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Posts tagged weight lifting
5 Easy Exercises that Build a Powerful Core (How to Train Your Hadouken)
Here’s a list of things I’ve avoided in life: Gymnastics Fist fights Hard manual labor Any class that involved reading Getting arrested Fighting games Hand me a strategy game, a shooter, or an RPG, and…
Three Forgotten Exercises that Build (More) Muscle & Strength
What’s Old is New Again I couldn’t believe it when I saw it. Humanity had evolved and advanced past this, right? We had forgotten this grotesque hairstyle—killing it off like the Dodo. Or, at least,…
4 badass row variations that make YOU stronger & sexier
Cast the Engorgio Charm and Grow Your Back with These Row Variations When it comes to building an impressive, head-turning physique, training your back is crucial. A big back not only makes you look larger,…
1 Super-Simple Way to Make Your Workouts More Fun
On a scale of “I’d rather have my eyes gouged out with a soldering iron” to “jumping into a giant ball pit,” how much fun was your last workout? If you were closer to the…
What I Learned Getting Ready for My First Photo Shoot
I wasn’t going to do it. This year I was going to skip what most dudes do every single Spring: get shredded for summer. During The Great Bulk of 2015, I’d eaten close to 60…
Empower Your Workouts with The Playlist of Kickassery
The Playlist of Kickassery Everyone has one. You might have two. Or three, depending on your mood. But, for the most part, every person you see at the gym has headphones on rocking out to…
Build Glutes without Squats and Deadlifts
Pure American Horse Power A few months before I turned 16, my father took me to look at a few used cars. He’d found what he thought would be suitable, a used burgundy 1996 Toyota…
3 Astonishing Hardcore Planks That Make You Feel Weak
Level Up Your Planks Planks are a great core exercise. They challenge your stability, endurance, and will improve your strength. Not only your abs, but your lower back, butt, legs, shoulders, and arms. No…
How to Hip Hinge Better:3 Hip Hinge Drills to Master the Movement
It’s All in the Hips Watching the sunrise off the shore of Miami, the smell of the air as soon as you cross the border into North Carolina, the jolt you feel in your heart…