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Have Your “Meatza” and Eat It Too!
By Mary Catanzaro Let’s be honest—most of us enjoy a good slice of pizza every now and then. But what we don’t enjoy is the
Thick-Grip Deficit Deadlifts
Take a look at this deadlift variation I’m doing in the video below. Nothing earth-shattering here, right? It looks like I’m not lifting much weight—except
Stomp Your Feet Before a Heavy Lift
A great way to wake up the central nervous system before a heavy lift is to stomp your feet. I picked up this tip from
Pull-Ups Done Right
If you’re going to do pull-ups, do them right! Instead of grinding out 3–4 sets of 10 “ugly” reps, flip the script: do 10 sets
Keeping Up with Current Research (January 2021)
Research can provide golden information to health and fitness professionals. Here are some recent findings from the Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
The Future of Personal Training
This pandemic has decimated many businesses, and personal training is no exception. One organization indicated that over 50% of their members have been out of
Get Lean and Mean in 2021
If your knees or low back are killing you from all the stay-at-home sitting, keep this in mind: every pound you carry out front is
Horizontal Ring Chin-Ups
First workout of the year and I had the pleasure of doing horizontal ring chin-ups (also known as inverted rows). This is a great exercise—if
Our Top 3 Articles of 2020
Here are our three most popular articles of the year, plus a bonus social media post that brought a smile to many faces: Learning to
Old Footage of Women Weight Training
Women have only recently started to weight train, right? Wrong! Women have been lifting weights for well over a century. When the aerobic craze hit
The Wrist Roller Solution
Last week we looked at a great forearm training tool called the Formulator. Today, let’s take a look at another solid option: the wrist roller.
Half-Kneeling Reverse Woodchop
Looking for a spine-friendly way to train your core? The half-kneeling reverse woodchop fits the bill. It’s a great exercise for developing rotational strength and
The Formulator Reverse Wrist Curls
The Formulator is a great weapon to have in your arsenal—but it’s hard to get your hands on one these days. It was off the
Go the Distance with Lower Body Training
There’s no doubt that lower body training with compound lifts requires hard work. While progressive resistance is important, sometimes you can “go further” with a
Improve Grip Strength with the Goerner Deadlift
Take a look at this video… It doesn’t look like I’m doing much, right? There’s only 110 pounds on the bar, but it’s surprisingly challenging.
How to Get a Biceps Vein
Growing up, all I ever wanted was the “biceps vein!” I wanted it even more than huge biceps. Of course, big arms help push that
Subscapularis Pull-Up
A great exercise to pair with incline or standing presses is the subscapularis pull-up—also known as a lean-away pull-up. To perform it, pull yourself up
Get Lean and Muscular with Supersets
Supersets are a form of strength training where you pair two exercises and move from one to the other with little to no rest in
Negative-Accentuated Glute-Ham Raise
The Sicilian Crunch put me on the map many moons ago—consider this its reverse. It’s a negative-accentuated glute-ham raise that emphasizes the knee flexion component
Greasing the Reverse Hyper Movement
Frankie Valli’s Grease is a blast from the past—and a fitting song for the reverse hyper. Why? Because most people “blast” out of the bottom
Lower Leg Superset
For many people, lower leg training truly is “the seventh stranger!” Even when the backside gets some attention, the front often gets overlooked. I guess