Tag: workout

Why Nerds Shouldn’t Envy Jocks

Why Nerds Shouldn’t Envy Jocks

You may have come to this site because you weren’t or aren’t exactly a stellar example of fitness and athletic prowess in high school and college sports. You might even envy those apparently superhuman specimens on your school’s team. You shouldn’t.

How To Do More Pull-Ups

How To Do More Pull-Ups

You are for a long time stuck on four, five, maybe six reps, and wonder how to do more pull-ups? Here are three powerful techniques you can use to break through the plateau.

Do Your Workouts Damage Your Teeth?

Do Your Workouts Damage Your Teeth?

You know the feeling: you do the last benchpress rep, it takes all you got, you heavily inhale, command your muscles to go through with that final effort and… clench your teeth. For your teeth, that often results in more pressure than lifting a 200 lbs barbell.

Popular Programs – Heavy Duty, Part I

Popular Programs – Heavy Duty, Part I

A heavy duty is ahead of us! Tackling some of the most controversial and disputed ideas and practices in bodybuilding, all embodied in an equally polemical workout system: Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty.

How Not To Kill Yourself Benchpressing

How Not To Kill Yourself Benchpressing

When doing bench presses at home many people make a big safety mistake, turning the entire exercise into something much more dangerous than it needs to be.