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Tgsphoto/Shutterstock / Shutterstock In his biggest film role since becoming an actor, Christopher Evangelou’s name could easily have gotten lost in a who’s who cast of A-listers in The Gentlemen. Director Guy Ritchie’s all-star ensemble—starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Colin...

Courtesy of Morgan Gold You’d be hard-pressed to find a more exciting fighter inside the Octagon than Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. The 36-year old has created some of the most popular highlight reels in the UFC, and in the process has accrued the most UFC records of any fighter: 23 wins, 16...

Superstar Dwayne Johnson is ready to build up his “power” for Black Adam. The Rock is set to star in his first traditional comic book movie with the role of Teth-Adam/Black Adam in 2021 and with shooting starting this summer, the superstar actor has started training in the gym for the role...

Courtesy of Bellator Training smarter, not harder has effectively become the mantra for mixed martial arts star Nick Newell since his return from retirement. The 33-year-old fighter, who was born with congenital amputation of his left arm, took a brief hiatus from the sport in 2015, stepping...

Dan Ray / M+F Magazine IFBB pro League classic physique competitor Charles Donaldson is doing a good job of not letting work get in the way of, well, work. In between weekday 6 a.m. fasted cardio and late-night weight-training sessions, the 2017 NPC Masters Universe Classic Physique winner...

Courtesy of PFL / Shutterstock New Year’s Eve is becoming an annual “Garden Party” for Lance Palmer, as the featherweight will throw down in his second straight Professional Fighters League tournament finals on Dec. 31 at Madison Square Garden. Winning a PFL tournament is no easy feat, as...

Per Bernal Based off my popular LIIFT4 program on Beachbody OnDemand, this efficient and effective upper-body circuit workout combines old-school lifting 101 with the science of high-intensity interval training (HIIT). A study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning found that...

gradyreese / Getty This holiday season, people will party hard and eat like there's no New Year's resolution they can’t accomplish. But the sad truth is that those resolutions are most often unachievable or bound to fail. Whether the goal is better overall health or losing more weight, the key...

Christopher Bailey Former World's Strongest Man Eddie Hall has had his fair share of injuries. After all, you don't become the strongest man alive without putting in a ridiculous amount of training, and training for any sport comes with risks. But during an interview with British tabloid The...

Nestor Rizhniak / Shutterstock In most beginner exercise textbooks, it’s common to prescribe multi-joint movements (i.e. squats, bench press, deadlifts, etc.) at the start of your workout, and follow with isolation-type exercises (e.g. biceps curls, leg curls, triceps extensions, etc.). In the...

Nikolas_jkd / Shutterstock The term "functional training" has become a controversial buzzword in bodybuilding circles. Post a picture of yourself banging out leg extensions or lateral raises, and you’re likely as not to be deluged with comments along the lines of "That’s not functional," or...

Courtesy of Professional Fighters League “The Spartan” is a pretty apt nickname for Professional Fighters League star Alex Nicholson. Not only does the hulking heavyweight have a beard that would make King Leonidas proud, but he also trains with a regimen worthy of an ancient Greek warrior...

Courtesy of John Gramlich Three years ago, John Gramlich realized that his weight had spiraled out of control. He’d just moved back to his native Oklahoma after spending ten months in Nebraska for work—a place where he didn’t have the community, friends, or family that he had back home. When he...

Brandon Ramos / M+F Magazine Sarah Cogswell, one of the top Strongwoman competitors in the 82kg (180 pounds) weight class, doesn’t compete or lift for the plaudits, money, and titles. So when she failed to make weight for the 2019 Strongest Woman in the World competition in Fairbanks, AK, she...

You may not know him by name, but you’ve definitely seen Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, aka The Mountain and Thor—either on ESPN 2 winning the World’s Strongest Man in 2018, as Gregor Clegane on HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, or repping top-tier fitness brands like Rogue and Reign Total Body Fuel...

Per Bernal / M+F Magazine As is true with almost any skill, the more you lift, the better you get at it (and the bigger you get as a result). The more frequently you train a muscle, the faster it’s going to respond by growing. So if you’ve only ever trained one or two body parts in a...

jason shaltz courtesy of siriusxm / M+F Magazine Who is the hardest-hitting person you’ve fought? That’s easy, [former UFC heavyweight champ] Shane Carwin. He punched me in the back of the head and my whole brain went tingly. Which interview was your most awkward? Andrew Dice Clay came on the...

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Courtesy of F45 For some, the thought of group fitness conjures visions of jazzercise and Zumba. But these days, group fitness isn’t what it used to be, and there may be no better proof than F45 Training. Short for Functional 45, the Australia-born group fitness franchise centers its workouts...