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Natural bodybuilder and trainer Jeremy Ethier took to his Instagram account this week to put his finger on the correct bench press grip distance for making optimal gains on the bench press. Here’s what you need to know. On the surface, the humble bench press seems like a pretty straight forward...

UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones may already have his hands full with fans who want him to prove himself against interim champ Tom Aspinall, but before that he’ll need to get past Stipe Miocic on Nov. 16. And, if his recent snub of Miocic is anything to go by, Saturday’s epic UFC 309 matchup...

Law enforcement officers’ risk their lives daily to protect and serve the communities they cherish. Whether responding to emergencies, conducting routine traffic stops, or patrolling in cars and motorcycles, officers often face unforeseen dangers. The story of Officer Kevin Bereta is a powerful...

The barbell bench press is the king of the bench press jungle, but the dumbbell bench press is striding with it side by side. Barbell variations allow you to move more weight due to their fixed range of motion, but dumbbell bench press variations offer more freedom of movement. Why does that...

Jay Cutler may have become famous for his “Quad Stomp,” but without a physique that was in proportion to the rest of his humungous legs, he could have never lifted 3 consecutive Olympia trophy’s. When it comes to the upper body, and particularly the chest, Cutler says that the dumbbell bench...

After months of buildup, promotion, and anticipation, bodybuilding’s biggest weekend has arrived. The 60th Olympia has begun at Resorts World in Las Vegas, NV, and the festivities began with the traditional Olympia 2024 press conference. Over 1,500 fans packed the room, leaving many having to...

When it comes to the big lifts, technique is technique. But on top of mastering the form, everyone looks for progression – and there comes a time when even the best of us run into a stymie, and our strength (and size) doesn’t increase at the same linear rate that it did when we were 21 years...

The body’s broadest muscle is also one of the hardest to feel working. Collect your gold star on the way out if you guessed the lats or the latissimus dorsi. Some lifters find it challenging to form a mind-muscle connection with their lats because they are often used with other muscles when...

Many people ask themselves and others if you can teach an old dog new tricks. That question can work the other way as well. Could a young pup learn a classic trick? In this case, can a young lifter benefit from an old-school lift like the strict press exercise? What You Need To Know About The...

In real life scenarios, chaos may not be the best option, but in the strength world, adding chaos to traditional strength exercises provides an extra challenge for you and your strength. It’s a good form of chaos. Chaos training adds instability to traditional exercises to engage the body with...

Some lifters frown upon some fitness machines and the exercises performed on it. The Smith machine is one of those underappreciated piece of strength equipment mainly due to what may be perceived as its biggest drawback: the fixed bar path. But you may be surprised by how many unique Smith...

Imagine this scenario: You are all set for your Monday workout, eagerly anticipating it since the weekend. The pre-workout went down smoothly, and you’re bursting with energy. You step into the gym and climb the stairs, and your jaw drops. The gym is packed, almost all the equipment is...

We’re often sold the idea that the training game should have a list of non-negotiables within it, especially when it comes to exercise choices that absolutely belong in your program, and then there are overrated exercises that don’t really belong in any strength training program. To be clear...

One of the most impressive events taking place this weekend at the Olympia World Fitness Expo in Orlando is the America’s Strongest series—America’s Strongest Man and America’s Strongest Woman, presented by the Strongman Corporation. The competitions cover six different events with two weight...

Now and again, when scrolling through your social media feed, you see an exercise that makes you stand up and take notice. The Swole Press is one of those exercises. How can you not with a movement called the Swole Press? This exercise is a hybrid clean and press performed with a dumbbell and...

The leg press gets a lot of love and hate. On the advantage side is the fixed range of motion, and your stable trunk takes core stability out of the equation. These two factors allow lifters to move massive weights. The fixed ROM and increased stability are a godsend for lifters who suffer from...

The strength community lost a brother with the passing of California powerlifting legend Richard Schoenberger on July 20. Affectionately nicknamed “Big Daddy,” he was 57 years old. Schoenberger was known in local lifting circles for his prodigious, unenhanced strength. He was a drug-free...

The dumbbell squeeze press goes by a few names, like the hex or champagne press, but they all mean the same thing—more gains for your chest. Part dumbbell chest press and the part dumbbell flye, the squeeze press creates muscular tension from the get-go for juicy muscle-building gains. Lifting...

There is a lot of love and hate that surrounds the leg press. Some think it’s not very functional because you’re sitting on your butt and pressing, which resembles nothing done outside the gym. Other lifters swear by it as it allows them to lift heavy weights and build muscle without the...

Way back in 2006, physical therapist John Pallof came up with what is known as the Pallof press. This move dynamically trains anti-rotation, anti-low back extension, and posterior pelvic tilt. Not everyone is onboard with the benefits of the Pallof, but sometimes people miss the subtleties of...