Barbell Exercises
Why Everybody Botches Single-Leg Deadlifts (and How to Finally Master Them)
The Single-Leg Deadlift is an advanced movement that will challenge foot, hip and torso stability while also developing posterior strength. It's also one of the best lower-body movements an athlete [...]
17 Effective Rings Exercises That Build a Better Body
Olympic rings aren’t just for gymnasts. Suspension training has been around for decades, but in more recent years, it's become popular in mainstream gyms. There are even entire facilities devoted [...]
10 Best Back Exercises for Building Muscle
The best visual marker of raw power and strength is your back. There, I said it! After centuries of bodybuilders and athletes focusing on their “beach muscles” and trying to [...]
The Best Type of Exercise to Develop Acceleration—And You’re Probably Not Doing It
Most training programs don’t include many horizontally directed exercises. Think about it. Squats, Deadlifts, Cleans, Split Squats—these all see the athlete move up and down as opposed to forward and [...]
How to Finally Barbell Overhead Press Without Pain
Some lifters experience shoulder pain or discomfort when performing common vertical barbell pressing movements such as Military and Push Presses. A lack of shoulder/thoracic spine mobility and/or previous shoulder injuries [...]
Build ‘Real-World Strength’ With Uneven Load Weight Training
When you load weights onto a barbell or grab two dumbbells, are they the same weight? Silly question, right? Of course they are. It'd be absurd to work out with [...]
3 Single-Leg Exercises Every Athlete Should Utilize
Single-leg exercises might be the most under-appreciated and under-utilized training tactic in sports performance. I believe the biggest reason for this is because they are hard—very hard! Once an athlete [...]
These 6 Common Exercises Could be the Source of Your Shoulder Pain
As a trainer, I believe in a client’s autonomy. I rarely will tell them to totally avoid an exercise, nor will I emphasize that they "must" perform a certain movement. [...]
5 Lower-Body Exercises Soccer Players Should Be Doing
Soccer success largely requires speed and athleticism. Many plays consist of single-leg actions, stop-and-go movements, hard cuts and explosive sprints. In order to perform all of these actions efficiently and [...]
5 Split Squat Variations to Level up Your Training
The Bulgarian Split Squat, also commonly referred to as the Rear Foot-Elevated Split Squat, accomplishes many objectives, such as improving single-leg strength, balance, coordination, trunk and spine stabilization, and even [...]