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Alex Roberts Nucleus Overload Training - Is it Worth Trying? So there you are, entrenched in the iron. PRs are being smashed all over the place, but yet there's one guy. You know, that guy... The one who trains the same body part every day. He grabs a curl bar and throws on some 10-pound plates...

Alex Roberts Running and Lifting - Can They Coexist? I am often asked how I am able to balance my training as an endurance athlete and as a lifter. Many people have the misconception that you can only be one type of athlete (i.e. powerlifter, runner, swimmer, bodybuilder, etc.). The truth is...

Alex Roberts Peripheral Heart Action (PHA) Training - The "Super" Gym Circuit? When it comes to training goals, most people would tell you they want to gain muscle and lose fat. This goal is the holy grail of programming. Who doesn't want to lose fat and gain muscle? To those with a few years...

Brad Borland 8 Fitness Laws That Forge Results Over the years I have learned many lessons about the fitness merry-go-round. Some good, some not so good. Some things that I thought were good, turned out to be detrimental to my progress and made me question why I was even trying. But those I will...

Andy Yingling Collaborator Why Effective Workouts Don't Have to Be Complicated I used to believe that having access to a lot of equipment would give me better results. Or, I should say, it would allow me to train "better." I don't know where I adopted this mindset, but at some point I started to...

Training arms is reserved for gym bros, right? WRONG! As a strength athlete there is no reason to neglect any muscle group. Doing so is a huge rookie mistake. Take a look at any top level powerlifter, Olympic lifter, or strongman competitor and you will see they all have big arms. This didn't...

Brad Borland Five Mistakes Lifters Make on the Road to Getting Shredded Summer is in full swing and everyone is spending more time at the beach or pool. Now is the time when everyone gets to see who puts their time in at the gym and who has slacked off on their New Year?s resolution to lose...

You found a workout claiming it is the ?best? ever created. However, after a very short time on this program you feel beat down, you aren?t making progress, and quite frankly you aren?t enjoying your workouts. This leads you to look for another workout. Your jacked friend recommends the...

Andy Yingling Collaborator I'm So Bored! 3 Engaging Ways to Banish Workout Boredom We as humans don't handle boredom very well. In fact, a study led by the University of Virginia showcased our poor capacity to sit alone with our own thoughts. Most subjects in the study would rather be doing...

Face it, we are not able to make it to the gym all of the time. Even if we make the gym a priority every day, life finds a way to interfere with training time especially as we become busier as a society. One of the best ways to ensure that you get your daily training session in is to have a few...

Alex Roberts 3 Things Milo of Croton Knew About Strength Training Many years ago there was a man with incredible strength and unmatched athleticism who strolled through the hills of northern Italy. This man was Milo of Croton and was certainly the most successful athlete of his day. Milo of...

Alex Roberts 5 Steps to Building a More Fit & Athletic Body Admit it. You don't want to wait for results. Instead, you want to add size as fast as possible, don't you? It's okay to submit to this desire - you're not alone in the pursuit. Training for aesthetics is part of the equation, but the...

Brad Borland 9 Gym Bag Essentials Every Lifter Must Have Despite our differences, we are all in the gym for one reason. To make progress. The pursuit of the ever-elusive "gains" is a game that tests our patience day in and day out. In the words of Bro Scientist Dom Mazzetti, "The day you...

Steve Shaw 9 Brutal Ways to Kill Your Sets We all know that progression of weight is king, right? Hit the gym, push sets for as many reps as possible and add weight to the bar when you can. Easy. Safe. Effective. The path to gains. But there are times when safe is boring. Maybe you've just...

As some of you may have noted, we live in a strange time (and I am not even referring to politics). Despite there being more information than ever, people are more confused or misinformed than in days past. Some even refute the existence of dinosaurs... In the fitness world, the picture is...

Andy Yingling Collaborator 10 Ways to Recover Like a Boss From Brutal Workouts There's no such thing as over-training, only under-recovery. If you're going #beastmode in the gym (and you should be), then you must recover like a beast as well. Here are 10 surefire ways those brutal lifting...

Marc Lobliner Own Worst Enemy! Is Overtraining Ruining Your Gains? "Training like a Navy Seal is really important if you are a Navy Seal, not so sure if you are a Football or Basketball player. Best not to forget you are what you train to be. Getting tired is not training. Think about what you...

Steve Shaw The Death of German Volume Training? German volume training. If I had a dollar for each time I've been asked about this training system, I would have a lot of dollars. I've been in this game a long time. 31 years to be specific. I've seen training systems and workout routines come...

Alex Roberts 5 Keys to Having the Most Effective Workouts Aron Ralston had a dream. But his current reality didn't match his vision. He had a comfortable job working at Intel and for years, he wrestled with the idea of walking away from the cubicle farm to step into what he really wanted to do...

Marc Lobliner Dorian Yates Was Right About Training Frequency In 2010 I trained with the one and only Dorian Yates. The Shadow, as he was known, won six Mr. Olympia titles. He inspired me to start lifting as a 13 year old football player. When I first saw the grainy, veiny hamstrings of Dorian...