The humble, but awesome, pushup. A much overlooked exercise that’s getting its share of the limelight during the pandemic as people search for home workout ideas. But, when I cast my eye over social media streams, I see examples from more »
Eccentric strength isn’t the weird and wacky black sheep of the exercise family, it’s the term given to the lowering phase of an exercise. The lowering of the deadlift, the descent of the dumbbells in a press or the controlled more »
The hip hinge is the foundation of a lot of the movements you do in the gym. From the deadlift family of movements, to swings, getting into the position of bent-over rows and even putting your damned weights away. Mastering more »
There is a common approach in training that says for every pressing movement you do, you should do 2-3 times as many rows. For most people, this is a great approach, particularly if you use volume to gauge the ratio. more »
The DB press and the DB row are staples of many a training plan, but you might be making a couple of simple errors in their execution that limit their effectiveness and increase the potential for injury. Fixing these 2 more »