If you want to look like a bodybuilder, you must train like a bodybuilder. Bodybuilding is a lifestyle and more than lifting weights, but what you do in the gym determines the outcome of your efforts. The best bodybuilding exercises are the ones that you like and can perform without pain or discomfort. However, a … Read more
StrengthLog’s lower body workout routine is a six-week training program focusing on building a sensational lower body. Give this workout routine a go if you want full, round glutes and firm, shapely legs. You can find it as Thicc: Advanced Lower Body Specialization, a premium training program available in the StrengthLog workout tracker. You can … Read more
“Don’t judge a person’s strength by looking at their arms. Look at their butt!” Your gluteal muscles, or simply glutes, are one of your largest and strongest muscle groups. The glutes have long been eye-catching symbols of youth, virility, and also – strength. Since the glutes sit at the center of your body, they are … Read more
Your training and diet are the two most important factors for bodybuilding success. If they aren’t on point, expect your results to be less than satisfactory. A healty diet is your number one priortiy, but certain nutritional supplements can help you get the most out of your efforts in the gym. Some are extra beneficial … Read more
The ketogenic diet is an increasingly popular low-carb, high-fat diet. When you’re doing keto, you pretty much eliminate carbohydrates from your diet and replace them with fat. You probably know the ketogenic diet as a weight-loss method. As such, it’s popular and successful, mainly because it makes you feel full and eat less. However, many … Read more
“I would rather have a big burden and a strong back, than a weak back and a caddy to carry life’s luggage.” Elbert Hubbard A strong back will support everything else you do. From lifting whatever heavy loads that come your way, to standing firm like an oak. Visually, you might not be able to … Read more
The Romanian deadlift and the stiff-legged deadlift are two of the most popular hamstring exercises. They also work your glutes and your lower back effectively. In this article, you’ll find out which exercise activates your posterior chain muscles the most effectively, according to a new study. Deadlift Anatomy The deadlift is one of, if not … Read more
Key Points: *** The squat and the deadlift are two of the most popular strength training exercises in the world. Based on millions of workouts in our workout tracker StrengthLog, they are the second and third most trained exercises, surpassed only by the bench press. While squats and deadlifts work much of the same muscles … Read more
Key Points: *** Which exercise is the best for preventing hamstrings strain injuries? And which is the best for growing your hamstrings muscle size? In this article, I’ll briefly review a new study on hamstrings training, performed on elite Brazilian rugby players. I first discovered this study through the newsletter MASS, for which we are … Read more
Your biceps are one of the most visually striking muscles, and has been an icon of bodybuilding for decades. Few muscles garner more training attention than these, and given how they are always visible when you are in short sleeves, that is understandable. A pair of well-developed biceps are hard to ignore, given how they … Read more