This Superman pushup trains your abs and saves your back. There’s no doubting that conventional ab exercises like the crunch strengthen the abs, but they also pull your spine out of position, which can set you up for lower-back pain down the line. Use the Superman pushup in place of crunching movements, and you’ll build not only heroic abs, but an iron core that will strengthen other lifts like the overhead press and squat. […]
Should you train your traps as part of your delt or back workout? Ask a Sampling of 100 lifters what muscle group they train their traps with and probably 50 will say back while the other 50 will say shoulders. That pretty much sums up the typical disagreement on the issue, but it would be a mistake to conclude that it doesn’t really matter. The truth is, it does. […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? I was an athlete, I played football, hockey, and rugby. Went to school to study exercise science and started training and noticed that when I applied what I was learning my body began to change and I was hooked. What keeps you motivated? I have a few things […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? My father was big into fitness his entire life. He spent countless hours running, training, and playing sports. As I grew older it was the only thing I knew: Hustle everywhere, try hard! My first experience was baseball; I played for eleven years. I also found myself involved […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? I got started with bodybuilding after being on bed rest for over 6 months for a double surgery I had to have. I tore my ACL, meniscus, cartilage and fractured my shin bone during the second football game of my senior year. I then came back and tried […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? It started when I was 15 and took my first job at a local fitness facility. I fell in love with weight training and the rest is history! How do you stay so motivated? What drives you? I am motivated by my clients and my family. I think […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? I never planned to be where I am now. I never planned to ever step foot on a stage. I just wanted to be healthy and not overweight, unhealthy and miserable. I ended up falling in love with the gym…the lifestyle and here I am. Wanting more and […]
When I was a teenager just getting started in bodybuilding, I used to marvel at the biceps of Larry Scott. They were the best I’d ever seen, and to me they still rank as the best ever. Scott’s biceps heads were incredibly long, reaching past his elbows, and they were very thick and full, too. In studying my own biceps early on, I realized that Scott would be a good role model for me because I also had long muscle bellies. […]
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