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There’s no better beach body workout combo for the common man than abs, chest, and HIIT cardio. Two high-priority body parts with a dash of fat-burning. The workout you’re about to see hits all these key areas in only 15 minutes using the renowned Tabata workout method, courtesy of a shredded...

How much can King Kong lift? Would he even be good at football? How high can he jump? These are three of the roughly 3,729 questions my son asked me while we watched Godzilla vs. Kong this past weekend, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t indulge them all. We even got into a heated discussion...

While some lifters are trying to find new ways to train and build muscle, smarter athletes know to go with what works. The classic moves are still as effective today as they were in the early days of bodybuilding. One of those movements is the seated dumbbell press. FLEX Social Media Director...

Everyone reading this has one thing in common: we were all beginners at one point or another. Some of you that are here may be a beginner now. Regardless of the level you’re at, we have all learned the basic movements when we started working out. Even if you’re someone who is training at an...

We use machines to build things every day. Machines build cars; they build roads; they build computers; they build robots. So why not build your body with machines? Ask a dozen trend-following “New Age” trainers this question, and about 10 of them will respond emphatically, “Because machines...

Bench pressing 110 pounds for 76 reps doesn’t sound too impressive — unless it’s done underwater. And that’s exactly what Russian athlete Vitaly Vivchar did recently to set a new world record. The Russian athlete, according to reports, broke the world record for underwater bench presses at...

The entire powerlifting world was shocked when the promoters of the Beasts of the Bench meet somehow managed to misload the bar when Julius Maddox attempted to become the first person to bench 800 pounds raw. The error took Maddox — who holds the raw bench record at 770 pounds — out of the zone...

I got called out for warming up with 225 today, I explained when you put more up 135 just don't cut it..

@ArmzKorleone / Twitter You'll find combination exercises in plenty of our workout routines because we're big fans of efficient workouts that maximize muscle gain and fat loss in a timely manner. When performed with an appropriate amount of weight, good combination moves—take the hammer curl to...

Elite powerlifter Julius Maddox just keeps getting stronger, and he shows no signs of slowing down. For the fourth time in under a year, the Kentuckian has set a new raw bench press world record—this time at 765 pounds. The lift is unofficial because it was done at his gym and not during...

Chris Nicoll / M+F Magazine “It wasn’t the outcome I was hoping for,” Henri-Pierre Ano admits, after reflecting on his 14th-place finish in 2019’s Olympia Classic Physique. Ano, 38, had plenty of reasons for disappointment. The Canadian stepped onstage with high hopes of improving on his 2018...

nd3000 / Shutterstock Everyone has to start somewhere. And the great thing about being a beginner is that strength gains typically come quickly. More strength leads to more muscle and so the adventure begins. But beginners are easily lulled into making the mistake of using beginner programs for...

No human has ever bench pressed anything close to 800 pounds before, but powerlifting sensation Julius Maddox looks primed to break that proverbial wall. The Kentuckian recently posted an Instagram video in which he set a new world bench press record at 755 pounds—11 pounds more than his last...

M+F Magazine In the powerlifting community, there aren’t many athletes who have had to overcome the same obstacles as bench-pressing behemoth Julius Maddox. The Kentuckyian set two bench world records in 2019, including a 744-pound raw bench press—meaning he didn’t use any gear other than...

Bench pressing phenom Julius Maddox has broken his own world record. Over the weekend, the Kentuckian benched an astonishing 744.1 pounds— a little shy of five pounds over the prior world record of 739.6 pounds, lifted by Maddox in late August. The lift took place at the Rob Hall Classic in...

milanzeremski via Shutterstock We’ve written plenty about the bench press, and thought we were giving you some pretty sound advice for building up your pecs: back firmly on the bench and feet flat on the ground. But perhaps we, and most other weightlifting coaches, have it all wrong. A study...

Powerlifter Julius Maddox has already claimed the world raw bench press record with an astonishing 739.6-pound lift, but it’s clear he’s not done just yet. The Kentuckian recently claimed another personal record by benching 700 pounds—yup, seven hundred pounds—for three clean reps. That’s...

Sometimes you just get the urge to hit the bench press. At least, that seems to be the case for a 75-year-old security guard at Kennesaw State University’s gym who benched 225 pounds for reps, wowing a group of men a quarter his age in the process. Instagram user Jalil Kuku (@jalilkuku)...

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