barbell

A 4-week program that takes you right up to the end of year with serious gains.

There are big strength, speed, explosiveness, and coordination components to practicing this old-time strongman movement.

Follow these steps to develop your total body strength like an old-time strongman.

This lift uses the length of the barbell to add even more challenge to our bodies.

You've got to love it. So many fantastic tools are available for your strength-training program.

Don't let the red plates freak you out and instead use them to your advantage.

Twelve reader favorites from the past week and from the archives, curated to save you time and bring you happiness.

This article will guide you through the decision-making process so you come out with the best bar for your needs.

These workouts will make you stronger, improve your fitness, and enhance your intestinal fortitude.

I’d encourage anyone looking to incorporate assistance and specialty exercises into their CrossFit programming to give IWT a try.

I am sick of seeing people throw away exercises because they can't combine them. This integrated approach allows you to pick the right tool at the right time for the right person - every single time.

The snatch is a challenging, yet rewarding, lift to master. But, it does take time to learn the proper technique.

In the ultimate fitness face-off, researchers pitted barbell squats against leg presses to see which would elicit the greatest hormonal response.

Let's talk about barbell knurling. How does it differ between barbells? How does it affect different lifters? How do you prep your hands to deal with it?

Plain and simple, a deload is a short planned period of recovery. Here are four ways to do it and why you absolutely must include it in your training.

I am living in Japan where heavy lifters are rare and gym equipment is very expensive. So I decided to build my own barbell from scratch. Here's how I did it, so you can do it too.

The killer app is that one application you can get from a piece of equipment that you can’t get anywhere else. Don’t waste your time doing things that for which that tool is not designed.