The Mr. Olympia contest, the biggest and most prestigious bodybuilding competition on earth, has been around since 1965. The competition has steadily evolved over the decades and more classes or categories have been added to the spectacular show. The Classic Physique division is one of them. ...
READ MORE +There's been an ongoing debate among strength athletes and fitness enthusiasts as to which lift is the "king of exercises" - the squat or the deadlift. Both are superb exercises which work your entire body and produce unbeatable strength and muscle gains. Typically, it's the deadlift that allows ...
READ MORE +Our next sandbag training article in the series revolves around Power Cleans. We've all seen weightlifters in the Olympics picking up heavy weights from the floor and hoisting them up before holding them overhead. The clean and jerk is one of the two lifts (the snatch is the other) in this sport ...
READ MORE +Our next sandbag training article in the series is for anyone who's got a decent bit of experience of lifting weights under their belt. If you do you'll know that the barbell bent over row is one of the best upper back building exercises you can do. Done with a sandbag, it feels every bit as good ...
READ MORE +Title: Massive, Muscular Arms Author: David Barr Year: 2021 (May, 15) Publisher: Human Kinetics Review Big Arms are a still a Status Symbol Big arms are a timeless status symbol, and earn awe, admiration and respect from everybody; men, women and children alike. Without doubt, it would be ...
READ MORE +We all grow out of playing make believe and making mud pies but climbing trees is something we should take into our adulthood! Let’s take a leaf out of Tarzan's book here and get our bodies doing a full workout branch by branch. I have both researched professional tree climbing and clambered to the ...
READ MORE +Forearm muscles are often a neglected body part of many a gym-goer's routine. But wait! Think of Bruce Lee’s incredible forearms, think baseball bats or steel girder defenders when in a fight. Being forearmed forewarns any potential foe in advance, how handy is that eh? Now's a good idea to ...
READ MORE +