Combo #3 One-arm overhead extensions to One-arm kickbacks to One-arm presses overhead With extended-set combinations you get probably double to triple...

Age: 31 Weight: 108 contest; 113 off-season Height: 5’2” Residence: Tampa, Florida Occupation: Owns a property-management business Contest highlights: ’10 Arnold...

Combo #2 EZ-curl-bar lying triceps extensions to EZ-curl-bar bent-arm pullovers toEZ-curl-bar close-grip bench presses

Chief among his standout body-parts were his incredible shoulders and triceps, which had many people drawing comparisons to IFBB legend Kevin...

Bodybuilders through the ages have sought ways to make their workouts more intense and effective. The most common—and the most popular—method...

When I first landed in Los Angeles in 1980 I immediately started training at Gold’s Gym in Santa Monica. One of...

Cocoa can significantly reduce inflammatory biomarkers related to hardening of the arteries. That’s due to its flavonoids, which have anti-inflammatory properties....

The California Dream, the California Promise. The romance of sun, sand and muscle—or is it sun, sand, muscle and romance? Isn’t...

Over the past couple of issues you’ve been introduced to an innovation in weight-training technology: New Motion Machines. This new breed...

Improving your health, getting your body into awesome shape and becoming more attractive in the process don’t have to be complicated....

I’d written about Dave Fisher’s new Powerhouse Gym in Torrance, CA, in a previous blog, but decided to get an up...

Right around the time Danny Padilla was about to turn Pro in bodybuilding, I had the opportunity to train with him...

Q: There seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm around the natural bodybuilding world preceding the New Motion Machines NPC Texas...

When Amanda Latona failed to finish in the top three at the Bikini Olympia in September, no one was more surprised...

A recent nutrition item on milk by Jerry Brainum (“Milk, Estrogen, IGF-1 and Insulin,” August ’09) got me thinking. When people...