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How To Hanging Knee Raises: Muscles Trained, Benefits, Mistakes and Fixes – Muscle & Fitness
If your core training never leaves the floor, you’re missing out on gains. Pallof presses, planks, and bird dogs are…
10 Best Loaded Carry Variations for Strength, Conditioning & Core Stability – Muscle & Fitness
Loaded carries are one of the simplest ways to get strong, but that doesn’t make it easy. Pick up something…
Master the Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press: Perfect Form, Setup, and Technique for Bigger Shoulders – Muscle & Fitness
The setup for the seated dumbbell overhead press looks simple: You grab the weights, sit down, hoist them up, and…
The Easy Strength Program: How To Boost Strength Without the Grind – Muscle & Fitness
Combining the words “strength” and “easy” sounds like an oxymoron. Whether demonstrating, showing, or practicing strength, the word ‘easy’ doesn’t…
Meet The People Behind Your PRs: Dr. Ayoosh Pareek – Muscle & Fitness
Dr. Ayoosh Pareek is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), specializing in sports medicine and complex…
Are You Lifting Wrong? Why Heavy Weights May Not Be the Only Key to Bigger Muscles – Muscle & Fitness
You’ve heard this before, because it’s said out loud in many a gym: “If you want to get big, you’ve…
How to Build Muscle: A Beginner’s Guide to Hypertrophy Training That Works – Muscle & Fitness
If only you could have signed up for this back in college. Hypertrophy 101 would have been standing-room only. No…
How To Do Parallel Bar Dips for Ultimate Upper-Body Strength – Muscle & Fitness
Some strength training exercises never go out of style for one reason: they flat-out work, and the Parallel Bar Dip…
Master the Seated Ab Pike Compression: The Ultimate Deep Core and Hip Flexor Exercise for Serious Lifters – Muscle & Fitness
Ripped abs are one thing, and core strength is another. You can have one without the other, but wouldn’t it…