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The Best At-Home Arm Workout You'll Do This Year
Give 2021 a 21-gun salute with this deceivingly difficult lightweight arm workout. Put it in your home-workout rotation and pretty soon you'll be going sleeveless on your Zoom calls!
Published on: Jan 8, 2021 -
The Best Way to Upgrade Your Home Workouts This Year
Only got the light stuff? Not a problem. These full-body complexes aren't just better than nothing, they're better than what plenty of people are doing with a gym full of equipment. Grab what you have and get to work.
Published on: Jan 8, 2021 -
3 Instant Upgrades for Your Home Bodyweight Workouts
Standard bodyweight reps can serve you well…for a while. But if you're craving some lower reps, here's how to upgrade your home workout for greater strength and muscle!
Published on: Jun 22, 2020 -
Cardio for Gym Bros: 5 Conditioning Finishers for Lifters
Think you're going to strut out of the gym with a pump but no sweat on your shirt? Not today, bro. Here are five ways to melt your face, and your body fat, at the end of any workout. You don't even have to count reps when you do it!
Published on: Nov 19, 2019 -
Accessory Moves to Help You Bust Through Weak Points and Supercharge Your Bench
Frustrated with sticking points in your bench press? Try these exercises to make them a thing of the past and start hitting PRs again!
Published on: Apr 19, 2019 -
5 Ways to Spice Up Your Lateral Raises
Don't just trust that the same old way of doing things will pay off forever. Go to school on this staple movement with a full semester's worth of new variations!
Published on: Aug 29, 2018 -
3 Ways To Spice Up The Rear-Foot-Elevated Split Squat
You've done them with body weight or a couple of dumbbells. But have you done all of these variations of this classic lower-body strength and muscle-builder? You need these in your leg day arsenal!
Published on: May 3, 2018 -
Strength Training For Runners: 5 Rules To Run Faster!
If your goal is to run better and faster, you should strength train. Really, if you consider yourself a runner, you should strength train. Period. Get your training plan here!
Published on: Apr 7, 2015 -
Safely Improve Your Shoulder Strength And Mobility!
Are you suffering from reduced range of motion, strength, and shoulder mobility? These exercises and shoulder-friendly workouts are exactly what you need!
Published on: Mar 1, 2015 -
In Pursuit Of Speed: How To Run Faster
Do you even sprint, bro? Heed this advice to help you run and do it fast.
Published on: Feb 19, 2015 -
In Pursuit Of Speed: How To Run Faster
Do you even sprint, bro? Heed this advice to help you run and do it fast.
Published on: Feb 19, 2015 -
How To Strength Train For Cycling
Give us a couple of workouts a week, and we'll change your performance potential on the bike permanently. It's time for cyclists of all levels to embrace strength training!
Published on: Oct 1, 2014 -
How 4 Letters Can Spell Fitness Success
If you've been spinning your wheels at the gym, get familiar with F.I.T.T. to help you customize your workouts and achieve your goals!
Published on: Jul 2, 2014 -
3 Rules For Effective Sandbag Training
Training with sandbags is catching on among a wide range of athletes. If you want strength and explosive power to help you rise to any challenge, step up to the bag!
Published on: Apr 16, 2014 -
The Road To Two Plates: You Can Squat And Deadlift 225 Pounds!
Nearly every lifter can squat and deadlift 225 pounds with persistence, proper form, and the right program. Walk the road to two plates!
Published on: Feb 26, 2014 -
The Misery Machine: 4 Brutal Fan Bike Workouts
Somewhere in almost every gym, there's an elite training apparatus hiding in plain sight. Don't overlook the fan bike. Use it to build athleticism and burn calories the old-school way!
Published on: Dec 17, 2013 -
The Real Tabata: A Brutal Circuit From The Protocol's Inventor
The word "Tabata" has been thrown around a lot recently. Follow the original protocol with a new fat-melting circuit from the researcher whose groundbreaking studies started it all.
Published on: Oct 1, 2013 -
Unilateral Training: The Ab Solution You've Never Thought Of
Why suffer through another boring, painful ab routine? Work your core by making it stabilize unbalanced loads. That's what it's there to do!
Published on: Jul 1, 2013 -
Why The Word 'Cardio' Doesn't Make Much Sense
What the heck is cardio, anyway? It's a poorly chosen word to describe what is, for many, the wrong way to train. Turn off the treadmill television and enter a brave new world of training!
Published on: Jun 3, 2013