Your post-workout quad flex may rack up the likes, but you can’t have a set of truly impressive, muscular legs with poor hamstring development. But for most lifters, the hammies tend to be a lagging muscle complex and are dramatically overshadowed by the quads. The end result is an unbalanced appearance to the lower …
Whether you’re training for track, the stage, or your bathroom mirror, you’ll always be rewarded for developing your hamstrings and glutes. While the fashion trend for glutes has changed over the years, I like to say that there has never been a hamstring that was too big. As a trainer for more than 25 …
Q: Everyone says that squats are the best exercise for total leg development, but I’m not feeling it in my hamstrings. Are squats really all I need to build my hamstrings? It’s a claim that never seems to die. It’s published in magazine and internet articles, bandied about in fitness forums and social media …
In lifting, like in life, first impressions often don’t pan out. For example, IFBB bikini pro Jamie Collins and I were fortunate enough to recently work out at City Athletic Club in Las Vegas. At first glance, it was everything you might expect in a Vegas club: dim lights gave it a cool, relaxed, …
Big lifts require big quads, big glutes, and big calves. But let us not forget about big hamstrings. You need them all to move the big weights. Hamstrings are one of those muscles that you might not think much about—until you’re sweating under a squat, and by then you’re toast. So get ahead of …
Passion. What does it mean to you? What does it mean to your physique goals and to your everyday life? If you’re passionate about the work you put in at the gym, you’ve got to be passionate about the food you eat. Welcome back to Everyday Beast. I’m Rob Smith, and today we have …
It’s the middle of the contest season and Maxx Charles has already competed several times, rebounding from 13th place at the Arnold Classic in March to 7th place at the Toronto Pro and 3rd place at Missouri’s Muscle Mayhem contest, both of which took place in June. Today he’s at Bev Francis Powerhouse Gym on […]
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]