Tip: The 1-Minute Bodybuilding Challenge
Shake up your workouts and ignite some new muscle growth. Here's how to do it... if you can handle it.
June 25
Tip: The Real Science of Leg Extensions
Leg extensions are bad, right? Dangerous and useless? Well, not so fast. Here's the science.
June 24
Tip: The Misunderstood Pulldown
Are behind-the-neck pulldowns really the devil? Well, not quite. Here's why.
June 20
Tip: Go Hard, Then Go Home. But Go Hard Often.
How to adjust your training week to allow for more protein synthesis and trigger more muscle growth.
June 15
Tip: Perform All Rep Ranges, Regardless of Goals
Train heavy. Train light. Train somewhere in between. It works for strength and size. Here's why.
Tip: What You Really Think Of Bodybuilding
We asked our readers what they thought about competitive bodybuilding. The answers were surprising.
June 14
Tip: A Back Builder You've Never Tried
This is brutal, and you actually do it as part of your warm-up. Take a look.
Good Form vs. Bad Form: What You Don't Know
Seven declarations about form that will make you think about exercises in an entirely different way.
Tip: Infinity Singles for Big Triceps
The tri's respond best to heavy reps, but you have to be smart about it. Try this.
June 13
Tip: The Forgotten 6x6 Protocol
Gains stalled? Try this classic training method guaranteed to get you growing again.
June 12
Tip: Challenge Sets for Enormous Legs
Yes, this is gonna hurt. Badly. Take a look.
June 11
Tip: 3 New Rep Protocols for Gains
Trigger new muscle and strength gains with these overlooked set and rep protocols.
June 10
Tip: Seated Cable Rows with Iso Holds
Do an isometric hold every third rep or so to produce greater muscle activation and stimulate size gains.
June 9
Tip: One-And-A-Quarter Reps for Triceps
Go through a full range of motion, then a quarter of the range of motion. That's one rep.
June 7
Tip: Continuous-Tension Dumbbell Bench Press
Tension builds muscle. Stop your reps just short of lockout if your main goal is hypertrophy. It's a good finisher after your full ROM sets.
June 5
Tip: The Kettlebell Flye
The open grip and wrist position here allows for better pec isolation.
June 3
Tip: Strong Legs, No Knee Pain
Use this exercise pairing to build your legs without the knee pain.
June 2
Tip: Standing Rotational Rope Row, Unilateral
Pittsburg Pirates outfielder, Austin Meadows, demonstrates this variation of the rope row. Note the hand rotation for more activation of the lats and upper back.
June 1
Tip: The Low-Pulley Face Pull
Go light, be meticulous with your form, and focus on contracting all the small muscles working in your upper back and shoulders.
4 Mistakes Men Still Make in The Gym
Trying to build muscle or get stronger? Here's why you won't, unless you stop it with this stuff.