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The Best Functional Mass Builder You're Not Using

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The Best Functional Mass Builder You're Not Using

If you're looking for an upper body mass builder that not only builds freaky shoulders, triceps, upper back and lats but also improves functional strength and posture, you'll want to give this simple mass builder a go at your next workout

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Build Upper Body & Grip Strength With This Protocol

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Build Upper Body & Grip Strength With This Protocol

If you're looking for a way to spice up your weighted pull-ups, pushups, dips, and inverted rows while also crushing your grip strength, try this double barbell fat grip protocol.  Just be prepared for some serious upper body gains.

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Stop Aging Your Spine with Deadlifts & Glute Bridges

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Stop Aging Your Spine with Deadlifts & Glute Bridges

Performing deadlifts, hinges, squats, glute, bridges, and hip thrusters with this common mistake not only limits the degree of posterior chain activation and muscle recruitment but it ages the spine and creates dysfucntional movement patterns.  Here's what I mean.

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The Best Chest and Glute Exercise Ever

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The Best Chest and Glute Exercise Ever

The T-bench chest press is one of the most effective bench press variations not only for crushing the chest, shoulders, and triceps but also for targeting the glutes and hamstrings.  Here's how to make it even more effective and growth-stimulating. 

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Master Your Movement with The Double Barbell Protocol

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Master Your Movement with The Double Barbell Protocol

Besides providing a unique way to build significant functional strength and hypertrophy throughout your  physique, the double barbell protocol can teach lifters of all levels how to maximize their body mechanics and technique on a number of lifts. Here's How.

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Use The Trap Bar For Cambered Bar Squats

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Use The Trap Bar For Cambered Bar Squats

By placing the trap bar on your shoulders you can turn the trap bar into a cambered squat bar.  This particular squat variation provides 10 benefits that are difficult to replicate with any other training tool including traditional cambered squat bars.  

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Kickstand Squats for Leg Strength, Size, & Performance

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Kickstand Squats for Leg Strength, Size, & Performance

The kickstand squat is one of the most effective squat variations for torching the glutes, quads, hamstrings, and lower body stabilizers.  Unfortunately it often goes largely unnoticed in the fitness industry.  Here's how to perform it plus benefits.

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Build Massive Forearms & Herculean Grip Strength

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Build Massive Forearms & Herculean Grip Strength

For many lifters, the forearms can be one of the most stubborn muscle groups, oftentimes requiring a detailed plan of attack to induce any significant improvements.   Here's my outline for maximizing your forearm and grip training.

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Trap Bar Zercher Squats for Strength, Size, & Performance

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Trap Bar Zercher Squats for Strength, Size, & Performance

Zercher Squats, Zercher good mornings, and Zercher lunges are some of the best exercises for crushing the musculature of the legs.  However, many individuals suffer with poor mechanics on these.  Here's how to use the trap bar to resolve this.

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Mass Building For The Natural Lifter & Bodybuilder

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Mass Building For The Natural Lifter & Bodybuilder

Building muscle mass for natural lifters who don’t rely on steroids can be difficult and oftentimes quite frustrating.  Here are 22 different strategies I recommend incorporating for natural lifters as a means of maximizing your size and strength.

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Make The Arnold Press Better

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Make The Arnold Press Better

The Arnold press is an incredibly effective shoulder exercise developed several decades ago by the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger himself.  Unfortunately many individuals perform them incorrectly.  Here's how to fix this issue.

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Master Your Barbell Squat With Offset Elevation

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Master Your Barbell Squat With Offset Elevation

If you want to master your squat form try incorporating this offset elevation technique.  Not only will you improve your mechanics, symmetry, and overall alignment but you'll gain some serious size and strength in your lower body.

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Dumbbell Olympic Lifts For Strength & Performance

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Dumbbell Olympic Lifts For Strength & Performance

If you're looking for improve your athletic performance, strength, and even functional muscle mass, try performing cleans and snatches with dumbbells.  This article explains why dumbbell cleans and snatches are so beneficial for a variety of goals.

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12 Cues To Master Your Hip Hinge & RDL

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12 Cues To Master Your Hip Hinge & RDL

The hip hinge or RDL is one of the most critical movement patterns for mastering your body mechanics and muscle function.  Unfortunately most individuals perform them incorrectly.  Here are the 12 cues you'll need to maximize your form.

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The Truth About Glute Training

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The Truth About Glute Training

There's a lot of misinformation in the fitness industry when it comes to training your glutes.  However, If you want to maximize your glute and backside development, you'll want to read this article as I lay out the key steps as well as common myths.

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The Squat & Deadlift Trick To Save Your Spine

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The Squat & Deadlift Trick To Save Your Spine

Want to crush your legs and save your spine while performing squats, deadlifts, and lunges?  Try this unique modification by employing direct resistance to your legs in conjunction with barbell loading.  It looks a bit crazy but it's highly effective.

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Use Offset Leverage To Boost Your Bench & Back

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Use Offset Leverage To Boost Your Bench & Back

If you're looking for unique variations of the bench press and bent over row that not only improve form, mechanics, and muscle function but also build slabs of mass in the upper body, you'll want to give offset leverage a try.

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The Best Snatch Variation You've Never Done

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The Best Snatch Variation You've Never Done

The trap bar snatch is one of the most effective Olympic weightlifting variations I've ever used for improving hip speed and power.  As an added bonus you'll build slabs of muscle from this movement.  Here are 13 reasons why it's so effective. 

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The Best T-Bar Row You've Never Done

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The Best T-Bar Row You've Never Done

If you're looking for a unique t-bar row exercise that not only feels very natural but absolutely crushes your upper back and lats, you'll want to check this out.  As an added bonus it's great for helping the lifter lock in their form and mechanics.

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Master Your Pushups and Core Strength With This Technique

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Master Your Pushups and Core Strength With This Technique

Adding in an anti-rolling component by employing medicine balls, Swiss balls, and barbells in conjunction with horizontal band resistance provides several unique benefits for enhancing pushups and plank mechanics. Here’s how.

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