Arnold Schwarzenegger

Even though the squat is considered ‘the king of all exercises’, you could easily argue that the deadlift could share top billing. Read more

Having a hard time gaining muscle? To get over a plateau and start gaining muscle fast, you sometimes have to stop following traditional bodybuilding methods and get creative with your workouts. Read more

how many of you have studied the art of weightlifting? I’m not asking if you read a bunch of blogs posts and books. I’m asking if you have studied weightlifting the same way that you study for a high school English class. Read more

One walk through a commercial gym and you see all sorts of whacky stuff. There are balls, hammers, tires, machines that ellipse, and machines that move the ground. I believe there are 4 base movements that everything else in the gym builds upon by association. Read more

You’ve likely heard the saying, “What’s old is new again.” Well, this is true. I’ve read Arnold’s books countless times and recall the countless intensity techniques he spoke about using to busy through muscle building plateaus. Read more

When it comes to training, don’t ever escape the basics. Basic exercises, basic nutrition guidelines and the basics of getting results, which boils down to commitment. Read more

If your serious about getting results in the realm of more muscle, fat loss and / or strength, your body needs something different on a regular basis to shock it into progress. 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

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

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

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

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 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

Here are six forgotten bodybuilder techniques that will transform your body. Add these to your fitness plan—including a favorite technique from Arnold—and the only thing that will be old is the body you used to have. Read more