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Progressive Overload 101: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Apply It
Progressive overload made simple. Learn how to apply weight, reps, volume, and tempo increases to build muscle and strength.
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25 Lessons After 25 Years of Training
In this article, you'll learn 25 valuable lessons on training, nutrition, and recovery to help you become your best self. These tips are backed by science and over 25 years of experience.
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3 Active Recovery Workouts for Your Next Rest Day
In this article, you'll learn what active recovery is and why it's important for achieving your fitness goals. Plus 3 effective workouts to try on your next rest day.
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Nobody's perfect, but if you want to make the most of your gym time, you'd better not commit any of these 6 dumb mistakes often made by lifters.
In this episode of One Minute Tips, Cliff and his client Brian demonstrate the proper form for the Pull-Up. Follow this great advice to build a muscular back!
Need help adding muscle to your upper chest? Check out these 9 tips and give the included workout a shot for the ultimate upper chest development!
Can you imagine the type of workout Cory Gregory and Mike Rashid could create together? No need to play make believe, check out this intense workout!
Take your barbell squat from average to enormous. These seventy tips will help you to improve your training, form, focus and weaknesses. Time to smash new PRs.
Primeval Labs athlete, Regan Grimes, trains shoulders with Chris Lewis at Golds Gym Venice. In this workout, Regan utilizes the principles of Pychofitness21.
Joe Ohrablo discusses many popular training systems: Doggcrapp training, Heavy Duty, FST-7, AGS-10, Blood and Guts, and Non-Linear Periodization.
If you want to put up stronger numbers on the overhead press, then you should include these 4 exercises in your workout routine. Read on to learn more!
Some of the greatest lifts from the golden era of bodybuilding don't see the light of day anymore, but we're changing that! Check out these 4 iconic lifts!
Take your back training to the next level by adding a couple these 5 brutal finishing exercises to the end of your workout!
Build a stronger core with this exercise that you've probably never even heard of before. Learn how to perform the weapon exercise and why you should.
Swaying, sweeping, or slinging? These are some of the adjectives that may describe your form when performing these five exercises!
![[Video] Chest Workout: Charles Glass Trains Errol Moore at The Mecca](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/errol-moore-and-charles-glass-chest-workout.jpg)
Nutrex athlete and IFBB Pro, Errol Moore, goes through a chest workout in with his coach, Charles Glass, at Gold's Gym Venice. Check it out and give it a try!
Do you have a goal of building big, thick arm muscles? These 5 arm training techniques has the science to back them up. Try the workouts out for yourself!
Looking for two unique shoulder exercises that you probably haven't done before? Look no further and give these a shot to detail your cannonball delts!
Kurt "The Animal" Weidner talks about Day 1 of his split. The focus is on back and shoulders utilizing a wide variety of heavy compound movements.
Start building bigger arm muscles today! Check out Kris Gethin's 7 part plan to increase your arm muscle size and perfect your arm day workout program!
Weight gain myths. Gary Mathews takes a look at some of the common weight gain myths. If you're trying to gain weight this article is a must read!
Reached your plateau? Considering switching up your entire routine? Not so fast! Use these micro-progressions tips to never stop making gains!
Teens: maximize your muscle building gains by avoiding these 13 common weight training mistakes.
Are you lost without pages of workout logs in hand at the gym? By following these guidelines, you can ditch the elaborate programs and still see big results in size and strength.
Kurt "The Animal" Weidner talks about Day 3 of his split: chest and arms. See some of his non-conventional methods on blasting his body for optimal growth.
![[Video] Perfect Pull Ups | 4 Exercises to Help You Perform Pull Ups](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/perfect-pull-ups-jason-poston.jpg)
Struggle to perform pull ups? Start using these 4 exercises that will help you build the strength needed to perform perfect bodyweight pull ups in no time.
What is overtraining? This article tells you what you need to know about overtraining, how to tell if you're overtraining and what to do about it.
Hitting those barbell curls hard, but still not making bicep gains? Maybe it's time to switch things up. Try Joe Donnelly's barbell curl variation!
Kurt "The Animal" talks about Day 4 of his split. The focus is on training his lower body and hitting any body parts that need work. Bring on the deadlifts!
![[Video] Badass Shoulder Building Workout (Plus MAJOR Blood Sugar Crash!)](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/jason-poston-shoulder-workout.jpg)
Follow Team Prosupps Athlete & IFBB Pro, Jason Poston, while he performs a full shoulder workout & goes into some of the struggles of being a type-1 diabetic.
A look at advanced techniques like supersets, drop sets, negatives, 10 seconds, forced reps and shows you how to integrate them into your weekly routine.
In this video, Cedric McMillan (IFBB Pro and Scitec athlete) shares a simple variation that makes a HUGE impact on overall tricep size and development.
Many debates surround which approach is best when training a beginner in the weight room. Barbell training seems intimidating, but is it the best approach?
![[Video] Fouad Abiad's Hellacious Hamstring & Calves Workout](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/fouad-abiad-hamstring-workout.jpg)
IFBB Pro and Kaged Muscle athlete, Fouad Abiad, absolutely destroys his hamstrings the morning after attempting to eat 20,000 calories.
Dustin Elliott talks about moderation, overtraining, and the use of single amino acids, creatine, low carb diets and alcohol.
Want to increase your squat numbers & set new personal records? Check out these 5 technique tweaks that will set you up to exceed all your squatting goals!
Been away from the gym a little too long? Check out these 10 warning signs that it's time to get back in the gym - and learn what to do about it!
Alternate between power/strength workouts one week - focusing on compound movements and low reps, and higher volume/intensity training the next.
![[Video] How to Target the Rear Delts w/ Brandon Hendrickson](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/brandon-hendrickson-rear-delts.jpg)
Brandon Hendrickson, shows us his 2 favorite exercises for building bigger rear delts. Cap off your shoulders by performing these 2 movements in your workouts.
Push ups are a fundamental movement that anyone can benefit from doing. Make your push ups more challenging with these 6 variations and progressions.
Looking to burn fat and build muscle, all while never stepping foot on the cardio deck? Try out Joe Donnelly's high intensity resistance training!
What causes butt wink, and is it something to be concerned about? Learn how to improve your squat form and reduce likelihood of injury by minimizing pelvic rotation.
2019 Arnold Classic Classic Division Champion, George "Da Bull" Peterson, shares with us 4 of his favorite exercises he uses to build a classic physique.
Natural bodybuilder Joe Ohrablo has the inside scoop on the 2010 Mr. Olympia, and tells you how to blast your biceps into new growth.
Do elevation masks actually work? Find out if the popular fitness trend is backed by science & if they are worth the investment of your hard earned money!
In this episode of One Minute Tips, Cliff and his client Brian demonstrate the proper form for the Pull-Up. Follow this great advice to build a muscular back!
Build your chest the right way by incorporating any of these exercises into your chest workouts. There's a reason they're considered in the top 10 list.
In this video, Cedric performs his complete back workout and breaks down how & why he feels his back has become one of his strongest attributes on stage.
Everyone wants to figure out how to create the best muscle building split. Learn how you can do so and train optimally with these simple guidelines.
Tom Venuto tells you how to avoid bonehead mistakes, and provides you with 10 kick butt training tips.
Take your workouts to the next level with these 9 workout intensity techniques. From drop sets to rest pause, we cover everything you need to know!
Want to build some serious strength and power? Maybe you should try out sled training! Check out these 8 ways to incorporate the sled into your workouts!
It's time for a gym PSA. Please be aware of these 10 classic stereotypes that haunt every gym. Don't let this happen to you - knowing is half the battle!
