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It’s been only half an hour since your last big meal and your stomach is already growling. You’re thinking about what you’ll eat next, and what’s even worse – this happens every day. It feels like your stomach is a bottomless pit, and regardless of what you put in your body, you’re always plagued by…

This week’s Pinch Hit Friday is now available. In this episode, I discuss the utility of bands in training programs for both healthy and rehabilitating athletes. Against the background of five categories of rotator cuff training, I share where bands fit in to the overall equation.

Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 program is often described as “the simplest and most effective training system to increase raw strength.” And that’s a bold claim, but it’s earned. The program has been running in gyms for over fifteen years, and it keeps producing results for beginners, intermediates and experienced lifters alike – not because it’s clever,…

Most training programs treat the forearms as an afterthought – something that gets worked incidentally through pulling and gripping. For some people with good forearm genetics, that’s enough. For everyone else, it isn’t. Weak forearms cap grip strength, which caps deadlifts, rows, pull-ups and every other pulling exercise in a program. The forearm is also…

When push-ups are mentioned, the first thought that comes to mind is probablychest training. The truth is that push ups are a fantastic bodyweight exercise that works both the upper body and the core muscles.

Symptoms of low testosterone affect tens of millions of men around the world, but they’re very often neglected or overlooked. They can be vague enough to be mistaken for depression, general fatigue or simply getting older – which is exactly why so many men walk around with suboptimal T-levels for years without ever connecting the…

Testosterone is what separates the men from the boys. This hormone is not only crucial in shaping male characteristics – it also plays a significant role in shaping your body, providing the stamina to handle long lifting sessions, especially when you’re training several days a week.

Millions of people are working out in the gym every day in the hopes of losing fat, but with less than stellar results. If you are one of these people, it’s very likely you are doing some of the mistakes that we’ll go over in this article.

Vince “The Iron Guru” Gironda was one of the all-time best trainers and one of the most influential people in the world of bodybuilding. He had ideas that were truly revolutionary and way ahead of their time. In fact, today, 50 years from the time he was in his prime shape, people are just starting…

Among so many different supplements today, it’s very hard to pick one that really does the job as advertised when they all promise you they will help you burn fat, increase muscle or make you healthier. Bodybuilding supplements can be a great aid for those who want to improve their performance, build muscle or improve…