8 Gym Benchmarks Everyone Can Achieve

You might be strong in one or two lifts, but are you up to the same standard in these 8 classic moves? If not, make these your next goals!

Plenty of us tell ourselves, "I'm not the competitive type," but once we get fairly serious about any activity, that statement transforms into a question: "So,

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Tip: Unlock New Gains

Get Intense, But Be Smart About

Training intensity is a major key to unlocking new gains. But many lifters

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The Simple Way To Make Leg Curls More Effective

Conventional gym wisdom may have told you to do this lower-body staple one way, but it may be wrong. Drop the weight, slow down, and get ready to grow!

You've been told that the hamstrings are predominantly fast-twitch fibers, so

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3 Types Of Strength Everyone Needs

If you limit yourself to a single definition of strength, you'll limit your potential! Become the ultimate version of yourself with this total approach.

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How Military Troops Stay Jacked Around The World!

Members of the armed forces stationed around the globe face extreme mental and physical hurdles. From cramped living quarters to a lack of equipment, they have to get

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From Bodybuilding Geek to CrossFit Newb

Who's Got The Ball?

People blame CrossFit for everything: injury, loss of gains, excessive selfie-taking, annoying conversations, and chronic Kool-Aid drinking.

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Unconventional Workout - Shoulders

Readers often ask how I come up with some of my creative (crazy?) exercise variations. The answer is, it really boils down to necessity – I see a need for

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The Ultimate Kris Gethin Pre-Workout Experience

If you want Gethin-level intensity in the gym, you need to take your workout ritual as seriously as he does. Here's your plan, down to the minute, with an arm workout to put your preparation to the test!

If you're already in the gym and you haven't prepared correctly, you can stop reading now; it's too late. You might still have an OK workout, but you can't

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Strength Showdown: Handstand Push-up Vs. Military Press

It's time to settle once and for all which is the best overhead pressing movement. Let's break down the pros and cons of these two strength-training staples and see which prevails!

There's no denying that the classic barbell military press is one of the all-time great strength training exercises and a phenomenal mass builder for the upper

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6 Under-The-Radar Tips For Great Workouts

If your workouts are just average, try these hacks to kick-start your motivation and your results!

It's been said that 80 percent of success is just showing up. If that sounds like your approach to training, you've probably attained a certain amount of success through all your check-ins and check-outs at the gym. However, you can

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3 Single-Leg Squats You Need To Know

Think endless air squats and lunges or brutally difficult pistols are your only choices to train your lower body without weight? Think again! Here are 3 movements that should be in every woman's toolbox!

As a fitness trainer known for calisthenics, I'm often asked about adding weights to squats. Though bodyweight training has become more acceptable as a

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How To Keep The Big Three Lifts From Jacking You Up

If you don't balance out the big barbell lifts with enough strategic accessory work, you'll end up looking strong but feeling broken. Balance strength and health with this approach!

A few years ago, I remember having to craft a creative and enticing argument

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Neural Charge Training Super Growth and Recovery Strategy

Simply put, I build high-performance muscle mass on athletes. I don't care if you're a CrossFit competitor wanting more snap on his cleans, a bodybuilder

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Tip: Increase Exercise Performance Instantly

Improve your performance on seated rows and biceps curls by doing this trick between sets.

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Stretch the Opposing Muscle

A team of Brazilian researchers, reporting in Research in Sports Medicine, found that stretching the pecs prior to doing seated rows leads to doing significantly

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The Absolute Worst Fitness Trend

The Question

What the single worst fitness trend you've noticed recently?

Tony Gentilcore – Strength Coach

People who think that everyone fits the same mold when it comes to training.

I had a friend whose wife posted a video of herself on Facebook hitting a new

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The Best Damn Workout Plan For Natural Lifters

Advanced Training Strategy for Natties

Here's what you need to know...

1. The number one mistake by natural lifters is doing too much volume. You

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A Simple Program for Complex Results

One of the great things about the Internet is the access it provides to literally thousands of training articles, complete with photos, videos, and of course,

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The Dirty Dozen: 12 Tips for Heavier Pulls

"Any healthy male under the age of 50 should be able to deadlift at least 400 pounds within two years of proper training."

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What Are Obliques & How Do I Train Them?

Associated with the abdominal muscles, the obliques are the muscles that run on each side of your midsection, from the side of your abdominals up

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Once-a-Week Training for Mass Can you really add muscle with once-a-week training?

When Mike Mentzer first came out with his radical book Heavy Duty, people thought he was crazy. Mentzer preached high-

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