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ONE Championship’s Anatoliy Malykhin is the most dominant MMA star in the business right now. As the promotions heavyweight, light heavyweight, and middleweight world champion, the Russian wrestler is the first fighter to ever win three major titles in three weight classes and to hold them all...

Known to friends, family, and those on the triathlon circuit as “The Quad Father,” meet Nick Tierney; a 46-year-old athlete from Delaware, OH. Tierney is no stranger to overcoming challenges both on and off the course. And despite a hectic home life with a loving wife and four kids, he’s never...

“What makes a training program effective?” The two keys to hypertrophy and strength gains Over the past few years strength training enthusiasts and adepts of the “body beautiful” have been spoiled. Now, more than ever, there is a slew of effective training programs available to everyone wanting...

No mystery working out is really great for you. On the other hand, have you thought about the advantages of training with your significant other? Concentrates on show that individuals who begin preparing with your soul mate are bound to remain consistent with their wellbeing objectives...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has become almost as famous for his humungous cheat meals as he is for winning the WWE Championship and subsequently taking Hollywood by storm, but in a recent Instagram post, it appears that ‘The Great One’ is evolving with his fun food choices, hopping aboard the...

In the 1930s, golfers were told to avoid gyms until Tiger Woods turned Pro in 1996. Back then, there was a belief that a strength training program for golfers would ‘tighten’ the body. Golfers were instead told that walking five to six miles per round was enough to maintain fitness. Then, in...

Andrea is the perfect blend of nature and nurture. Bodybuilding greatness is very much dependent on genetics (as is true in all sports) but there must be a lot of nurture working in combination with nature to achieve success. In other words, success requires a lot of hard, disciplined, and...

If you’ve been following along on my month-long “Train Like Arnold” Challenge on Instagram (@rocklockridge), then you’ve seen various pics and short videos of me doing several exercises such as incline bench press, squats, various curls, and yes, even Arnold presses. It’s come out to nearly 24...

Simplifying the muscle building process to get the results you want. It's time to get back to basics and start building some real muscle! Only 3 hours a week required. Those of you who have read through any of my articles know that I'm a big believer in the basics. I confidently preach low...

Solidify your core strength and build sturdier obliques by adding these 3 side planking variations into your core workout routines. Read on to learn more. You probably guessed there was another one of these coming sometime in February. If you remember from my last article on the subject, I had...

It’s one of the dumbest ideas around. Not to mention one of the most common. The idea is that you should train legs just one day a week. You hate leg day. I hate leg day. We all hate leg day. You curse it, struggle with it, and then cope with debilitating soreness for three or four days...

Build strength beyond your wildest dreams with Brian Carroll's best-selling training book 10/20/Life. I’m not a “fitness personality.” I don’t want anything to do with that crap. I want to make people stronger and get my information out there for people to learn the right way to train, but I’m...

I keep getting a ton of questions like this, and it’s a terrific question. And of course, they’ve asked the right guy! I’m a big fan of short and sharp sessions; you can get terrific workouts in a lot less time than you think. Here are eight quick tips that I’ve learned to creating an efficient...

You unscrew the lid of your pre-workout and the sweet smell of blue raspberry wafts through the air. Two scoops go in your shaker cup. You shake it like the champ you are, pop the top, and chug that “go-juice." Minutes later you feel a tingling sensation and itchy face sets in. You are now...

Those of you who have read through any of my articles know that I'm a big believer in the basics. I confidently preach low volume, infrequent workouts that are based around the universal laws of overload and progression (training with maximum intensity and progressing in weight or reps from week...

"No" is perhaps a 2 year old's favorite word. It's also a word I find myself repeating over and over again when answering questions about muscle building. Most lifters have a fear that results will only come once a complex magical formula is unlocked. What they fail to understand is that muscle...

It’s one of the dumbest ideas around. Not to mention one of the most common. The idea is that you should train legs just one day a week. You hate leg day. I hate leg day. We all hate leg day. You curse it, struggle with it, and then cope with debilitating soreness for three or four days...

You unscrew the lid of your pre-workout and the sweet smell of blue raspberry wafts through the air. Two scoops go in your shaker cup. You shake it like the champ you are, pop the top, and chug that “go-juice." Minutes later you feel a tingling sensation and itchy face sets in. You are now...

6 Truths About Exercise That Nobody Wants to Believe written by JAMES CLEAR STRENGTH TRAINING Success in the gym, as with most things in life, comes down to mastering the basics. With that in mind, here are 6 exercise tips, weightlifting basics, the best exercises to start with, and training...

Yesterday I went and trained at the gym. My routine took me about 25 minutes and here is what I did; 1 set of leg extensions, 1 set of squats, 1 set of close grip pull-ups, 1 set of lateral raises, 1 set of machine shoulder press, 1 set of barbell curls, 1 set of high row machine (hammer...