Gear Reviews
Here’s a question most gym goers have asked themselves at some point: How much weight can a barbell hold before it breaks or gets bent out of shape? Turns out it’s a lot of freaking weight. Eddie Hall, the guy who pulled a 500kg (1100 pound) deadlift couldn’
Recovery
Most of us spend far too much time sitting and far too little time walking around and squatting the way humans and our ancestors did for millions of years before the modern day. Excessive sitting makes hips extraordinarily tight, which can affect posture, ability to comfortably perform certain movements and
Culture & Opinion
The motorbike and helicopter footage we all get to enjoy on NBC at 6am is pretty great stuff, but it always leave you, the viewer, a safe distance from the action. Most of the year I hate GoPros, no I do not want to see a first person view of
Plateaus are inevitable, you hear that? Don’t freak out! What’s important when a plateau sets in is how you choose to deal with it. Most people hit a plateau and make the mistake of overhauling their training or diet without getting to the bottom of the issue at
Recovery
If you work at a desk all day your neck, shoulders and back are likely suffering. We hunch over keyboards and our posture pays the ultimate price. If you would like to correct your posture the 30-second exercises in the video above are a great way to start. Marc
We all get stuck sometimes, but what you do when you get stuck can make all the difference. If you’ve been benching the same weight for months and attempts at increasing weight or reps have resulted in no change, you might be tempted to ditch the exercise, change your
Recovery
With all the confusion about the best exercises, best routines, best diets, and other advice on how to get mad gains out there many of us buy into complicated training methods, and forget that sometimes simple is best. This video from TED-Ed breaks down the basics of how muscles
Culture & Opinion
“Make sure to always wear a loose hoodie to hide your power level.” Casually Explained provides you with the fundamental ingredients you need to have on your quest to bodybuilding perfection. Hilarious and so damn accurate. Fuckarounditis has never been so hilariously documented.
Culture & Opinion
Nearly 5 years ago I saw the following video. It seemed pretty damn tinfoil-hat like at the time. The video showed how mechanic doping might be accomplished. Asked the question, do any professional cyclists use a bicycle with an electric motor? And then showed the suspiciously great performances of
Culture & Opinion
Aerobics? What a terribly boring way to get in shape and lose weight. Ride a bike, run, swim for a whole half-hour or more and you’ll be breathing hard, sweating and oh so bored. Enter HIIT. High intensity interval training (HIIT) is an attractive option when it comes
Culture & Opinion
As the owner of a robust garage gym I don’t spend a ton of time thinking about gyms and their members. That is, until I heard an absolutely fascinating episode of the Planet Money podcast on NPR now (or subscribe via iTunes). The episode covered the tactics that low-
Keeping your shoulders back and down is not only the best way to improve your posture, doing so keeps your body and shoulders in a structurally sound position to move big weight in movements like bent rows, bench presses and overhead presses. The simple drill above will help teach you