Key Points: Can You Build Big Legs Without Squats? Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Heck yes. Squats have been crowned the king of not just leg exercises but all exercises for the better part of a century. And yes, they are fantastic for strength, athletic performance, and, indeed, building big legs. However, they are not … Read more
Cable exercises deliver in a way that free weights alone sometimes can’t match. If you’re looking to build muscle, isolate a body part, or leave the gym with a skin-splitting pump (or all of the above), it’s time to embrace the pulleys. In this guide, I’m going to give you the best upper body cable … Read more
Can you get a complete triceps workout with cables only? Heck yes, you can. In fact, if you told me I could only use cables for triceps for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t even be mad about it. Cables are arguably the absolute best tool for building juicy horseshoe triceps. Let me explain … Read more
Do you need free weights and rusty iron to build big biceps? Negative. Barbells and clanking dumbbells are awesome, but your biceps don’t care about what tools you use, only how much effort you put in. All you need to build a pair of great guns is a cable station and some elbow grease. This … Read more
A cable shoulder workout, what’s up with that? Big, strong, and healthy shoulders, that’s what’s up. Not only can you get a complete delt workout with cables only, but some might argue it’s actually one of the most effective ways to build boulder shoulders. Here’s why cables are the bees’ knees for shoulder growth, how … Read more
Can you get a complete, muscle-building back workout using nothing but cables? Heck yes, you can. If the barbell bros tell you that you can’t build a thick, wide back without heavy deadlifts and barbell rows, just smile and wave. Free weights are fantastic, but cables work just as well on back day. Here’s why … Read more
Can you get a complete chest workout with cables only? You bet you can. In fact, some bodybuilders actually prefer cables over free weights for chest isolation. Here’s why it works, and then I’ll give you what I’d consider an optimal cable-only chest workout and explain the reasoning behind it. The Magic of Cables Your … Read more
I see you over there doing your 9th set of concentration curls, gazing at your biceps in the mirror. And hey, nice peak. But you know what? Biceps might be the show muscles, but triceps are the go muscles. Yet everyone focuses on the former. If you want your sleeves to feel tighter than my … Read more
Alright, let’s build you some cartoon arms. Big biceps come from a combo of 1) enough hard sets of the right exercises, 2) progressive overload, 3) good technique that loads your actual biceps, and 4) the usual suspects: recovery and enough good food. Read on for the best exercises, my top tips (both science-based stuff … Read more
Supersetting is one of the most effective ways to increase your workout density without compromising your gains. The most obvious benefit of supersetting is saving time, and yes, a superset gets you out of the gym faster. But a good superset also makes sure that your exercise choices, mechanics, and fatigue play nicely together instead … Read more