Training Techniques

THERE'S MORE TO acquiring an aesthetically complete physique than just lifting heavy weight and bombarding your chest with bench press reps. This is especially true when it comes to developing muscle definition...

IF YOU CAN lift a heavy barbell over your head, congratulations: You’ve performed one of the most challenging lifts in the gym, a potent builder of shoulder muscle and impressive display of overall strength. ...

THE CORNERSTONE SUPPORTING every successful chest training workout is a heavy press. There’s a fairly extensive list of pressing exercises to add to your routine. One of those options is the machine chest pr...

THERE ARE FEW exercises you'll see guys doing in the gym more often than the classic dumbbell row on a weight bench. There are also few exercises that are more prone to sloppy form. From poor positioning to hyp...

PINCHED NERVES ARE uncomfortable, no matter where they happen in the body. A pinched nerve in the neck, though, can be downright excruciating. Most everyday movements require you to move your neck, even in t...

THE FOREARM MUSCLE, for too many guys, is a neglected afterthought within their upper body training split. Sure, you can tell yourself the muscle gets some benefits from the classic arm standards, like biceps c...

IF YOUR GOAL is to build big arms, your path to gains is relatively simple: loads of volume for your biceps and triceps. But according to Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S., you don't—and s...

MOST GUYS THINK that pushing heavy weight is the only way to build a superhero-sized chest. But you won't be pushing yourself to your full potential—both in terms of aesthetics and function—without harnessing y...

YOU’RE AT THE GYM, hovering around the squat racks with your gym buddies waiting for one to open up. As you're milling around, the topic of aches and pains inevitably becomes the focus of your conversation. The...

THE BENCH PRESS is one of the all-time great strength training exercises. For most guys, bench pressing means one thing: getting underneath a barbell loaded with as many plates as possible and eking out as many...

ON CHEST DAY, lots of guys work with the sole aim of piling as much weight as possible onto a barbell in order to bench press. The strength training staple is one of the premier exercises that will consistently...

IN THE AGE of peak fitness influence on social media, there's no shortage of exercises circulating your feed. While it's nice to have a vast library of movements to keep your days in the gym interesting, many o...

IT'S EASY TO forget about your lower back—until you get to the point where it's hurting. What might be confusing for some people about about low back training is that it's going to be done by strengthening your...

THE CABLE CROSSOVER might be top in your arsenal of chest exercises. The traditional way of doing them, though, might not be optimal for gaining chest size and strength, contrary to what all the gym bros will t...

Bench presses, dumbbell flies, and pushup variations can be some of the most rewarding movements in a training split—there's nothing like a good chest pump at the end of an upper-body focused lifting session. B...

WHEN YOU THINK about training triceps, the dumbbell triceps kickback is probably one of the first exercises that comes to mind. The move is a classic, the type of simple motion that's been repeated by muscle he...

SOMETIMES THE ABUNDANCE of barbells, dumbbells, free weights, machines, and even “smart gym” equipment capable of creating a killer chest pump can be so overwhelming that many gym-goers overlook one of the most...

TO BUILD A strong back, you have to start with the basics. Your mind might jump straight to the classic pullup, but there's one underrated back exercise that's even more accessible to challenge fitness novices ...