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Free Weights, Machines, or Both?

Should you use barbells and dumbbells for your workouts, or strictly machines? It’s an old debate, and each side staunchly supports their opinions.

Muscle Fiber Types

Most likely your goal is more mass, but regardless of your goal, understanding muscle fiber types and how they work can help you optimize your training program.

5 Great Exercises For A Thick Back

Achieving a stunning back takes a combination of width and thickness movements combined with hard work. Pulling exercises are the ticket to building width. For thickness, rowing movements are the w...

Gains And Your Metabolism

How to gain muscle mass if you have a fast metabolism - that’s the focus of this article. Unlike lifters with a slow metabolism who have a reasonably easy time gaining muscle, someone with a fast m...

Exercise Breakdown: Reverse Pulldowns

Reverse Pulldowns might not be an exercise you use every time you train back. Let’s face it, wide grip and V-grip pulldowns are probably more popular. Still, this exercise has the advantage of real...

How To Survive The Holidays

Thanksgiving is getting pretty close, and that typically begins the rush of holiday parties and family events. Of course, they all include a lot of eating, and most of the food is something less th...