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Jay Cutler not only built one of the most impressive physiques in bodybuilding history, but he also remained a consistent competitor, achieving four Mr. Olympia titles during a career that spanned more than twenty years. To stay stage-ready, the man they call “The Quad Stomper” had to focus on more than just muscle to maintain […]
Sam Sulek is close to making his professional debut and competing in the Arnold Classic, so the decisions he makes leading up to the biggest night of his bodybuilding career to date are crucial. Fortunately, the 24-year-old remains typically chilly about this monumental moment, but he did share a strategy in one recent YouTube video. […]
Walk into any gym and you’ll eventually see it: a guy curling little pink dumbbells with his arms around each other like he’s smuggling diamonds across a border. His face is red, the veins are erect, and the pain seems out of proportion to the strain. That’s probably occlusion training – also known as blood […]
Depending on who you ask, Reps in Reserve can be a science-based way to train hard without hindering your recovery, or a spreadsheet-driven excuse for not training hard. So, what is it? If you’ve ever completed a set and thought, “I probably had two more reps in the tank,” that’s RIR in a nutshell. The […]
Bodyweight training always meets the same criticism: it doesn’t make you strong. It’s true that at some point you need external loads to build more strength. But many lifters focus on the shortcomings of bodyweight training rather than its benefits, explains Brad Kolowich Jr. out. “If you don’t control your own body, you don’t really […]
Some athletes go to the gym and repeat their training over and over again, while others use each session as an opportunity to learn from both their successes and failures. Luckily, a recent Instagram post addressed the 1992–1997 Mr. Olympia introduced us to his experimental formula for pumping up the perfect biceps. Here’s how to […]
Most lifters approach the end of the year armed with motivation, but little clarity. Resolutions are based on vibrations instead of data. You promise yourself that this will be the year you finally get serious, but you never sit down and examine what your training the year before actually accomplished. Without that assessment, next year’s […]
Most people squeeze training and sleep into the cracks of an already overloaded life. Human biologist Gary Brecka does the opposite. Six years ago, he made a decision that explains how he can reach fourteen cities on opposite sides of the world in 18 days, work with private clients, host a podcast, run a media […]
