training

Experience and education are both important for lifting. But if you're a stubborn asshole, neither will make a big enough difference to help you progress. Ego and personal biases are man's biggest enemies when it comes to training. It's possible to overcome them, but a lot of guys would rather...

The year was 1966, and after effortlessly defeating Helmut Riedmeier to gain the title "The Best Built Man in Europe," 19-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger was anticipating yet another bodybuilding victory at the NABBA Mr. Universe Pageant. Upon his arrival in London, the massive youth was swarmed...

Dogpound Gym founder and trainer Kirk Myers may look tough on the outside, but don’t let his giant muscles fool you. Myers learned at an early age how to understand women from watching his dad work alongside several female teachers in his own place of work. “My dad is a retired elementary...

TRAINING AND YOUR METABOLIC STATE When I think "workout," I think of speeds. Your metabolic state is like an engine: It can be revving at full throttle and burning fast and furious – let's call this red. It can be set in cruise control and coasting down the highway – call this yellow. It can...

GET LEAN, REVEAL YOUR GAINS Stick with this fitness thing long enough and you'll notice that everything gets recycled. Exercise and diet trends come and go... then come back around again later. It's a lot like fashion. One dietary approach that's found a resurgence in the last few years is...

You’ve probably witnessed it at the gym: someone pushing or pulling a sled, often called a prowler, up and down the floor until they collapse in a heap. If you’re unlucky, you might see someone suffer from the infamous “prowler flu, and nobody wants to clean that up. But have you heard of the...

by Christian Thibaudeau Why Working Out Every Day Won't Work You might feel accomplished by challenging your body daily, but taking no days off will limit your results and even halt gains. Here's why. No Days Off and Not Much To Show For It When we don’t like how we look, improving becomes an...

by TC Luoma The 3/7 Method for Muscle Growth and Strength A scientifically proven and extremely time-efficient set/rep scheme for increasing muscle growth and strength. Check it out here. Muscle Growth, Metabolic Stress, and Mechanical Stress I’m a sucker for metabolic stress. If, after a...

by Charles Staley The Truth About CrossFit Workouts, If You Can Handle It Many CrossFit women can lift a ton of weight while sporting six-pack abs without dieting. Sound like you? Probably not. Here's why. Crossfit Women Saved Female Fitness Has anything advanced female fitness more than...

As US Army veteran and IFBB Pro, Jeremy Potvin is recovering from a partial distal bicep tendon rupture with a technique known as Blood Flow Restriction training or BFR to get back into flexing shape, M&F takes a closer look. “Blood Flow Restriction training safely prevents low-oxygen blood...

Mobility training is the utilization and the ability to actively move a joint (where two bones meet) before being restricted by surrounding tissues (ligaments, tendons, muscles). Examples of mobile joints include ankles, hips, thoracic spine, and shoulders. Performance refers to how effectively...

With a myriad of machines and exercise devices to choose from, those odd-shaped kettlebells in the corner of the gym may yet to have peaked your attention, but a recent review of scientific studies has confirmed the benefits of kettlebell training, to get your sweat on, could be a superior...

If time weren’t an issue and you had all the time in the world to workout, then being ripped would be easy, correct? But we don’t live in an ideal world where we have all the time to do what we want. The other side of the coin is that putting off your workout or taking as long as you want would...

In the gym, an overwhelmingly common practice for size and strength is that of simply performing straight sets of exercise, just like they did it in the old school days. Sure, this plan may be tried, tested and true, but it offers few options if you’ve found you’re in a plateau for either your...

by Christian Thibaudeau Follow the Laws, Get Better Results I’m known for my detailed content, but let’s do something different. Here are twenty-one quick truths based on my experience, observation, and education. Training, Muscle, and Strength The simplest training program done with a high...

Jagger Eaton made his Olympic debut during the Tokyo Games on a broken ankle and took home bronze, providing the U.S. with the first-ever Olympic skateboarding medal in the sport’s debut. While not much time has passed, the 23-year-old Arizona native will enter the Paris Games better in both...

by Andreas Abelsson Key Points: The calves are often stubborn and refuse to grow, with some people claiming that the size of your calves is determined solely by genetics. A new study compared a different number of weekly sets of calf training: low (6 sets), moderate (9 sets), and high (12...

Walk into any gym, and you’ll undoubtedly see two types of training being performed isotonic exercises and isometric exercises. Isotonic training include classic lifts that are more commonly performed, with a concentric or “lifting” phase, and an eccentric or “lowering” phase to every rep. For...

Mitchell Hooper never dreamed of becoming the world’s strongest man. This makes last year’s win both unique and impressive as he also became the first Canadian to be named ‘World’s Strongest Man’ and doing so in only his second time competing. While there are perks that come with being named...

We live in an age where everyone looks for instant gratification, with most people nowadays looking for more efficient fitness solutions. Among these innovations is Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) training a game-changing approach that has sparked interest for its promise of achieving...