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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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Not everyone is meant to pull from the conventional deadlift stance. Check out this article to find the perfect variation to maximize your deadlifting!
Achieve a strong core by building strength through exercises that work your muscles as a whole group, while eliminating mid-body weakness in the process.
If you're going to add any tricep exercise to your workouts, this is the one it should be. Learn more about the exercise and how to add it to your workout!
Think you know everything about the squat? Turns out knees out, chest up, and sit back aren't always the best options.
From Instagram to magazines, these days it's all about the butt. Dr. John Rusin shares 4 new-to-you exercises that will help you build strong, sexy glutes.
There are a lot of "rules" preached in strength training. Some you should follow, some you should break. Find out which ones you should break in this article.
Maximize your chest muscle by giving traditional exercises a twist that takes full advantage of their motions, making them twice as effective.
As we age, the general belief is that muscle loss and increased fat gain are inevitable. This is false. In this article, you'll learn how to continue building muscle mass as you age.
In this video, Prosupps athlete Jason Poston shows us three unique tricep variations he likes to do when he's looking to build horsehoe defined triceps.
To stay healthy and progress on your upper body lifts, you've got to take care of your shoulders! Add these 6 exercises to your routine to improve shoulder stability.
Have you ever wondered what the optimal rep speed and rest periods are for muscle growth? Learn the science behind both to help you train for maximum results.
The trap bar is a powerful training tool. Learn how adding bands takes your training to the next level, helping you build power, muscle, and strength.
It's time to attack your hamstrings and forearms! In this article Jim Brewster talks forearm and hamstring anatomy and forearm and hamstring training.
Supersets are a great way to fit in more volume in a shorter amount of time. And these 4 shoulder supersets are just what you need to torch your delts!
Take your back development to the next level with these advanced movements. These exercises can be added to your next pulling session, back workout, or full-body training session.
Take your bench press to the next level and start putting up big numbers by following these tips that clean up your technique and help break plateaus!
In this article you'll learn what the research shows regarding fasted cardio and fat loss loss. Hint: it could be a useful tool to help you reach your goals.
Mr. NC Joe the Pro is back and telling you to squat! High reps, baby! In this volume Joe also talks about natural gains expectations and his current workout.
When it comes to posture, upper back strength, and completing the rounded caps of the deltoid, the face pull is the exercise for you. Read on to learn more.
Regan Grimes shows us one of his mass building back workouts with PsychoFitness21, Chris Lewis. Give the video a watch and try out the routine for yourself.
The strict curl used to be the fourth "big" lift in powerlifting. The ultimate test of bicep strength is reviving it's popularity thanks to CT Fletcher!
If you have a rack, bar, and plates, then you have the tools necessary to train. These two full-body programs can help you achieve personal fitness success.
In this video team ALLMAX athlete Amanda Latona shares her top three exercises that she believes EVERY Bikini Competitor should do to shape their glutes!
Primeval Labs athlete, Regan Grimes, trains shoulders with Chris Lewis at Golds Gym Venice. In this workout, Regan utilizes the principles of Pychofitness21.
All you need to know about tendonitis and muscle building. Outlines the symptoms, common causes, rehab etc. A must read if you suffer from tendonitis.
Ready to bust through your plateau and pull a bigger deadlift? Learn to correct these common deadlifting mistakes and you'll be lifting big in no time.
Can't do a single pull up? No problem! This program will help to improve your pull up and back strength by increasing volume and training frequency over time.
Which exercise is the better abdominal builder? BSN athlete Scott Herman breaks down the differences between the plank and the floor abdominal crunch.
Who said beginner's couldn't train explosively? If you want power, check out this beginner's guide with explosive exercises you should add to your workouts.
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.
Team Prosupps athlete and global fitness trainer, Jason Poston, shares his top three dumbbell chest fly variations. Give these a try on your next chest day!
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.
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!
Bolster your workout performance and gym results with the use of pre-workout cardio, proper warmups, foam rolling, static stretching and proper CNS activation.
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.
BSN Athlete Scott Herman breaks down the differences in the technique used when performing the dumbbell pullover to better isolate the back and the pecs.
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!
Training longer than an hour makes you catabolic, right? Wrong! Find out why cortisol may not be the big bad muscle destroying villain you thought it was.
Alex Stewart presents common training and nutrition mistakes and helps you to maximize your muscle gains and avoid overtraining.
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.
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!
![[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!
In this edition of training talk we discuss training the traps on shoulder day vs back day & which day optimizes trap muscle growth. Join the conversation!
![[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.
MHP athlete Chris Bumstead takes us through one of his mass building arm day routines that he uses to build stage ready biceps and triceps. Check it out!
Ramp up your cardiovascular conditioning with Kris Gethin's super effective interval workout strategy. Learn more and use it to crush your goals!
Team GASP athlete, Johnnie O Jackson, talks trap training and two of his favorite trap exercises he's used to build some of the biggest traps in bodybuilding.
Get ready to pack on lean mass. Cut Like Cutler is Jay Cutler's 12-week transformation trainer designed to get you as big and lean as possible.
Ditch the marathon sets and step your planking game up the right way with any of these 5 challenging plank variations. Your core will reap the benefits!
