Are weighted push-ups as effective as the bench press? The bench press works. It has built a great number of strong and muscular upper bodies over the years. It’s also one of the three power lifts, and despite the effort of some strength organizations, the overhead press will not negate the royalty status of the […]
1. Less ego, more honesty The vicious looks directed towards a poverty bench can crush the fragile soul of almost any natural. The insecurity runs so deep that even men who have built tremendous bench presses still carry traces of previous trauma within the deepest layers of their being and continue to witness vivid images […]
The world loves shiny packaging. People have forgotten to look for the real value of a product and can easily be deceived by glossy boxes with tits on them. The process is facilitated by the media which acts as a mediator between the man and the cosmos. Through manipulation of the five senses, we are blinded […]
The push-up is a basic exercise that can be a treated as a main lift or an accessory movement. Whatever the case, you shouldn’t feel joint discomfort when doing the exercise. One of the most common problems during push-ups is wrist pain. Below are a few adjustments that could fix the problem. 1.Use push-up handles […]
The push-up handle is one of the very few products in the fitness industry that don’t actually suck. This is quite rare since most of the training equipment is useless garbage backed by whore marketing. The main benefits of the push-up handles are: 1.Longer range of motion (ROM) When you perform push-ups on the floor, […]
In this post, I will present you a couple of ways to increase the involvement of the chest muscles in the bench press. 1. Lower the weight Your ego may hate it, but learning proper form requires a reduction of the load. You can’t make effective changes to your technique with heavy weights. The body […]
Out of excitement, many beginners can’t sleep the night before their “arm day”. Insecure teenagers watch video after video of CT Fletcher on their iPhones and get goose bumps from what’s about to follow the next day. Similar behavior is the norm – not the exception. The upper arms have become the main symbol of […]
Mike Chang has been spamming the Internet for years with six-pack videos. Besides the endless amount of online advertisement, there are also hundreds of sites purposely created by Chang and his crew to craft an illusion and sell shady supplements, and training routines. The whole phenomenon can be summarized in two words – whore marketing. […]
Bigger arms can be acquired through bodyweight training. If you train intelligently and follow simple progressions, you can get pretty close to your maximum natural arm size by doing solely bodyweight exercises. One of the better bodyweight exercises for the biceps are pull-ups on rings. The rings allow your wrists to rotate freely, which reduces […]
A few years ago, I used to pass by a crew of men doing dips, push-ups and pull-ups at a local playground equipped with bars. I thought that all of them were basically idiots because a popular gym where ”real men” were doing ”real training” a.k.a. lifting weights was just 10 steps away. When the […]