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Deadlift “One must train the deadlift in a multiyear plan. An 8 or 12 week cycle won’t work. For example, it may take 6 months to raise your hamstrings up to acceptable levels.” Deadlift records have made little progress in recent years. I believe it is easy to add pounds to a squat or bench...

by Mike Sirani Safety squat bar benefits: 1. It saves your shoulders. If you've spent a lot of time training the bench, squat, and overhead press, you know that the cumulative effect takes a toll on your shoulders. And while the back squat isn't an upper body exercise, locking your shoulder...

Barbell Curls Victor almost always starts his biceps workouts off with a barbell curl, alternating between a straight bar and an EZ-curl bar. With both the shorter bars weighing 25 pounds, he can do as much as four 25s on each side for a total of 225 pounds. Why not just put two 45s on? “The...

<!-- react-text: 40 -->Do the Push Press!<!-- /react-text --> <!-- react-text: 43 -->by Glenn Pendlay<!-- /react-text --> <!-- react-text: 46 -->The push press is like the upper-body power clean. I think I've called it the upper body squat previously but that was wrong. The squat can be...

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Remember Boys and Girls: It's not about your cute Kodiak pancakes. It's not about your fancy Jordans or designer fitness wear. It's not about glute selfies.... It's not about motivational IG captions. It's not about intuitive eating, or "balance," disguised as relinquishing your tenacity...

For years I was frustrated with my deadlift. I came out of the gate very fast, deadlifting 675 at 220 in my second meet. But from that point in 2002 until 2014, I was stuck between 675 and 710. Finally, after some knee problems that lead to surgery, I was able to make some progress. This was the...

Often a good training partner is a good friend, or will become one. I met my last training buddy when I changed gyms, I knew him from a powerlifting team we both competed in. For many years he came to my house with his car to pick me up for our work-outs. When one us of us didn’t feel well or...

Q: I'm trying to add mass but have very limited time to work out. How can I structure a good mass building workout program that won't keep me in the gym all day, every day? A: Your problem of limited time is, in a way, an advantage in that it will prevent you from succumbing to the one factor...

I am going to replace my cheapo barbell after Christmas. I get most of my equipment used; I deal with a couple of commercial gym equipment dealers. One of these guys has several high-quality narbells to choose from. They are: 1. Texas Power Bar 2. Rogue 2.0 3. York Split-Sleeve Anyone have...

On of the most neglected topics is back, aside from wheels.. So do you know your row? Let's hear some of your back routines... Recently I decided to revamp my back routine, not simply for the principle of "Change just to change", but rather incorp something that works and been proven from the...

I work out regularly in two different places, my home gym amd the company gym. I recently started training using a version of the "5x5" plan, which calls for increasing the weight on a given exercise by 10 lbs once one is able to complete 5 sets of 5 reps in that exercise. Since I'm tracking my...

Hexagonal Deadlifts - For Boosting Muscle & Power Gains Are Hexagonal Bar Deadlifts Better Than Barbell Deadlifts? The deadlift is truly one of the best exercises for developing raw strength and power. The deadlift also provides a potent training stimulus that triggers considerable muscle...

I have to admit something to everyone. Sometimes, when I program, I just put things in to see if people can handle it. There is still a sound scientific reason behind putting it in but I still like to push people’s limits. In my head it goes something like, “If they live through this, they’re...

After almost 40 years in the fitness and sports performance areas, it is still the simple things that elude most people in their quest for results. Intensity is and always will be the key for those who have a training age from which to cope with the severity of workouts that will garner the best...

Does this vary widely? I have a Body Solid "Pro Club Line" smith at my gym at work. It's an old one. When I set it up, it seemed to me that the counter weights are small, and probably just about offset the bearing assemblies and hooks, etc, which are welded to the otherwise standard Olympic bar...

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It’s time to put aside the bullshit and get under the bar. Ready? Who cares if you’re ready – it’s time to squat! <ins id="aswift_0_expand" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit...

Squatting aint easy, or everyone would be doing it! Lets face it, Most of us can generally place an exercise or muscle group to any day of the week and it wold hold true for 85% of all gym rats! Monday = Chest & Triceps , bench press & pushdowns Wednesday = Back & Biceps, Pulls and Curls...