Strength

Q: How many warmup sets are needed before I go to heavy sets? A: That’s a simple question, but the answer...

Q: What do you think of the 10-8-6 program? I started lifting in the ’70s, and health clubs commonly prescribed it...

This huge compilation is billed as The Best Q&A Columns From Over Two Decades, and it’s an incredible collection of queries...

Q: I work with young athletes and do a lot of power cleans and squats. My question is, “What are the...

Q: I bought your “Real Muscle” and seminar DVDs and your book Natural Bodybuilding. I really enjoyed all of them because...

Athletes who train to improve their sports performance rely on the squat. They typically alternate a half-squat or power squat with...

Q: Are 20-rep breathing squats effective for building muscle mass and strength? A: Short answer: Yes. I say that because the...

Q: I read that Pilates is good for bodybuilding because it develops longer muscles and flexibility. I know it’s popular with...

The bottom line is that you cannot overlook the unique, innate qualities of the individual when designing resistance-training programs. Some will...

As a rule of thumb, I would say that the musculature grows best when both high-volume phases, known as accumulation phases,...

Bodybuilders who have a good structure for squats tend to have legs and thighs of average or shorter-than-average length relative to...

It takes discipline to keep your upper arm stable while you slowly curl and flex the biceps at the top of...

Strength that starts in the gym pays off on the mat for mixed-martial-arts athletes.

Performing negative-accentuated sets—lifting in one second and lowering in six—creates microtrauma, which sets off a fat-to-muscle effect, and also acts as...

When you can do incline curls with a pair of dumbbells in your hands that approach more than 30 percent of...