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Powerlifting

  • How to Train Powerlifting Once Per Week (And Make it Count)

    How to Train Powerlifting Once Per Week (And Make it Count)

    If you’re a competitive powerlifter, you know firsthand how demanding this sport can be on time, energy, and resources. And even if you don’t compete, the rigors of loyally training the squat, bench press, and deadlift may well catch up with you. Life can get in the way, and you may find yourself unable to…

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  • The Best Powerlifting Workouts for Beginners to Break Into the Sport

    The Best Powerlifting Workouts for Beginners to Break Into the Sport

  • The Best Powerlifting Chest Workouts to Help You Bench Heavier

    The Best Powerlifting Chest Workouts to Help You Bench Heavier

  • The Guide to Arm Training for Powerlifters 

    The Guide to Arm Training for Powerlifters 

  • How to (Properly) Combine Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Training

    How to (Properly) Combine Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Training

  • Bodybuilding vs. Powerlifting Programs — Understanding the Difference

    Bodybuilding vs. Powerlifting Programs — Understanding the Difference

  • 7 Lateral — Yes, Lateral — Exercises Powerlifters Should Be Doing

    7 Lateral — Yes, Lateral — Exercises Powerlifters Should Be Doing

CrossFit

  • How to Get Into CrossFit as an Older Adult

    How to Get Into CrossFit as an Older Adult

    CrossFit may well be one of the most popular workout programs in the world. According to the organization’s website, CrossFit boasts more than 5 million global participants and 14,000 gyms exclusively dedicated to the training methodology. (1) Whether you’re a skeptic or a hardcore athlete, you’ve probably seen at least one CrossFit WOD (that’s workout…

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  • How to Do a Picture-Perfect Overhead Squat for Olympic Lifting, CrossFit, and More

    How to Do a Picture-Perfect Overhead Squat for Olympic Lifting, CrossFit, and More

  • The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance

    The 9 Best Stretches for CrossFit Athletes to Maximize Performance

  • The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD

    The Best CrossFit Warm-Up to Help You Crush Your Next WOD

  • The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs

    The 12 Best Leg Exercises for CrossFitters for Strong, Powerful Legs

  • Power Your Way to Better Lifts With Thrusters

    Power Your Way to Better Lifts With Thrusters

  • Become a High-Rep Pull-Up Master With the Kipping Pull-Up

    Become a High-Rep Pull-Up Master With the Kipping Pull-Up

Weightlifting

  • How to Do the Muscle Snatch for Better Weightlifting Performance

    How to Do the Muscle Snatch for Better Weightlifting Performance

    If you’re on the hunt for a new way to improve your weightlifting game, the muscle snatch is an absolute game-changer. The muscle snatch can help you build explosive leg power, teach you how to be a powerful and aggressive vertical puller, and reinforce solid snatching mechanics to boot.  The tremendous amounts of strength and…

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  • The Snatch Pull Can Elevate Your Weightlifting Game — If You Do It Right

    The Snatch Pull Can Elevate Your Weightlifting Game — If You Do It Right

  • Clean Up Your Weightlifting Game With the Muscle Clean

    Clean Up Your Weightlifting Game With the Muscle Clean

  • Drill the Drop Snatch to Level Up Your Weightlifting Performance

    Drill the Drop Snatch to Level Up Your Weightlifting Performance

  • Dynamic Warm-Up for Weightlifting

    Dynamic Warm-Up for Weightlifting

  • The Jump Squat: How, When, and Why Weightlifters Should Include Them In Training

    The Jump Squat: How, When, and Why Weightlifters Should Include Them In Training

Strongman

  • How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power

    How to Do the Log Press for Massive Overhead Strength and Power

    When you want to build head-to-toe strength — and you want to look awesome doing it — there are few lifts that can compete with the hardcore nature of the log press. The unstable, unwieldy log bar will have your entire body working in overdrive to clean it off the ground, up your belly and…

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  • Learn the Dumbbell Clean & Press for Full-Body Strength and Power

    Learn the Dumbbell Clean & Press for Full-Body Strength and Power

  • Build a Vice Grip With the Axle Deadlift

    Build a Vice Grip With the Axle Deadlift

  • Get Lean, Get Strong, and Get Fast With the Yoke Walk

    Get Lean, Get Strong, and Get Fast With the Yoke Walk

  • Everything You Need to Know About Hoisting Atlas Stones

    Everything You Need to Know About Hoisting Atlas Stones

  • How to Keg Toss Like Thor

    How to Keg Toss Like Thor

Bodyweight

  • How to Do the Dumbbell Squat: Be Brilliant at the Basics

    How to Do the Dumbbell Squat: Be Brilliant at the Basics

    There’s nothing like the sensation of getting stuck under a loaded bar at the bottom of a barbell squat, only to battle out an incredible one-rep max. But no matter how much raw strength you have, that’s…not where your squatting journey is going to start. You’ll start more humbly — but arguably, just as powerfully.…

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  • How to Do the Reverse Flye, Plus Variations & Alternatives From a CPT

    How to Do the Reverse Flye, Plus Variations & Alternatives From a CPT

  • The 12 Best Mobility Exercises, PT-Approved

    The 12 Best Mobility Exercises, PT-Approved

  • Best Cardio Alternatives to Running, From a Personal Trainer

    Best Cardio Alternatives to Running, From a Personal Trainer

  • How to Do Heel Touches — Proper Form, Benefits, Variations, and More

    How to Do Heel Touches — Proper Form, Benefits, Variations, and More

  • The Wall Sit Exercise: Benefits, Best Variations, and Form Tips

    The Wall Sit Exercise: Benefits, Best Variations, and Form Tips

  • How To Do the Frog Pose for Better Hip Flexibility and Posture

    How To Do the Frog Pose for Better Hip Flexibility and Posture

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