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Many researchers claim that the fascia, or encasements, restrict growth. It’s a constriction that can be remedied somewhat by pumping the...

A Guide to Strengthening the Ankles

Take a pill—faster and a hell of a lot easier than dieting and exercising. That attitude is what prompts the marketing...

The negative causes more muscle trauma than the positive, so when you lower, focus on taking three to five seconds on...

Q: I’m 45 years old and have never been able to see my abdominal muscles. Could I have a problem? Was...

If you bring the bar low on your chest, the lower pecs will feel most of the stress. Because the bench...

Gym myth has it that you can train the upper and lower abdominal muscles separately, but biomechanical research contradicts that idea.

Full-range pushups can be a good substitute for bench presses. They’re more ergonomically correct and can help those with low neuromuscular...

We do a full-range movement, or very close to it, because we believe it better strengthens the muscle at all positions...

Two days later the Grimm brothers were back in the gym. Their backs were still bothering them, but they weren’t planning...

Often when bodybuilders with poor leg development offer up excuses, knee injuries are at the top of the list.

I credit Milos Sarcev for bringing these back, as he’s had Dennis Wolf, Hide Yamigishi, Silvio Samuel and others add them...

Biomechanics research on the knee has demonstrated that during the squat and leg press, the tibia slides backward. That reduces the...

Few things are as impressive as thick and meaty outer lats. Beefy wings really fill out a shirt, and they can...

I don’t agree with most experts, who say that training the upper-pectoral region requires lots of incline-bench presses and incline flyes.