Subject: 605 lbs! Lifetime trap bar deadlift PR at age 50...
605 lbs! Lifetime trap bar deadlift PR at age 50...
November 3rd, 2023 at 11:20 am ESTHonestly, this is a weight that I wasn't sure I would ever be able to hit again. My last trap bar deadlift PR of 600 lbs was way back in 2007, when I was 34 years old! But after hitting 500 lbs for 50 reps (as singles) for my birthday ...
Can you build BIG muscles with LIGHT weight?
November 2nd, 2023 at 10:50 am ESTYep, I had to re-read this research multiple times to wrap my head around it. After all, I love lifting heavy things...it's my idea of fun. And naturally, when you think about building muscle, you think about lifting heavy weights, ri ...
You will hate me for this ab exercise (I promise)...
November 1st, 2023 at 6:55 am ESTThis combo exercise will destroy your six-pack abs from top to bottom. It'll take you from strong stretch to full contraction under full load. Advanced trainers only! I call it the Incline Bench Crunch-Situp and it is a KILLER... ...
My mentor...the "jacked grandpa"...shares his muscle-building secrets...
October 31st, 2023 at 3:26 pm ESTThis 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 ESTWARNING... 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 ESTThis 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 ESTPiriformis 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 ESTThis 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 ESTLow 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 ESTThis 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 ...