Drive comes from within. Energy comes from a solid diet, adequate sleep, and an active lifestyle. You’ve heard it all before. So let’s be real: All of those things matter a lot, but plenty of people who have those boxes checked also choose to take an occasional energy supplement. Why? Because the right energy …
What One Lifter Learned from Not Eating for 60 Hours
Lessons from a Jacked Medical Doctor
“A couple years ago, I was sitting in a hotel restaurant on a business trip, and I couldn’t convince a young guy, about 25, and his friends that I wasn’t Chris Hemsworth,” Kaleb Redden, DO, says. “They’d been drinking, so I eventually signed an autograph for them.” He scrawled “Thor” on a piece of …
The One-Move Leg Workout from Hell!
Podcast Episode 63: Alyssa Ritchey – From the Farm to Weightlifting on the World Stage
Subscribe To Podcast | More Episodes Listen To Podcast Episode #63 Podcast Episode 63: Alyssa Ritchey – From the Farm to Weightlifting on the World Stage. Alyssa Ritchey started out as a hyperactive farm girl, then traveled through the gamut of sports including gymnastics, track and field, skateboarding, bikini, and CrossFit. Now she’s a …
The Sumo Deadlift from the Ground Up with Stefi Cohen
The sumo deadlift is the black sheep of all deadlift movements. It’s the misunderstood cousin of the conventional deadlift, and it gets a lot of hate, primarily by noncompetitive lifters. In my opinion, there is no controversy surrounding the sumo deadlift—just a joke taken completely out of context. The anti-sumo proponents believe that the …
6 Life Lessons from Working at Gold's Gym Venice
Our Favorite Quotes from Strong Women
Type “motivating workout quotes” into Google and you’ll find list after list of inspirational quotes by famous bodybuilders such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and strength coaches like Dave Tate. What you won’t find much of, though, are lists of motivational quotes from strong women. So, we made our own! Over the last …
Phoenix Rising: Fitness Champ Derina Wilson Battles Back From Breast Cancer
When Derina Wilson competed in the Fitness International at the March 2018 Arnold Sports Festival, she knew it would be her last time onstage for a while. The hottest rising star in her division, Wilson took sixth at the prestigious competition thanks to her fitness routine, a crowd-pleasing turn to Alicia Keys’ “Girl on …
Lone Star Legs: Instant Motivation From 3 IFBB Pros
Grimy floors, rusted barbells, and aggressive words scrawled on the walls in a gym might scare someone more accustomed to Planet Fitness. But we’re taking you to the original Metroflex Gym in Arlington, Texas, the pro bodybuilder’s playground, where no self-respecting brother in iron would dare skip leg day. IFBB pro bodybuilders Guy Cisternino, …
Jay Maryniak Went From Rock Bottom To High-Flying Fitness Star
In 2015, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that 95 percent of people who needed specialty substance abuse treatment did not receive that help. What’s more, they didn’t even recognize that they needed it.[1] Jay Maryniak belongs to the other 5 percent. This personal trainer and functional fitness expert is on …
High-Volume Chest Workout from Osamoje Imooti
Animal-themed analogies are common in the weight room. They’re not arms, they’re pythons. Calves grow into baby cows. Killing it in the gym is going “beast mode.” But there’s one animal comparison that no one wants to hear, and it’s that they have a bird chest. If your upper body is lacking, MusclePharm athlete …
3 Exercise Tweaks That Can Save You From An Agonizing Spine Injury
BodySpace Member Of The Month: From Skinny Fat To Lean And Strong
After giving birth to six children, full-time mom Edna Boehmer, like so many women before her, spent hours on cardio machines trying to lose weight. She looked thin, but not healthy and strong. She lacked the toned curves and strong physique she desired. Then, a friend introduced her to weightlifting and hooked her up with […]
Podcast Episode 51: Pauline Nordin – Lessons from 20 Years of Hard Training
Subscribe To Podcast | More Episodes Listen To Podcast Episode #51 Podcast Episode 51: Pauline Nordin – Lessons from 20 Years of Hard Training. The iconic fitness model and creator of The Fighter Diet reflects on her two-decade anniversary of moving heavy iron. She goes deep into her history, her recent struggles with injury, …