Arnold Schwarzenegger

My friend was overweight and miserable. When I recommended he work with one of the best trainers in the city, he told me he needed to work his way up to the gym. Read more

Are the holidays your body’s enemy? It’s a question I’ve been asked for years—over and over again—by thousands of men and women pursuing every fitness goal imaginable. Read more

You’ve probably noticed that fitness experts throw around all of the different forms of the word “intensity” quite a bit. I wanted to get to the bottom of just what they really mean. Read more

Today, I am giving you two of the big boys. I want to discuss two relatively new but highly effective programming methods; each written by a top tier strength coach. Read more

In the first installment of this series, we covered two very different but very effective means of training for mass gain: high rep and low rep. Today, I want to continue with a brief discussion of some other protocols for gaining size. Read more

Gaining muscle can be very difficult, it’s also pretty simple—at the heart of it, you just need to take in more energy than you expend, and use an intelligent program. Read more

It is clear that managing our carbohydrate intake goes a long way to help manage our fat accumulation. But there’s one time of day when our relationship to carbohydrates completely changes. Read more

Why is Carb Back-Loading so insanely effective? Carbs trigger the release of insulin, which stimulates tissue growth—both in skeletal muscle and body fat. Read more

Squats have been called the ‘king of all exercises’, and for good reason. They will build muscle mass across the entire body and take your overall strength to new levels. Read more

Being skinny-fat sucks, and there’s no reason to pretend it doesn’t. You have narrow shoulders, tiny wrists, and longer frame while also sporting a muffin top. But, there’s hope. Read more

These exercises might seem foreign to you but for the die hards who learned the basics through Arnold’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, we have lived, breathed and bled doing these exercises. Read more

Check out this ESPN documentary from acclaimed directors Michael and Jeff Zimbalist (The Two Escobars) for the 30 for 30 documentary series. Read more

Most people will say we get fat because we eat too much and exercise too little. Enter, the 100 calorie snack pack. Read more

Most gyms are not interested in whether you meet your goals or not. It’s ironic that the place you go to get in shape may be what’s holding back your progress. Read more

The best approach is to train the abs for strength and stability with the exercises listed here. Read more

No other exercise is more revered than the bench press. The majority of lifters are typically immersed in endless sets of every bench press variation you could imagine. Read more

What’s your current ambition? I would imagine waking up every morning without a goal could be very lackluster. And, don’t play down the importance of your goal, what you desire and/or whether or not you can achieve it. Read more

Stripping carbs from your diet appears to make the central nervous system function with greater efficiency—as motor signals increase in amplitude. This allows for an increase in single-rep power production and fine-motor control. In other words, your ability to coordinate movement is augmented by the absence of carbs. Read more

Bottom line: This stuff is hard. It's supposed to be hard. If getting a great body was easy, every woman would look Jessica Biel, and every guy would have a body like Kellan Lutz. Read more

If your primary training goal is to GET BIGGER muscles (i.e. increase hypertrophy), we’ve found it’s best to focus on training MUSCLES, not movements because your goal is about muscles: bigger shoulders & chest, wider lats, harder butt, etc. Read more

Strong is in style; there is certainly no doubt about that. Women around the world are beginning to get in touch with their inner beasts, proudly purporting their desire to lift heavy stuff. Read more

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It will make you a healthy, happy, ripped, jacked, lean, energetic sex and training machine. But I tell them to stop eating breakfast and you shouldn’t be eating it, either. Read more

To regain that youthful feeling of hope, many would give everything. The secret is something that Arnold has known all along – committing yourself to a life of fitness. Read more

If you are having a difficult time finding motivation to train, then you must focus your time and attention on doing the things you LOVE. Read more

In the early days of strength training there were no squat stands or bench presses. The deadlift was the premier exercise for building size and strength, as it should be. Read more

Here is a 15-minute workout that will maximize the results of your carb back-loading experiment. Read more

Start with 1%. Pledge to spend 15 minutes each day on your health. As you progress, the time you devote to fitness will undoubtedly go up, but I’m asking you for only 1% now. Read more

When you first wake up every morning, your body is primed to burn fat. The worst thing you could do at this time is to have a classic American breakfast, including foods like juice, toast, or cereal. Read more

Here are four mobility drills to get you started, but the important thing that I want to bring to light is that only four drills can go a very long way in improving the way you move. Read more