Tri-Set Training for Time Efficient Muscle Growth
Short on time but want big results? Use Tri-Set Training to maximize the intensity of your workouts. June 21, 2022 • 3 min read
Core Strength & Stability: Why it Matters and How to Build It
Building a strong and stable core should be a staple for everyone. June 17, 2022 • 2 min read
Build Your Strength
Our ultimate guide to gaining some serious strength April 28, 2022 • 2 min read
Lessons from a Jacked Medical Doctor
Meet Dr. Kaleb Redden, aka DocThor, a beast in the gym and a superhero of sports medicine. September 03, 2019 • 6 min read
4 Reasons You're Not Adding Muscle
Slow-to-no gains got you down? Here are four tips to reverse that trend and kick-start the muscle-building process. June 06, 2019 • 5 min read
How To Add Muscle Without Adding Weight To The Bar
Getting strong is cool, but when you want to build muscle, you can be more creative than just loading more plates and lugging heavier dumbbells. April 15, 2019 • 4 min read
One Tip To Transform Your Bench Press
Every lifter wants a big chest and big numbers on their bench. Use this one tip to get both! December 18, 2018 • 3 min read
Even If You Have A High BMI, Keep Lifting. It Works!
Recent research suggests that, contrary to popular belief, people who are overweight or obese can still add muscle through resistance training. When they do, they'll set themselves up for long-term success! August 20, 2018 • 2 min read
Beach Body or Bodybuilder? How Men Should Train and Eat for Each
Not all training is the same. Bodybuilders train with heavy weights to create a large, balanced physique. If you're after a beach body, you're looking for a leaner look, so you need to eat and lift a little less. But there's more to it than that. August 17, 2018 • 6 min read
If Dieting Won't Get You Lean, What Will?
If I could give advice to my younger self, it would be this: Don't fixate on what your body looks like. Focus on what your body can do. July 09, 2018 • 3 min read
Intensity: The Most Misunderstood Concept in Building Muscle
To pack on the muscle, all you need to do is reach for the heaviest weight you can possibly handle, right? Not so fast. Hypertrophy is about the way you lift, not what you lift. June 26, 2018 • 5 min read
How Much Do You Really Know About Building Abs?
There's more than one misconception about how to develop those golden chiseled abs. Here are seven things you might not understand about ab training. June 11, 2018 • 4 min read
Muscle Gain Q&A: Crucial Questions About Packing On Size
Want to put on muscle and create your own perfectly chiseled physique? Signature-sponsored athletes Julian Smith and Taylor Chamberlain answer some of your most pressing questions about gaining that mighty muscle. April 24, 2018 • 5 min read
The One Factor That, Quite Frankly, Is Make-Or-Break For Gym Success
Research shows that you can add more muscle and lose more fat when you have a structured exercise plan. If you don't have one, you need to get one! April 13, 2018 • 2 min read
14 Keys To Mega Mass
There's a lot more to adding mass than just strapping on the feedbag. To get the kind of gains you're after, you have to pay close attention to what you do inside and outside of the gym. April 04, 2018 • 6 min read
Off-Season Powerlifting Training 101
When the season hits, you're going to be lifting hot and heavy. Use those off months to take a neuromuscular holiday while still building a massive foundation for the contests to come. March 15, 2018 • 5 min read
Go Full-Power Beast Mode For 2018!
Dump your routine and go beast mode in 2018 with these 12 guaranteed ways to transform your physique January 03, 2018 • 4 min read
3 Warm-Up Hacks To Skyrocket Your Strength
Warm-up time shouldn't feel like wasted time, so here are three ways to not just warm up, but fire up for greater gains. December 07, 2017 • 3 min read
4 Arm Strategies Doomed To Fail
Want big arms? Sometimes it's as much about what you avoid in the weight room as what you focus on. To grow massive biceps and defined triceps, avoid these four doomed arm strategies! November 13, 2017 • 2 min read
When To Use Intensity Boosters In Your Workouts
Learn when you should incorporate dropsets, rest-pause, and other intensity boosters into your workouts so you can maximize results! November 07, 2017 • 3 min read
Master The 4 Rules Of Back Specialization
Whether you're stepping onstage, chasing bigger numbers, or rounding out your physique, if you want a big back, you'd better know the rules for building one. November 06, 2017 • 2 min read
5 Ways Unilateral Training Can Transform Your Body
Tired of lagging muscles? Is the barbell your best friend in the gym? Have your gains stalled? Unilateral training may be just what you need to take your strength, balance, and symmetry to the next level! October 05, 2017 • 3 min read
5 Ways To Grip Your Deadlift Like A Vise
You may have read lots of articles about increasing your grip strength, but as world-class powerlifter Josh Bryant explains, your training needs to match your objective. September 29, 2017 • 3 min read
8 Signature Exercises From Past And Present Bodybuilding Pros
Some of what we now consider the most common exercises often came to be thanks to the innovative ideas of the pros. Use these exercises made famous by Arnold, Ronnie, Lee, and their fellow champs to crush new gains! September 15, 2017 • 6 min read
The Do's And Don'ts Of Fat-Grip Training
Looking to add fat-grip training to the mix? It can be a game changer, but you have to do it right. Here are the best ways to use fat grips for bigger arms, grip strength, and even to build your back! June 18, 2017 • 6 min read
7 Insider Tips To Build Your Ultimate Forearms!
If you've given up on having bigger forearms, you've come to the right place. Learn the insider secrets to having your forearms match the rest of your physique. June 14, 2017 • 4 min read
The Simplest Way to Keep Moving Up In Weight
Wondering when it's time to go heavier, and how much weight to add to the bar? Don't guess and risk getting it wrong. Follow this rock-solid system! June 11, 2017
The Bizarre Secret To Unlocking Calf Gains
Calf growth can be elusive, but there are surprising tools at your disposal. Rub this not-so-secret ingredient on your calves before and during this brutal calf routine, and prepare to build your trunks! June 05, 2017
4 Shoulder Strategies Doomed To Fail
Not making progress with your delt workout? Avoid these four common errors and you might soon see boulders where once there were mere stones. June 04, 2017
Take A Knee And Pray For Gains With The Tebow Curl
There's a burning sensation in your future. Walk to the nearest cable stack, hook up a D-handle, and take your lead from former NFL punter-turned-fitness celebrity Steve Weatherford. May 25, 2017
The Safer, Heavier Deadlift To Build Your Backside
In lifting, we often stress the importance of full range of motion, and rightfully so. But, as two-time Olympia champion Erin Stern shows us, sometimes less is more. May 21, 2017
The 12-Week Muscle-Building Kettlebell Master-Plan
Grab two kettlebells, a bit of floor space, and a timer. That's all you'll need for this groundbreaking program. In barely an hour of workout time a week, you'll destroy expectations and build a body to be reckoned with! April 25, 2017 • 7 min read
3 Lessons Every Intermediate Lifter Should Learn
You've progressed from the status of newbie lifter to intermediate, which means you have to work harder than ever. To maintain your hard-fought status, you'll need to lift differently—and think differently, too! April 24, 2017
5 Fast Ways To Get Jacked for Summer!
You don't have to spend all year getting your bod ready for swimsuit season. These five tips will speed up your gains and have you baring some skin in no time! April 20, 2017 • 4 min read
How To Build A Bigger Biceps Peak
One simple tweak to your spider curl will have you shredding your sleeves this summer. April 13, 2017
3 Advanced Lifting Techniques That Are Great For Beginners
Some of what the elite do is best left for them. But some of it is perfect for the rest of us, too! Here are three advanced techniques that all types of lifters can use to get stronger! April 13, 2017
Use Rep Tempo For Explosive Chest Growth
Kris Gethin knows the secrets to blowing up your chest! Learn the most effective, yet underutilized, tool in the gym to build muscle. April 05, 2017
Build Bigger Biceps By Changing Your Reps
Arm gains stalled? Time to alter the training stimulus by adjusting your rep scheme! April 03, 2017
Kris Gethin's 3 Best Insider Tips For Bigger Biceps
How you grab a weight, and how you lift it, are both keys to achieving greater biceps growth. March 16, 2017
7 Surprising Ways To Steal New Muscle Growth
Try physique athlete Tom Graff's 7 variations of tried-and-true movements that will help you grow more muscle. March 15, 2017
Raise The Bar On Triceps' Long-Head Growth
For complete triceps development you'll want to re-position your arms for greater long-head stimulation. March 13, 2017
4 Things You Never Learned About Muscle Growth
How heavy should you lift? Are your gains doomed after a few weeks away from the gym? Are pain pills killing your gains? Get answers from muscle-building expert Brad Schoenfeld! March 08, 2017 • 5 min read
Bench Presses Don't Have To Cause Shoulder Pain
Many of us accept shoulder pain as a fact of lifting life, but it doesn't have to be that way. Here are solutions you can put into action today to save your shoulders for tomorrow! February 26, 2017
Scott Mathison's Full-Body Superset Workout
Crunched for time? Performix athlete Scott Mathison shows how to hit every major muscle group in this stepped-up, full-body workout. February 23, 2017
The Squat Tips Your Quads Are Terrified Of
Build legs that tell the world "I squat!" with these simple tweaks. No machines necessary! February 19, 2017
The Guy's Guide To Great Glutes
Women aren't the only ones who want better backside curvature. So we interviewed an expert, Bret Contreras, for his take on building your glutes...er, legs. January 04, 2017
7 Under-The-Radar Tips For Bigger Biceps
Arm yourself for better, more productive workouts with these expert training hacks. November 28, 2016 • 5 min read
What S'mores Can Teach You About Crushing Your Workouts
Most workout routines consist of a series of individual exercises. But there are some extra benefits to be had sometimes by combining those individual moves into a kind of exercise sandwich. November 21, 2016
The Best Motivational Tip Ever
A dream that's yours alone can seem elusive and distant. But when someone else is hammering at the same dream, incredible results can happen quickly. Team up to conquer big lifts and big goals. November 17, 2016