The Ultimate Guide to Overhead Pressing (and why you need to do it)
The overhead press is one of the best strength and muscle-building exercises you can do. It used to be THE primary upper-body building exercise until the popularity of bench press skyrocketed in the 1950’s and 60’s. Long before people asked, “How much can you bench?” people used to ask, “How much can you press?” …
11 Best Ways to Build Muscle – The Hardgainer Solution
Being naturally thin is one thing. Being so skinny that your family members show concern for your health is another. If you’re anything like I was, you feel cheated by your “skinny genetics”. You’re convinced that, perhaps, gaining weight is just an uphill battle…in a blizzard…with a huge monkey at the top throwing barrels…
5 Failproof Strategies to Build More Muscle
In our mission to gain muscle and strength, we’ve all run across someone (or, hell, been that guy ourselves), who is ALWAYS trying to put on muscle. You can go six months without seeing him. But, like clockwork, when you cross paths again he looks exactly the same. Learn 5 failproof strategies to build more…
The Only Article You’ll Need to Read to Build Cannonball Delts
Boulders, Caps, Deltasaurus Rex, Dana Linn Bailey. Whatever you choose to call the set of muscles that stand guard on either side of your head, there’s one thing they all have in common. They’re all synonyms for arguably one of the most beautiful body parts humans possess (when well-developed, that is). Your delts, when well-developed,…
How to Use Cardio to Maximize Your Muscle – The Essential Guide
What are the first thoughts through your head when I say you NEED some low-intensity cardio to maximize your strength performance? You probably think I am the devil, an idiot, or both. You do not want to hear that because like almost all people you despise cardio. You just want to lift some heavy weights.…