Powerlifting for Beginners | Nutrition for Powerlifters | Powerlifting Training for Women | Powerlifting Meet Prep | Essential Powerlifting Gear | Powerbuilding Program When you first started lifting, you probably trained with the idea of becoming both big and strong, as if the two words were synonymous. And for those first few months, they were! You saw significant increases in both your size …
Shoulder Workouts for Women | Back Workouts for Women | Leg Workouts for Women | Butt Workouts for Women | Arm Workouts for Women | Upper-Body Workouts for Women | Strength Workouts for Women Arm day is constantly dubbed every guy’s favorite day in the gym, perhaps second only to training chest. As a longtime pro bodybuilder, though, I think most guys are guilty of overtraining their arms—giving them far more volume …
Strongman in a Normal Gym | Strongman Competition Guide | Nutrition for Strongman | Strongman for Bodybuilding Q: Strongman training looks cool, but complicated. And I’m no pro strongman, just someone who wants to be big and strong. What’s a simple place to start? Yes, strongman and bodybuilding training can play …
Prior to becoming a researcher, I was just another diehard lifter strictly adhering to the deeply ingrained rules of bodybuilding. But over the years, the academic in me has grown to question even the most fundamental principles of training. For instance, let’s say someone tells you they want you to help them build muscle …
When most guys pick up weights in their teens or early 20s, they’re hellbent on building muscle. After all, no one wants to be known as the Small Man on Campus or feel that terrifying “everyone’s got 30 pounds on me” feeling while playing a sport. Later in life, fat loss tends to take …
When training for size and strength in the gym, you’re only as strong as your weakest link. When shrugging, that weak link is usually your hands. Think about it: How many times have you had to end a set of heavy shrugs because you couldn’t hang on to those 70-, 80-, or 100-pound dumbbells? …
When it comes to gaining size, I don’t prioritize any one macronutrient over another or consume any of them in significantly greater quantities than the next. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are all crucial for putting on mass. There are many foods that can satisfy your macronutrient and calorie requirements, but I recommend focusing on …
What do you do when you’re missing the machine you need to perform a certain exercise in my Shortcut to Size program? Or when some guy or girl at the health club is hogging the squat rack? Or when your sports medicine doc tells you to avoid a certain exercise until you’re healthy? Skip …
Whether you want to hit the stage, the beach, or turn heads in a t-shirt, creating muscular and defined shoulders should be a priority. The delt-to-waist ratio can create a jaw-dropping visual impact that competitors must focus on—and the rest of us shouldn’t overlook. If you’re a newbie to lifting, targeted shoulder training can give […]
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...]