YOUR WORKOUTS WON'T be balanced unless you train your big back muscles just as diligently as the ones that you see when you look in the mirror. Too many guys get hung up on making their chest, biceps, ...

THE STANDARD BARBELL deadlift is widely esteemed as a strength training essential. For good reason, too: The compound lift fires up the hamstrings and glutes, while engaging other muscles through your ...

When someone says deadlifts, you probably think of a bodybuilder picking up a straight barbell off the ground then putting it back down. It is a great way to help build muscle mass, and improve grip ...

Developing a set of truly impressive traps is one of the best ways to radically alter your physique in a short space of time. “Nothing works unless you do”, as Arnold Schwarzenegger once famously said ...

Deadlifts are one of the best compound exercises you can do to build full-body strength, but the debate between whether you should use an Olympic bar to complete the move, or a trap bar has been long ...

It’s hexagonal. It’s almost too clunky to pull out of the bar holder in the gym. And it has a huge space in between which most people don’t know what to do with. Imagine standing inside a piece of gym ...

Sure, the barbell gets a lot of praise for its strength-boosting benefits, but in some scenarios, it’s not the right tool for the job. Especially for those new to barbell exercises like deadlifts and ...