Everyone reading this has one thing in common: we were all beginners at one point or another. Some of you that are here may be a beginner now. Regardless of the level you’re at, we have all learned the basic movements when we started working out. Even if you’re someone who is training at an…
Drop sets are a type of training system. Bodybuilders and people who strength train use training systems to increase workout intensity and volume to get better results in less time. Examples of training systems include supersets, trisets, giant sets, pyramids, reverse pyramids, forced reps, and negative reps. However, despite having so many training systems to…
When to comes to building lower body strength and muscle size, squats, leg presses, and deadlifts are hard to beat. After all, these exercises are ideally suited for heavy weights. But, as good as these exercises are, they do have disadvantages. For starters, all of those exercises are bilateral, which means they use two legs…
Over the years, I have been asked this question in many different ways. I chose this question first for “Ask Andy” because it allows for a solid introduction to a “fitness lifestyle.” I’ll answer this with a brief overview of this holistic mindset. In future articles, we’ll be able to dive deeper into each concept….
As gyms start to reopen in many places, others are still at the mercy of the current health crisis. Hopefully, though, this won’t be the case for much longer so you can get back to the weights. Now, if you don’t have equipment at home, then you may be wondering what else you can do…
Squats are one of the most beneficial exercises you can do. It doesn’t matter if you are a powerlifter, a bodybuilder, a strongman competitor, or a fitness model; squats are a cornerstone exercise. Entire workouts have been built around squats – such as the classic 20-rep squat routine. There are several different types of squats, including…
Supersets are a type of training system. Training systems are recognized methods that you can use to make your workouts more demanding, productive, or time-efficient. Drop sets, reverse pyramids, forced reps and German Volume Training are just some of the training systems you can use to get more from your workouts. However, of all the…
There are two main ways to train your back – vertical pulling exercises such as pull-ups, chin-ups, and lat pulldowns, and horizontal pulling exercises, which are all variations of rows. Where vertical pulls give your back its width, rows tend to give your back its thickness. Subsequently, if you want to build the best possible…
It’s been a while since high-intensity interval training (HIIT) stormed onto the fitness scene and began its dogged takeover of the cardio universe. One study at a time, HIIT knocked steady-state cardio off its long-held throne, becoming the most relied-upon method for burning unwanted body fat in gyms everywhere. But taking it to the max,…
The biceps brachii, or biceps for short, is the most famous muscle in the human body. Even non-exercisers can point to where their biceps are! The biceps brachii has two distinct heads; the long head and the short head. Both originate on the scapulae or shoulder blade and come together and insert onto the radius…