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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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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!
We travel down to Metroflex Gym in Texas to get a shoulder workout with IFBB pro, bodybuilding legend, and GASP athlete, Branch Warren. Check it out!
Alex Stewart presents common training and nutrition mistakes and helps you to maximize your muscle gains and avoid overtraining.
These 10 little hacks when put to use will give you an edge over most of your fellow gym-goers. Check them out, give them a shot, & start making more gains!
If you struggle to build your lat muscles, then we have the perfect article for you. These 3 tips & sample workout can help transform air lats into a V-taper!
Do you hit the gym week after week, only to see the same physique? You may just have hit a plateau! Check out these 9 steps to help you kick that plateau to the curb.
Busy gym? No problem! Learn how to maximize your training time in a crowded gym and improve your muscle building results with these nine tips from Brad Borland.
![[Video] Victor Martinez’s Shoulder Workout at Muscle & Strength](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/victor-martinez-shoulder-workout.jpg)
IFBB Pro and MHP athlete, Victor Martinez, shows us how he's managed to continue to build his shoulders while training around injury prevention.
Want to increase your bench numbers & set new personal records? Check out these 5 technique tweaks that will set you up to exceed all your benching goals!
Tip # 4 - Marc stresses gym etiquette and asks that you pretty please remove your weights when finished with a machine. You know who you are!
There's a lot of misinformation out there on where beginners should start with their training. These 6 basic movements are solid adds to any beginner program!
If you've been leaving these 3 exercises out of your workouts, you're missing out on some serious gains. Check out Lee Boyce's top 3 back exercises!
Drop sets are an excellent intensity technique to incorporate into your workouts, especially when you're in a time crunch. Read on to learn about drop sets!
Add variety to a fitness classic with Dustin Myers' 4 Killer Pushup Variations. These superhero inspired plyo pushups will build some serious strength!
![[Video] Regan Grimes’ High Volume Arm Workout at FlexPlex Gym](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/regan-grimes-arm-workout.jpg)
We join IFBB Pro and Primeval Labs athlete, Regan Grimes, at FlexPlex Muscle and Fitness in London, Ontario for an arm workout. Try out the workout!
![[Video] Regan Grimes’ Leg Day on Prep](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/regan-grimes-leg-workout.jpg)
IFBB Pro and Primeval Labs athlete, Regan Grimes, takes us through his typical leg day while training during his prep to end 2019.
Build thick and shredded abs with the top 5 abs exercises: bicycle crunches, vertical leg raises, the ab wheel, clothespins and flutter kicks.
Gets things done on a tight college budget. From nutrition and supplements to busting butt in the gym, nobody works harder than Kyle Griffin!
![[Video] How to Workout Like a Bodybuilder: Training Tips from 8x Undefeated Mr. Olympia Lee Haney](https://cdn.muscleandstrength.com/sites/default/files/field/feature-image/videos/how-to-workout-like-a-bodybuilder.jpg)
8x undefeated Mr. Olympia, Lee Haney, provides M&S with insight into how he used to train for competition during his illustrious bodybuilding career.
In this video, IFBB Men's Physique Pro Brandon Hendrickson breaks down 4 ab exercises he likes to perform to get his abs stage ready and shredded.
Running, when applied correctly, maybe exactly what you need in your fitness arsenal. Learn how and why running should be incorporated into your workouts.
Dust off the Olympic rings that have been abandoned in the corner of your local gym and learn how to perform these 11 exercises. You won't be disappointed.
Ramp up your cardiovascular conditioning with Kris Gethin's super effective interval workout strategy. Learn more and use it to crush your goals!
Don't wreck your back trying to give your hamstrings a heavy workout. Implement these 5 cues when performing Romanian Deadlifts and build huge hamstrings!
It's time to stop ignoring your weaknesses. Check out the ways you've tricked yourself into thinking you're strong and methods to actually gain strength.
A detailed and scientific look at squatting, vertical leap and sprint performance, improving your golf/bat swing, and the importance of a dynamic warmup.
Getting back into the gym after some time away is hard. Learn how to get your strength back, and more, without sustaining any injuries.
Diet and nutrition are critical in revealing your abs, but these moves can help you build the abdominals and shape them to look shredded after your cut!
There are a lot of myths out there about the pros & cons of the pullup. Read this article to learn everything you've never been told about the pullup.
In this video, IFBB Physique Pro and Beast athlete Brandon Hendrickson provides us with some of his favorite cable exercises that isolate the chest.
Old school volume training was popularized by Arnold Schwarzenegger. This new approach focuses on volume training for natural bodybuilders.
Crush your goals with these 3 keys to effective home workouts! Plus, try out a 3 week home workout program and learn how to design your own home workout.
In this video, IFBB Men's Physique Pro Brandon Hendrickson takes us through the same back workout he uses while prepping to make his V Taper pop on stage.
Spent some time working with deadlift, squats, dips and chin ups? Dramatically increase your strength and arm size by Greasing The Groove.
The TRX Is a unique muscle building tool that is underutilized due to a lot of people not really knowing how to use it. Learn the basics with this article.
Train smart and use mechanical tension, metabolic stress, muscle damage, or a combination of the three. This article shows you how & why to train smart!
Want to know why your results still suck? Start gaining muscle mass and strength as quickly as possible with these four workout training tips.
These three "secrets" transformed me from scrawny hardgainer into a massive, muscular natural bodybuilder.
What would you do if you had the chance to train with bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler? Watch our Train With Jay winner cash in on his 1-on-1 training session.
In this feature Raleigh Barbell's Josh Mac explains why the sport of powerlifting is much more than behemoths moving mountains of incomprehensible weight on Youtube.
You don’t get bigger or stronger by only lifting weights. Learn the importance of effective training stimuli and great recovery in achieving exceptional results.
Give your deadlift some love with this 12 week program by 660 pound natural deadlifter and strength trainer Eric Cressey.
Don't get stuck with a tiny chest because all you do is focus on bench pressing. Read this article to learn how to properly build you chest muscles!
We met up with legendary master trainer Charles Glass & Physique Competitor Qaden Lee to get an inside look at what exercises work to build back muscles.
You may only bench on Mondays but it's time to consider if you should be benching at all. Listen up bro...
It's time to add slabs of mass to your traps! This article provides training tips, exercsies and techniques that will help you build massive traps.
Stuck in a bench press rut? Beef up this bro-favorite exercise by focusing on heavy chin ups and pull ups.
In this video, Scott Herman shares his tips on how to properly warm up before doing front squats to avoid wrist & elbow pain. Check it out & give it a shot!
