Training

Q: Have you heard of FST-7 training, and if so, what’s your opinion of it? It has to do with stretching...

A fitness model/fitness trainer/college professor training arms is a totally different animal from a top competitive bodybuilder blasting out curl after...

The thing is, Randy, anybody who hasn’t already made a solid effort to learn and gotten at least some kind of...

The training load can be manipulated through a number of variables, including intensity, volume, frequency and the duration. The most important...

In seeking a suitable gym, look for dumbbells at least to 120 pounds and plenty of free weights.

Effort, passion and focus are required, but they must be properly applied.

For many years my wife and I have had a running joke. I tell her that if her biceps weren’t so...

Two points are key in improving posture to reduce the stress on the ball and socket joint of the shoulder.

Q: I’m a 46-year-old bodybuilder who competes in the over-45 class in drug-free contests. I started in bodybuilding at 37—later than...

“I just turned toward the water fountain and—Bam!”

The mind-to-lats connection is not an easy one to develop. Plan on spending months or even years finessing it. In the...

Muscle soreness doesn’t have to be a badge of honor that athletes must always endure. If you train properly and use...

Whichever training method works for you, you can adapt your current schedule from six days to only four days a week....

Aside from the lean-back form, there was another problem. My shoulders have been feeling the wear and tear of well over...

It sounds like a good exercise. So what’s the problem with it? The very thing that makes the seated cable row...