You don’t need a gym full of gear in order to get a great upper body workout. In fact, with nothing more than a pair of dumbbells and an adjustable bench you can provide every muscle in your upper body with an extremely challenging – and, therefore, very productive – workout. In this article, we’ll … Read more
In this day and age, there is no shortage of fitness fads and scams. Infomercials, in-store promos and online advertisements are abundant can actually be convincing until you buy the product and realize it doesn’t do a thing for you and your 3 easy payments of $19.99 just went down the toilet. One of the … Read more
Many people start lifting to get big arms. Having a nice set of guns is the end-goal for many lifters out there, that’s why you see so many inexperienced lifters cranking out set after set of the same type of curls. However, when you’re in pursuit of an enviable pair of pythons, exercise selection is … Read more
Having a good chest, along with being one of the pinnacles of bodybuilding and fitness in general, is difficult to achieve. Symmetry, definition and fullness in your pectoral muscles isn’t achieved by doing 10 pushups a day, it takes a lot of grueling hours in the gym. Of course, with its status as being one … Read more
There are very few exercises that recruit the entire body the way deadlifts do. Referred to by many as “the king of all exercises,” the deadlift mainly works your hamstrings, glutes and lower back, but it recruits the rest of your body as a support system, and thus leads to overall body strength increases. There … Read more
The upper back, sadly, is one of the most neglected parts of the body in most people. Have you ever seen a really buff guy walking down the street but with a slender neck leading straight into his collar bones? Or someone with really wide lats, but they don’t have that 3D physique because the … Read more
Getting to the gym can be hard. Maybe there’s isn’t one close to you, or the one close to you is always packed with people curling in the squat rack and grunting like banshees. If this is the case, and you don’t have space or resources to set up a home gym, there is hope … Read more
As far as shoulder exercises go, gym-goers usually only have 3 or 4 that they alternate in between, with 1 or 2 compound lifts. Unfortunately, shoulders are one of the most neglected body parts by the average Joe, and this may be in part due to the perceived lack of shoulder exercises out there. However, … Read more
One of the most pressing challenges of working out at home is developing techniques and tricks to perform all of the same movements that you can do in a gym. Of course, in your home you’re probably not going to have a rubberized laminate deadlift platform or seven different types of elliptical, but there are … Read more