Training

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

When scientists look at factors associated with longer life span, stress is always one of them. In the brain, lifetime release...

Decreasing muscle response and increasing skin elasticity also take their toll, we’re told, so look for other benefits. Don’t expect to...

The body responds to injuries, infections and irritations with inflammation. In an acute stage, inflammatory processes aid healing. Uncontrolled, or chronic...

Q: I’ve been weight training for about a year. I’m a small guy—138 pounds, 5’ 7” with a 38-inch chest and...

It was chest day. I love chest day, but not for the reason that most guys do. They look forward to...

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

It would appear that strength training could be made more energy efficient through the addition of vibration.

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

Nearly every coach and athlete knows the value of strength in sports that involve a great deal of contact: football, lacrosse,...

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

If you train hard from spring to fall but then fail to stay on track during the winter months, you’ll lose...

Using extended-set techniques—such as X Reps, supersets and drop sets—is one of the ways I have continued to improve my physique...

By the time you read this, it should be just a few weeks before my 40th birthday, which will occur on...

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