Can you master the viral V-Bar Pushup challenge? – Muscle and fitness

Viral strength and fitness challenges on social media can be difficult to master, not least because they require strength, balance and often unrevealed technique, but a recent Instagram video showing fearless gym-goers attempting the V-Bar Pushup Challenge, shared by coach Harvey Suika, provided lessons as well as laughs. Online fitness coach Harvey Suika, better known […]

Repair your weaknesses and turn setbacks for 2025 into strength gains for 2026 – Muscle and fitness

Most lifters end the year knowing something is wrong, even if they can’t explain exactly what. Strength stopped climbing like it used to. A few joints started barking. The conditioning faded faster than it should. The training remained consistent, but the reward did not match the effort. The natural response is to change everything. New […]

Why the Decline Bench Press disappeared, but does it still belong in your chest training? – Muscle and fitness

There was a time when no chest workout felt complete without three pressure angles: flat, inclined, and descending. The “big three” of chest training dominated the gym floor, and lifters once considered the bench press the gold standard for chest development. Then, for some reason, the bench press steadily declined in popularity. Fast forward to […]

Muscle Confusion Myth: Why Constantly Changing Workouts Kills Gains – Muscle and Fitness

You know the man. Every time you see him in the gym, he’s doing a different workout: new exercises, wild rep schemes, random circuits stitched together. The goal, besides looking cool and attracting attention? He believes that muscles grow through confusion. But here’s the truth: muscles don’t get confused, but they do eventually become understimulated. […]