Arnold Schwarzenegger

Ask a dozen different trainers a simple fitness question and you’re liable to get a dozen different answers. The aim of this article is to give you the simplest, most specific advice to a variety of questions people who lift weights ask all the time. Read more

Building muscle has been grossly over-complicated in the fitness industry for the last two decades. This is where MEGA Training comes in, or Minimum Effort Growth Acceleration Training. Read more

These are 10 minute density sets with the goal to get as many sets as possible in the 10 minute window. Read more

I hate cardio. The thought of sitting on some silly machine like a hamster going round and round for thirty minutes straight could almost make me physical ill. So I avoid it. Read more

Getting in great shape typically requires some form of cardiovascular training, but it doesn’t have to be spent slugging away on a rickety treadmill. Read more

The most difficult thing about following a workout program is deciding when exactly to change it. You’ve always got two voices in your head—the one telling you to stay the course and the other one tempting you to scrap the routine. Read more

I’m just gonna go ahead and start where we need to start... we train our abs too much. Read more

Very little is considered new or radical in the fitness industry these days. Training concepts may come and go, but we always seem to fall back on what works best or what proves to be better. Read more

For most chronic diseases, a combination of resistance and aerobic exercise tends to win versus either of the two types alone. So, I created a full-body dumbbell resistance circuit training routine that can be done at any gym, hotel, or even home. Read more

With an abundance of misleading information saturating the fitness industry, I’ve outlined 8 common exercises that aren’t worth your time and included an appropriate alternative for each exercise. Read more

Badass MetCon workouts from Mr. Badass himself, Bandana Training. You're going to want to check this out to help get you shredded for summer. Read more

Do you prepare your shoulders for upper body training sessions? There are four main things that deserve our attention when it comes to warming up our shoulders effectively. 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

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

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

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