Barbells are great tools for building strength that can be commonly found in gyms everywhere. Check out the following posts for the best workouts and exercises using barbells to help you achieve your goals.
The hang clean is an abbreviated version of the barbell clean exercise that you see in Olympic weightlifting competition (there are actually two parts to the Olympic lift—the clean and the jerk). Even if your …
You’ve heard the expression, “The squat is the king of all exercises,” and it usually refers to the barbell back squat. While that’s undeniably a great move for the legs, it’s not the only type …
CrossFitters call it a landmine row. Bodybuilders call it a T-bar row. But this row, by any other name, would still build back muscle and strength as sweet. Use this guide to learn all the …
Pressing straight overhead is a sure way to build strong shoulders, but not everyone can do it safely and pain-free. What can you do, then, if the classic military press hurts your shoulders, or you …
Trainers don’t agree on much—like how many sets a client should do, whether the person needs to take creatine, or if Taylor Swift music is an appropriate workout jam—but they all know that people who …
The default set- and rep-scheme for most gym-goers seems to be three sets of 10. Why? Because it just works. But serious lifters know that five sets of five—abbreviated as 5×5—often works even better. The …
The snatch is one of the two lifts contested in the sport of Olympic weightlifting. To describe it in the simplest terms, it has you lifting a barbell from the floor and over your head …
Summary – The most effective strength-training programs are based on conjugate training, percentages of your one-rep max, or Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE). – The so-called “best” training program is one you believe in and …
If your bench press max has been stuck on the same stubborn plateau for any length of time, one very unique hybrid movement—the JM press—may well be the exercise you need to break through. Adding …
Summary – The bent-over barbell row is primarily a back exercise, but works many other muscles as well, and can be considered a full-body movement. – The row can be used as an assistance exercise …
Some exercises have such funny names you have to wonder if that’s what they’re really called, or if a trainer made those names up just to mess with you (or make his/her workout sound fancy …
Welcome to the great free-weight debate—the ongoing argument over which classic and widely used training tool is best, the barbell or dumbbell. For hundreds of years, people have been trying to pick the winner by …
How to Build Muscle as Fast as Humanly Possible. That’s what this definitive guide is all about. Getting big, strong, lean and built like a badass. It’s the summation of everything I have learned over …
Think about how you train pullups. You jump up to the bar and grind out as many as you can, right? Rest until you think you can get the same number of reps again (or …
Everybody who lifts heavy weights knows that they can help keep your muscles looking young and strong throughout your life. What no one tells you is how fast they can accelerate the aging of your …
I’ve been powerlifting since I was 12 years old and I’m now 40. Last year, I was on a mission to bench press 600 pounds in competition, and after benching 578, I tore my pec. …
There’s one thing nerds and meatheads will always have in common—they both want to be superheroes. Whether you’re a longtime gym rat or not, if you grew up reading comic books or watching action movies, …
There’s one thing nerds and meatheads will always have in common—they both want to be superheroes. Whether you’re a longtime gym rat or not, if you grew up reading comic books or watching action movies, …
The squat is the king of all power building, athletic movements. You don’t have to kneel before the king, but some days you may feel that way after a grueling squat workout. What can it …
How Did You Build Your Bench Press Summary ● Bench with your shoulders down and back arched. Use your legs to help lift the weight and think about pressing your body away from the bar …
Before I get into the meat of the article, it’s important to first address why should someone deadlift. At its most fundamental level, learning to deadlift is learning to pick things up off the floor …
How to build muscle as fast as humanly possible; that’s what we all want to know. Most of us don’t have the genetics of an NFL running back or professional bodybuilder, so that kind of rapid …
Benefits of Deadlifts The barbell deadlift is one of the greatest exercises of all time for developing full body strength. It really is the king of all lifts. Even so, most people do it wrong …
Powerlifters train to be as strong as possible while bodybuilders train to be as muscular and lean as possible. While the goals are different, some of the training overlaps. For example, bodybuilders use heavy squats, …
The deadlift. Some manly shit. Grit and determination. Some days the easiest thing in the world to do is pick up a heavy weight from the floor and put it back down. And some days …
In part 1 of this series I covered the back squat, today I will cover the bench press. What guy doesn’t love to bench press? Hell the majority of girls I know even like to …
The name of the game is getting stronger. So how do you do it? Pick up a barbell? Pick up a kettlebell? A mace? Yes! But that will only work for so long. Your progress …
We all know athletes who can lift the entire weight room but can’t get out of their own way. We also know athletes who are lightning fast, yet a slight breeze can knock them over. But …
Joe Defranco wrote a great step by step write-up on how to Deadlift. I’ll try to expand on it with this article. Deadlifts can be the most rewarding and the most frustrating lift. How hard can it …
The 1-Arm Strict Barbell Press is a very challenging exercise, especially considering that you are using an implement that is most commonly used for 2-arm work. The Barbell increases the difficultly of a 1-arm lift due to its …
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