YOU HAVE TO make one major decision when planning for your lower body day workout: should you squat or deadlift? Both the back squat and the barbell deadlift are renowned for their ability to build ...

A strong set of glutes is one of the best gifts you can give yourself. Not only can a rock solid butt literally propel you through life, it can also lower your risk of niggling pain and injury. That’s ...

As you go about your business in the weight room, have you ever glanced over at a personal trainer during one of their client sessions and idly asked yourself something like, Dang, I wonder if they ...

TO BALANCE OUT your lower body training, it helps to shift to one side. That might sound counterproductive, but it's the truth. Unilateral exercises—moves that require you to work on one side of the ...

Competitive sports often require special spaces or equipment, and that’s true of most strength sports. Weightlifting (the kind they do in the Olympics) requires bouncy bumper plates and a gym that won ...

When you describe a deadlift, the exercise sounds almost easy. All you have to do, after all, is pick up a weight from the floor, then put it back down. But as anyone who's tried one knows, in ...

If you spend hours at the gym each week trying to build brute strength and massive legs there's a good chance you consider squats the gold standard. The back squat is a tried-and-true ...