Training

My abdominal workout generally consists of two exercises. The first is a leg-raise-type exercise geared toward hitting the lower abs—hanging leg...

Q: I’m a police officer in New Jersey, and I work a rotating two-week shift of 12-hour days. I read the...

I’m frequently asked to recommend an authoritative source of scientific information about sports nutrition. While there are many such sources, most...

Is it better to travel by horse or car? It depends on the terrain. Yes, in many instances barbells and dumbbells...

Q: I compete in the over-50 class of a local natural bodybuilding contest every year. It gives me a reason to...

If you’ve been piling weight on for curls and struggling to eke out just a few reps, maybe your arms would...

By all means, perform exercises to strengthen your rotator cuffs, but stick with light resistance, a weight that’s not challenging at...

A few years ago Toney decided on a radical scheme for improving his arms, namely to train them three times a...

The experience taught him a valuable lesson about how often the relationship between the weight you use and the results you...

The German Body Comp program, one of my most popular workouts, is based on the pioneering research by a Romanian exercise...

No, I do not dehydrate myself for competition. In fact, as a drug-free bodybuilder I want to be as hydrated as...

In order to make the muscles bigger, you need to tear down the muscle tissue so it can grow back bigger...

Getting 10 reps on your first four or five sets is fairly easy—more like warmup sets. At around set six or...

A topic of frequent debate when it comes to natural bodybuilding competition is whether it’s fair for former juicers to compete...

We’ve all encountered plateaus in training. Our training partners and friends grumble and complain that their bench press hasn’t changed in...