Subject: My mentor...the "jacked grandpa"...shares his muscle-building secrets...
My mentor...the "jacked grandpa"...shares his muscle-building secrets...
October 31st, 2023 at 3:26 pm EDTThis jacked grandpa is a guy I actually know quite well... His name is Steve Holman, and he used to be the editor of Ironman Magazine (in fact, he was my editor when I wrote for the magazine a few years back). Long before tha ...
Build INHUMAN strength/endurance with this workout...
October 30th, 2023 at 4:01 pm EDTWARNING... Not a lot of people are crazy enough, strong enough or determined enough to complete this workout. It's nuts. It's a heavy weight circuit designed to push you to your limit and KEEP you there, operating near peak ca ...
Awesome pushdown variation for a MONSTER contraction!
October 29th, 2023 at 6:20 pm EDTThis one is especially useful if you have a tendency to use too much momentum on the pushdown. This pushdown variation is done lying on an incline bench, facing away from the pulley. The body and cable angle you get gives you near-co ...
Fix your sciatica...foam rolling is NOT the answer
October 28th, 2023 at 1:32 pm EDTPiriformis Syndrome occurs when your piriformis muscle presses on your sciatic nerve and causes inflammation. This inflammation can cause pain or numbness in your glutes and down the back of your legs and can be localized on one side of your ...
Hammer glutes, adductors and hamstrings with this exercise...
October 27th, 2023 at 2:38 pm EDTThis version of the Stiff-Legged Deadlift is going to target the adductors with a wide "split" position as you're doing a dumbbell Stiff-Legged Deadlift type of movement. This positioning hits the glutes strongly as well. All you ne ...
6-minute workout finishers that reverse low testosterone...
October 26th, 2023 at 1:05 pm EDTLow testosterone is not a good situation...neither from the muscle-building perspective OR the health perspective. The good news is, it CAN be reversed through targeted training (like the 6-minute finishers I mentioned) and some simple lifestyle chan ...
This new Goblet Squat will CRUSH your core...
October 25th, 2023 at 11:33 am EDTThis simple twist to the Goblet Squat puts even more loading on the core, to help improve bracing strength for squats and deadlifts. With this simple change to how hold the dumbbell for Goblet Squats, you can shift so much more tensio ...
This is SPARTA!
October 24th, 2023 at 12:45 pm EDTThe Spartans were legendary warriors... They were renowned across the ancient world for their physical prowess and indomitable spirit. They underwent rigorous training regimes, honed their mental focus, and lived a life of discipline ...
Ancient Warriors vs. Modern Fitness
October 23rd, 2023 at 12:18 pm EDTOur ancestors, particularly those from warrior cultures like the Spartans, Romans, or Samurai, had an intuitive understanding of physical fitness. They knew how to train their bodies to be strong, agile, and resilient. They understo ...
How I deadlifted 500 lbs for 50 reps on my 50th birthday...
October 22nd, 2023 at 5:55 pm EDTEvery year on my birthday, I challenge myself to lift my age times ten in weight in the trap bar deadlift, for the number of reps my age is. So this year being my 50th birthday (Oct 7th), it was 500 lbs for 50 reps. I got the ...