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Muscle & Fitness Five Exercises You May Want to Avoid—and Swap with These Alternatives Just because an exercise seems to have been around forever and has been performed by some of the old-school legends, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a perfect fit for your overall routine. For some people, certain exercises aren’t worth the risk of… Continue reading Five Exercises You May Want to Avoid—and Swap with These Alternatives

Muscle & Fitness 5 Strategies for Developing Massive Grip Strength, No Matter Your Hand Size Body levers can play a pretty heavy role into what we naturally excel at. People with long arms, for instance, will likely be especially good at throwing, rowing, martial arts, and racquet sports. Taller folks will generally have a size… Continue reading 5 Strategies for Developing Massive Grip Strength, No Matter Your Hand Size

Muscle & Fitness How to Incorporate Unconventional Conditioning to Your Training Traditional cardiovascular conditioning has its place in all strength and conditioning programs. Whether it be steady-state training or high-intensity interval training on the treadmill, bike, road running, or elliptical, it has excellent heart health and performance benefits. However, some lifters avoid cardiovascular conditioning like… Continue reading How to Incorporate Unconventional Conditioning to Your Training

Muscle & Fitness Steve Howey talks ‘True Lies’ and the Evolution of his Relationship with Fitness Steve Howey, star of the new television adaptation of the iconic 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick “True Lies,” often appears on-screen with an incredible physique, but never did he expect to one day take on one the Austrian Oak’s… Continue reading Steve Howey talks ‘True Lies’ and the Evolution of his Relationship with Fitness

Muscle & Fitness WINNING STRATEGY: Angela Gargano Is Helping Women Pullup to Higher Levels Angela Gargano is a fitness coach determined to help all women successfully complete their first pullup—then another, and continue progressing until each small victory adds up to long-term wellness and lifestyle gains. Gargano, a four time contestant on the NBC hit… Continue reading WINNING STRATEGY: Angela Gargano Is Helping Women Pullup to Higher Levels

Muscle & Fitness An Expert Reveals One Thing That Can Torpedo Recovery and Performance IMG Academy Jared White is the director of athletic development at IMG Academy, where he oversees staff management and daily operations for the Athletic Training, Strength & Conditioning, and Nutrition departments. White has roughly 15 years of experience at the high… Continue reading An Expert Reveals One Thing That Can Torpedo Recovery and Performance

Muscle & Fitness These 4 Shoulder-Friendly Exercises Can Help Build Bigger and Better Delts Those who are serious about muscle want bolder delts, and arguably the best exercise to do that is the barbell and dumbbell overhead presses and their variations. These work all three deltoid heads (anterior, lateral, and posterior) for improved size and… Continue reading These 4 Shoulder-Friendly Exercises Can Help Build Bigger and Better Delts

Muscle & Fitness Here’s Why Crawling Could Lead You to Quicker and Greater Conditioning Gains Do you remember when you were a baby? Crawling was the primary form of forward motion when you were a young child. It was a contralateral movement that formed the basis of most human locomotion. Crawling from A to B helped… Continue reading Here’s Why Crawling Could Lead You to Quicker and Greater Conditioning Gains

Muscle & Fitness Bobby Stroupe Shares the Secrets of a Super Bowl Winning Training Program Bobby Stroupe has been training Kansas City Chiefs Patrick Mahomes since the quarterback was in grade school. Stroupe is the founder and president of the Athlete Performance Enhancement Center (APEC) and trains NFL and MLB players along with youth athletes… Continue reading Bobby Stroupe Shares the Secrets of a Super Bowl Winning Training Program