Training

Unlike numbers of sets and reps, the length of their rest intervals is rarely controlled by weight trainees. While a beginner...

Q: My delts are about as flat as pancakes. Any rapid solution to the problem? A: Wide, round shoulders have been...

I know it can be discouraging for a beginner to look at the exceptional physiques in bodybuilding magazines like IRON MAN...

An avid weight-training patient recently asked me about the differences between the Nautilus pullover machine and a traditional dumbbell pullover across...

I wasted years of my bodybuilding youth by persisting with exercises, routines and methods that didn’t help me much, if at...

Q: I’m a 54-year-old man and have been training with weights for 25 years. I have trouble with my thighs. I...

As I always say, the pros who have the most to offer us regular humans are the ones who have managed...

Photography by Michael Neveux Fall was coming to New England. The change of seasons meant a new girlfriend for my friend...

One of the most popular exercises in serious gyms is the dumbbell row. It’s an easy lift to learn and works...

One line from authors Wayne Wescott, Ph.D., and Gary Reinl sums up their book: “Remember, you are not trying to lose...

What is it about resistance exercise that triggers muscle growth? What we and others have found in the lab is that...

“Youth is wasted on the young” is a saying that issues from the mouths of the old who have made mistakes...

In Part 1 of this discussion we saw how lack of sleep negatively affects your anabolic hormones and promotes bodyfat accrual....

It’s a nine-day sequence that uses a three-way split, and you train one day, then rest two before the next workout—so...

The crowd goes absolutely wild—packed as it is with dozens of my friends and family members. My heart is beating wildly,...