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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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A few days after winning the 2017 Arnold Classic, Team USN Athlete Ryan Terry visited the M&S HQ to share some of his training and nutrition techniques.
Strength coach Tony Gentilcore is here to teach you all you need to know about gym etiquette. Advanced lifters and trainers are not exempt from these rules!
Improve your gains and motivation with some interesting new approaches: single leg presses, liver tabs, cable pullovers, slow negatives and more!
Team GASP and IFBB Pro, Johnnie O. Jackson, absolutely destroys his shoulders while training at JoJ fitness in Dallas, Texas. Try it out for yourself!
It's time to stop neglecting your hamstrings. Check out this article for common hamstring training mistakes, how to fix them, and a hamstring workout!
Are you under a time crunch or simply don't have the motivation to hit a long workout today? Give this method a shot for an effectively short workout!
Using the effective Mix of Methods training approach, MusclePharm's Cory Gregory helps you to build up your size and strength while losing fat using daily bodyweight workouts.
Blast through strength plateaus and learn how often to change workouts. Mike Mahler presents a workout that will end your current training immunity.
We met up with legendary master trainer Charles Glass & Physique Competitor Qaden Lee to get an inside look at what exercises work to build chest muscles.
Are you breathing incorrectly? You might miss your next big squat or deadlift if so...
If you want to improve your grip strength you should never use lifting straps, right? Wrong. The stronger your back is, the stronger your grip strength will be.
The dumbbell pullover has fallen into obscurity. Bodybuilder Joseph Ohrablo explains proper form, and the benefits of performing dumbbell pullovers.
At the start of his prep for the 2016 NPC Nationals, Brandon Beckrich traveled to the M&S HQ to get some killer workouts in. Check out how he trains back!
Using the effective Mix of Methods training approach, MusclePharm's Cory Gregory helps you to build up your chest and triceps size and strength while losing fat.
Bench press, lat pull downs and curls? No! Top strength coaches share their recommended 5 exercises, and you won't like them!
IFBB Physique Pro Ryan Terry reveals the three best ab exercises for a perfectly shaped midsection. You'll want to add these to your training immediately!
Everything you need to know about strongman, from contest prep to dealing with injuries. This guide takes a detailed look at all 9 major types of strongman events.
Joe Ohrablo talks about hardcore gyms, teens and creatine, improving the deadlift form, and the use of Olympic lifts for building muscle mass.
Poor grip strength can limit the amount of weight you're able to use during certain lifts. Learn the best exercises to help improve your grip strength!
Have you been getting stronger on bench press with little chest development to show for it? Give these 3 exercises a try for better pectoral growth!
This proven bench-building protocol from Jackson Williams of Raleigh Barbell will have your pressing numbers skyrocketing in no time. 4 moves. Monster numbers. 'Nuff said.
If you're a weight room regular or just starting out, technique and form should be at the top of your priority list. Check out these 6 ways to coach yourself on your lifts!
A detailed look at muscle fiber types, and explains why you should be focusing on heavy and explosive lifts rather than time under tension.
In this video, Robert Timms takes us through his typical chest workout. Robert utilizes pyramid & reverse pyramid sets to pump up the volume in this workout.
We met up with legendary master trainer Charles Glass & Physique Competitor Qaden Lee to get an inside look at what exercises work to build leg muscles.
Cover model Diego Sebastian shares his go-to arms and abs superset workout. Watch the video for the secret to cover ready abs, biceps, and triceps!
The most comprehensive bodybuilding glossary on the web. Includes a huge list of bodybuilding acronyms. This page is always growing so check back!
Kris Gethin joins the Muscle & Strength team and teaches us a few things about how to properly target the calf muscles for growth. Check it out!
In this video, IFBB Men's Physique Pro & Beast athlete Brandon Hendrickson breaks down everything you need to know to perform the dumbbell upright row.
With so many workout supplement choices where do you start? This guide takes a complete look at supplement ingredients, and includes recommendations and timing.
2018 Men's Physique Olympian Winner, Brandon Hendrickson, trains shoulders at the Muscle & Strength HQ. Give his workout a shot on your next shoulder day!
Check out Kris Gethin's intense shoulder giant set routine and give it a shot during your next shoulder workout. Your future pump & gains won't regret it!
Strength coach Karsten Jensen details 3 exercises that will allow you to rapidly increase your deadlift grip strength.
In this video, MuscleTech athlete and IFBB Classic Pro Santi Aragon shows you some tips on how to build an aesthetic and shredded chest. Give these a shot!
Can you train while traveling? Check out how Nutrex Athlete Anton Antipov trains with minimal equipment at his hotel gym while visiting Muscle & Strength!
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Kaged Muscle athlete, Fouad Abiad, takes us through his full arm superset workout. Give this workout a try on your next arm day for a pump like no other.
James Chan tells you how to tap into your instinct and train correctly for bodybuilding size and muscularity.
Train your chest like the pros do. Check out IFBB Physique Pros Brett Kahn & Chase Savoie's killer chest and bicep workout at the Muscle & Strength Gym!
Jay Cutler shows us how toe position is everything when trying to target the upper quads.
Kurt's new video series, Animal Instincts, is a complete video guide to natural muscle building and nutrition. And it's all done Animal style!
Your beginner gains are a thing of the past, so now what do you do to gain strength and size? Add these plateau-busting strategies to your training today!
Is staying in beach-ready condition year round healthy, realistic and safe? Chris and Eric Martinez asked the experts and detail what they found out in this article.
Bodybuilder Eric Broser explains the power, rep range, shock training system, and provides workout examples.
There's one thing that Jose Raymond knows how to do... build MASS. Check out his top 5 favorite mass building exercises in this video & start doing them!
If you want massive guns, you've got to put in work. If anyone knows how to put in work, it's IFBB pro Cory Mathews. Check out his full arm day workout!
Kurt "The Animal" Weidner talks about Day 1 of his 4 day workout split. On day 1, Kurt focuses on his back and shoulders.
If you're looking to build a six pack that others will envy this summer, then you need to be including these 5 exercises into your workout routines!
Matt "Kroc" Kroczaleski is a world champion and world record holding powerlifter as well as a national caliber bodybuilder. Today Matt talks about using log carrys as part of his workout to increase "GPP".
Ever tried a full body blitz? A post-exhaust drop set? A Haney Shrug? A drag curl? Jim Brewster lays out unique exercises and training approaches.
Team Dymatize athlete David Morin has created the ultimate fitness test to see how fit you really are. Give it a try and let us know where you stand!
