifully turned out to be a great one for athletics. From the World Athletics Championships this past July in Eugene, Oregon to the Commonwealth Games in August, we’ve had a blast and, as...

Are you under a time crunch or simply don't have the motivation to hit a long workout today? Give this method a shot for an effectively short workout! Everybody goes through training slumps. Sometimes, life just runs you down and you can’t help but be a little tired. You’ve hit that plateau...

Of all the intensity techniques out there, I have two favorites: drop sets and rest pause. Drop sets are a lot of fun and can take a normal set and turn it into a brutal one, but they have one major drawback: for many exercises you need two spotters to pull plates off. Now, if you have two...

Looking for new ways to increase your overall chest growth? These 3 chest workouts are just what you need in your program to develop some unreal chest size! Close your eyes and picture the chest development of legends like Arnold Schwarzennegger, Franco Columbo, and Lou Ferrigno in their prime...

If you're looking to switch up your traditional training, but would still like to burn fat and gain muscle, maybe it's time to consider kettlebell training. WORKOUT SUMMARY Main Goal Build Muscle Workout Type Full Body Training Level Beginner Program Duration4 weeks Days Per Week 4 Time Per...

Train insane 4 days a week. Combine your resistance training sessions with short bursts of cardio to maximize fat loss while maintaining existing muscle mass. WORKOUT SUMMARY Main Goal Lose Fat Workout Type Split Training Level Intermediate Program Duration8 weeks Days Per Week 4 Time Per...

Close your eyes and picture the chest development of legends like Arnold Schwarzennegger, Franco Columbo, and Lou Ferrigno in their prime -- or modern day freaks like ALLMAX’s own Steve Kuclo, Josh Wade and Ryan Watson. What do each of these incredible athletes have in common? All of them...

Anyone who says training arms isn’t “functional” is dead wrong. (That person may also have puny pipes, but now we’re getting petty, sorry.) First of all, isolating the biceps and triceps with single-joint exercises will boost your performance on big compound moves like bench press and overhead...

There is nothing worse than a weightlifter with big muscles and terrible posture. We’ve all seen them. You know who I’m talking about. You may even be one of them, standing in the gym with a stringer tank top and massive front delts pulling your shoulders forward. I’m not just talking about...

Well my friends, summer is right around the corner. If you are like most people, this is the time of year you want to start leaning out for the beach or shedding extra weight you accumulated during the winter. Are you someone who dreads the word “cardio”, as it conjures up images of monotonous...

Ahead of his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight title defense against Oleksandr Usyk on Sept. 25 in London, the British boxing champ, Anthony Joshua, is training harder — and smarter — than ever before. AJ regularly employs boxing workout routines that involve movements that can be attempted by...

When we asked the folks at TRX to show us the most badass exercise that could be done with one of their legendary suspension trainers. They overdelivered. You can call it a single exercise if you want, but it’s really a combination of four foundational moves: a pushup, plank, lunge, and jump...

Sprinting isn’t just for Usain Bolt-type Olympic athletes, the same way jumping rope isn’t solely for Floyd Mayweather’s pre-fight warmup; Running all-out is for anyone looking to build overall conditioning. Sprinting can help boost lung power, increase speed, accelerate fat loss, and increasing...