Trap Bar
Trap Bar Exercises for Upper-Body Gains
The Trap Bar or Hex Bar, depending on what you have heard it referred as, has been touted as an alternative to a straight bar deadlift for many people....
3 Ways to Get Stronger With a Trap Bar
For six NFL seasons, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has tormented NFL defenses. He’s too big and strong for faster defensive backs to control. And he’s too quick and agile [...]
Train Like an NFL Player This Off-Season
What does it take to play in the NFL? A lot of hard work ,dedication , talent and a desire to always get better. The Super Bowl ends one season and...
WATCH: The Undertaker Deadlifts 405 Pounds, and It’s Damn Impressive
[youtube video="0oZZ1ASMINc" /] When I first saw a video on Deadspin of the Undertaker deadlifting 405 pounds, I was underwhelmed. A Deadlift of 405 pounds isn’t that impressive for a [...]
24-Minute Fat-Burning Workout
At the beginning of the year, fat burning workouts are on everyone's mind. Look no further for that fat burning workout to get ripped, as this 24 minute...
How Your Deadlift Max Will Make You Faster
To get faster, you need to get stronger. This may fly in the face of everything you’ve heard about speed training, but put simply, strong athletes are fast athletes. It [...]
A Better Way to Warm Up With Heavy Weights
While foam rolling and dynamic warm-ups have become standard operating procedure for the modern athlete preparing for a lifting session, few trainees...
7 Trap Bar Exercises You Should Try
For the uninitiated, trap bars look completely crazy. I recall the first time I saw a trap bar when I was in high school. I couldn’t figure out its purpose [...]
Deadlift Grip Guide: How Hand Placement Changes the Exercise
The Deadlift is one of the most basic exercises out there. It’s not fancy, it’s not pretty and it’s not a fad—but it sure is effective. When an exercise has [...]
How Strength Training Changed Rory McIlroy’s Game
Golf superstar Rory McIlroy has won four major tournament championships in the past five years, but before his rise to the top, the 25-year-old hardly ever lifted weights. “I wasn’t [...]