Forearms might seem like they don't have anything to do with leg exercises or back exercises, but a strong grip is essential to almost every pushing and pulling workout. If you want to get strong and add a ton of mass, you need to build powerful forearms. Strong forearms mean you'll be able to squeeze your weights harder, engage more muscles, and
Once you mastered how to bench press correctly, you mastered gains. If there is one exercise that doesn't need introduction, it's the bench press. Yet, many people perform it incorrectly, hindering their gains and potentially risking the integrity of their skulls as well. The bench press is one of the BIG 5 exercises that can give you a full body workout and
Doing the same gym routine puts you in serious danger of falling into a fitness rut. Not only are fitness ruts a drag to your workout motivation, they also keep you from getting all that you can from your workout. One common culprit of a fitness rut is overtraining because stress and a high volume of workouts can lead to
If you spend a few weeks working hard in the gym and eating a strict, healthy diet that puts you in a calorie deficit every day, you’ll start to notice the emergence of a set of upper abs. At this point you’d be forgiven for making the assumption that the rest of your abs are set to follow in a
When it comes to working your body as effectively as possible, “more is more” — at least when it comes to the number of muscles recruited with each exercise you do. In the old-school body-building world, isolation is the means to an end. This type of training is perfect when it comes to carving the bulky biceps and mushroom-cap delts
Some days you get into the gym and feel completely overwhelmed. As if it wasn’t hard enough to walk through those double-doors in the first place, a crowded floor can turn that sweat session into a stress session. Good news: With just a bench—and some dumbbells—you can do a slew of total-body toning movements. Having just a few tools at
There's no need to stress about getting totally ripped up for your time on the sand—but if you want to get into the best shape possible to be able to enjoy your outdoor adventures to the fullest, you can put a few short weeks of work in at the gym and see results. With just a little pain now, you'll
If you’re not the type of exerciser who’s willing to spend an entire gym session doing curls and dips, but you do like the idea of sculpted arms and athletic shoulders, this workout is for you. With just five exercises that isolate the biceps, triceps, and shoulders, this quick circuit is an excellent supplement to your multi-muscle routine. Perform the
If you’re tired of skipping the gym because you don’t have time, we feel you. But as long as you have a pair of dumbbells and 30 minutes, you can get your sweat on in your home, yard, or hotel room with this no-excuses routine. The point isn’t just to burn more calories in a short amount of time (which you
Elevate your abs sessions way above the plankers with the fiendish toes-to-bar move. Learn these four progressions and you’ll raise the standard of your core workouts for good. This is on the trickier end of bodyweight moves, so training and strengthening each position of the rep will clean up your form when they’re put together. They can also serve as warm-ups once you’ve mastered
