Assess Your Metabolic State, Dominate Your Workout
How to Balance Your Training for Gains
February 6
How to Easily Burn More Fat on the Treadmill
New research shows this practice helps you burn more fat without any additional perceived rate of exertion. No, you don't have to go faster.
January 23
Reach Your Full Potential: Build Work Capacity
You've built some muscle and lost some body fat. Nice. But what's missing? Work capacity. Here's what you need to know about it.
November 18
5 Naked Truths About Strength and Conditioning
Here's what every lifter needs to know about strength and conditioning topics like exercise selection, training volume, metcon, and bulking.
May 14
Tip: The Best Power and Conditioning Test
You need both anaerobic power and aerobic capacity to be a great lifter and athlete. Test them both with this simple challenge.
May 5
Tip: Death by Dumbbell – The Workout
Got about 10 minutes? Then you've got time to do this wicked one-dumbbell workout.
April 9
3 Best Calorie-Burning Workouts for Lifters
Most of the cardio work done in the gym is stupid. Here are three methods that actually burn calories and build work capacity.
March 12
Tip: Box Jumps For Conditioning
You've heard the warnings. Here's the full story.
Tip: Cardio for Strong Guys
Sorry, you still need some. Here's why. Warning: This may hurt some powerlifter feelings.
January 28
Tip: Short Burst Training for Life Gains
Here's how to use exercise snacks to live longer, eat more without getting fat, and look better with your pants off.
November 24
Tip: Everyone Should Do This Type of HIIT
Just 17 minutes of cardio can work as well as 50 (plus provide an extra bonus) as long as you do it this particular way.
November 17
Tip: A Startling Benefit of Exercise
A huge study of tens of thousands of people reveals that the upside of exercise is far more potent than we realized.
October 5
Tip: The Conditioning Test Lifters Need To Pass
How's your overall fitness level? Test it today. Here's how.
August 25
Tip: A Quick Complex for Fat Loss & Conditioning
You don't need an hour to get a heart-pounding workout. All you need is a barbell and 20 minutes. Try this.
June 16
Tip: Lose the Fat, Spare the Muscle
The so-called fat burning zone is a myth. To dump the chub, go hard and fast or low and slow. Here's why and how to do it.
June 10
Tip: Choose Your Own HIIT
A funny thing happens when dedicated gym-goers disregard what their workout plans say and choose their own intensity. Take a look.
May 26
Tip: 4 Minutes to Fitness
A new study shows that 4 minutes of bodyweight exercises, amazingly, works about as well as sprinting or 30 minutes of HIIT.
April 11
7 Abused and Misused Training Methods
Exercises are tools. You've got to know how to use them properly. Here's a list of commonly misused ones.
March 27
Tip: Alternating Four Corners Farmer's Walk
This high intensity metcon workout involves the entire body and demands extended repetitive effort. Try it!
March 26
Tip: Unilateral Four Corners Farmer's Walk
Burn fat and strengthen your core at the same time with this full-body routine.