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Steve Shaw How to Get Bigger - 25 Muscle Building Laws In 1986 I trained my first skinny guy. His name was Jason, and he was a 127 pound runner. Jason lived on the same floor of my dorm. He watched me transform my physique in only 8 short months. To Jason, this seemed like an impossible feat. I...

On International Chest Day, the bench press normally gets the spotlight. On the flip sideIt’s rare that you find someone excited to bang out a ton of push-ups to highlight their chest workout. Body-weight exercises usually pushed to the wayside. However, pushups are more than a chest exercise...

Brian McFadden 5 Strongman Movements For A Stronger, Bigger, Leaner Physique We all need a change of pace in our daily lives from time to time. In the gym, we too, need to change things up every now and again. But the last thing we want to do is to adopt bad habits when we try something new...

If you want to build a back so thick it looks like you could wrestle a grizzly bear (or at least haul in every grocery bag in one trip), your pull-day workouts need to go beyond the basics. Sure, lat pulldowns and barbell rows are solid, but repeating the same old pull day exercises will only...

Alex Roberts Better Than Power Cleans? 2 Alternatives For More Muscle and Less Fat The rise of Olympic weightlifting has led many newbies and ex-athletes to trade in their running shoes for barbells. The revolution has done a marvelous job of introducing people to strength training. However...

Alex Roberts Realistic Muscle Building and How Fast to Gain Weight Cutting diet complete. Although I was shredded, I had certainly lost a lot of size. But now I was ready to hop on that ?gains train.? It was time for some big eating. My mindset shifted from being as shredded as possible, to...

Have you found it yet? You know the training rulebook on how to effectively gain muscle mass? You haven't found it either? That's because there isn't one. Sure, you can consider the latest interwebz article or manifesto as fact because it came from some online fitness guru that gave it away for...

You don’t need expensive tools or a lab to assess your fitness—just innovative, science-backed tests. Whether you’re looking to boost your strength, endurance, or mobility, these DIY fitness tests will give you clear benchmarks and help set you on the right path to your fitness goals. As a...

A solid push day workout isn’t just about tossing weights around—it means training with purpose. Whether your goal is raw strength, muscle growth, explosive power, or functional stability, your workout’s structure makes all the difference. Instead of a generic routine, these four push-day...

Conventional Deadlifts for Tall Lifters - A Complete Set-Up Guide The deadlift. Sometimes looked at as the king of all exercises, a full body movement. It is also a true testament of strength, pick it up and put it down. The deadlift is a technical lift, more so than the bench or even squat for...

Life gets busy, and finding time for fitness can feel like an impossible task. But staying active doesn’t have to mean long, grueling workouts. In fact, short, efficient training sessions can be a game-changer for those with packed schedules. Whether you’re looking to build, maintain, or improve...

It's time we address the question of all questions - the optimal rep range for muscle building. You know that feeling of starting a set and wondering if maybe, just maybe you should do a few more reps, and vice-versa - if doing less reps and lifting heavier would produce the better results. The...

Alex Roberts 11 Feats of Strength That Every Lifter Should Accomplish Other than nutrition the biggest obstacles that keeps seasoned gym rats from accomplishing their fitness and physique goals are gaps in strength and lack of balance in their training. It has been stated by multiple top...

If your push-day workouts feel stale, it’s time to shake things up. Standard barbell presses and machine work can build muscle, but repeating the same movements weekly leads to plateaus and gaps in strength development. To maximize chest, shoulder, and triceps gains, you need variety—fresh...

If there’s one muscle that demands attention, it’s the biceps. The feeling of your arms getting bigger with every curl is a rite of passage, and no exercise delivers a biceps pump like barbell biceps curls. Why? You can load up to your biceps content, sparking serious gains. But don’t stop at...

As winter fades, it’s time to unveil the hard work beneath those layers. Warmer weather presents the perfect opportunity to spring clean your workout routine and get leaner and more defined. This 4-Day Core Workout Routine aims to spring clean your winter routine and bring those abs out of...

When it comes to exercise, movement is movement. But when it comes to building strength, however, not all programs are created equal. Are you looking for a new program or wondering if your current program stacks up? One of the critical components of any effective program is your ability to be...

We all know that walking is healthy for us. Our bodies are meant to be in motion, so a sedentary lifestyle wrecks our health. Whether you are just starting out, returning from a long hiatus, or already walking, this four-week plan will combine a steady-state and faster-paced walking to help you...

Leg extensions have been maligned by the strength and performance community. Similar to the arguments made against the hip thrust where I actually sided with the use of this controversial movement. Some of these arguments are (taken from the entire interwebz from many different articles (I will...

Do you take more pride in being brutally strong, or having the ability to take ?selfies? of your abdominal veins on a daily basis? Now I am not knocking anyone for having good aesthetics. If you are not an elite level powerlifter who uses extra fat for joint stabilization when squatting 800...