January 8
The Most Effective Way To Build Muscle
If you're looking to optimize your hypertrophy training while taking your strength to new levels, follow these guidelines.
January 2
The Truth for Tall Lifters
Hey, tall guy, you know all those lifting rules that apply to short people - the ones that got no reason to live? They don't apply to you.
December 21
7 Tweaks To Make Your Exercises More Evil
Here are some simple tweaks to take a few basic exercises to a whole new level of muscle-building awesomeness.
December 14
4 Gadgets to Amplify Upper Body Mass
Barbells and dumbbells reign supreme, but here are four other gadgets that deserve some attention.
December 5
5 More Hacks To Reinvigorate Your Training
Five methods to satisfy your need for training variety, including "going nuts on the last set," "reward sets," and "rolling the dice."
November 30
4 Weeks to Bigger, Leaner, Stronger
For one month, chase three big goals at the same time… and dramatically change your physique. It can be done. Here’s how.
November 29
12 Weeks to Ridiculous Wheels
A squat-based training plan guaranteed to make your legs not only bigger but stronger too.
November 19
4 Weeks To Bigger Legs
Leg training multiple times per week may be torture, but it delivers rapid gains in size and strength. Here's how to do it.
November 16
4 Genetic Factors That Determine Your Success
You're a big dude with a barrel chest. Then why can that little guy who looks like a cast member of the Wizard of Oz remake outbench you?
November 13
Do Pain Pills Impair Muscle Growth?
Does your favorite NSAIDs impair muscle development? And do the benefits outweigh the risks? Here’s the science.
November 2
Bodybuilding's Original Superhero: Chuck Sipes
Old school bodybuilders were as strong as they were big. None was more impressive than Chuck Sipes.
October 23
Maximal Strength Training for Muscle Mass
Lots of geek strength-training science, 10 actionable tips on how to build muscle, and one effective program thrown in for good measure. Read this.
October 19
4 Weeks to Big Arms
You can lie to yourself and say big arms aren't important to you. Or, you can follow this program for a month and finally build them.
October 18
The Biggest Exercise in Bodybuilding
Can you do 12 reps of clean and press with a pair of 75-pound dumbbells? It's been a test of strength since the 1930s.
October 16
Train Like A Man 7
Some exercises should go extinct. They do nothing for your strength, health, or hypertrophy. Here's what should take their place.
October 15
Tough or Reasonable?
Which are better, tough diets and tough workouts or reasonable diets and reasonable workouts? Maybe you need to mix and match a little.
September 27
Functional Bodybuilding
Some people think hypertrophy isn't functional. Here's why those people are dead wrong.
September 13
High Frequency vs. Low Frequency
Do you trash a muscle and let it grow for a week or smack it around a little more often? Here's the run-down on finding the right frequency for you.
September 6
Serge Nubret Pump Training
In bodybuilding's Golden Age, few shone as brightly as Serge Nubret. Let's learn a thing or two from this recently departed legend.