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There’s a buzz around Hadi Choopan as he heads into the 60th Mr Olympia event in Las Vegas. Having won the 2024 Arnold Classic and Arnold Classic UK, he has every chance of dethroning Derek Lunsford and claiming his second Olympia title, and it looks like the smith machine has been an important...

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...

There are some exercises and machines lifters sometimes discount as legitimate strength- and mass-gaining movements. Smith machine squats sometimes fall into this dubious category by many hardcore ironheads. To most, barbell squats will always be the king of the squats as they build the most...

“Some gyms are more inspirational than others,” says Mark Rhino Smith. American Gladiators was a big success on television in the US. But many Americans are not aware that versions of this program were produced in a variety of other countries, also with great success and producing several stars...

Read most articles about gaining muscle, and you could be forgiven for assuming it's purely a male problem. With titles like "Get huge!" "Pack on the pounds!" or "Jack up your mass!" it's no wonder many women shy away. In reality, having plenty of lean muscle mass benefits everyone. Men may...