There's more to stability ball ab training than just lying on the ball and doing crunches. Sure, that exercise is effective for hitting the abs, but there are also a few hidden abdominal exercise gems that can help you get 6-pack abs.

This is an introduction to sled dragging - sled pulling. It is used to enhance all strength sport training and even help with recovery from injury. Sled dragging is a great addition to your fitness and exercise routines!

In place of an article, Fabrice offered to let us republish the first 3 chapters of his new book, "1 Rep Fitness". In reading through the book, the main concept behind it is very clear and fundamentally powerful...fatigue management.

In this respect, the performance of the training sessions are along similar lines to EDT - the goal in both is not pain but performance...

Even if today is your very first day at the gym, you've no doubt heard of "the pump." Every bodybuilder talks about it, how great it is and how it really makes you feel like you're accomplishing something. But what is it and what causes it? And most important-does it really make a difference? Let's take a look at the facts and see if we can separate myth from reality...

Pre- and post-workout nutrition is all the rage these days, and for good reason. For some, however, it’s become more than a science—it’s become their religion, or perhaps just a place to focus their OCD-like tendencies.

Regardless, people have taken the topic of pre- and post-workout nutrition to a level that is not justified by the research, or at least not confirmed by the research that currently exists.

It’s axiomatic that the exercises which give you the best results are always the hardest ones to do. If you want a huge back… you row and deadlift. If you want huge legs, you squat… OR… you do THIS leg exercise – that almost no one wants to do because its one of the hardest of them all.

Which one am I talking about?...

Here's a quick look at what a top pro natural bodybuilder's daily meal regimen looks like. Very interesting stuff!

Take a look around the next time you are at the gym. What do you see? No, not the girl on the leg curl machine! Keep looking…. You see people lying on dirty gym mats doing endless crunches and spending hours on cardio machines like a hamster stuck on a wheel. Even today, with all the great information out there regarding exercise and weight loss, this is what people continue to do to lose unwanted belly fat and get rock hard abs...

A news media feeding frenzy erupted recently when a new diet study broke in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Almost all the reporters got it wrong, wrong WRONG! So did most of the gloating low carb forumites and bloggers. Come to think of it, almost everyone interpreted this study wrong.

Some valuable insights came out of this study, but almost everyone missed them because they were too busy believing what the news said or defending their own cherished belief systems…

One of the great mysteries to athletes and coaches is how to continually make progress in their Strength and Conditioning programs. We've all seen over and over again that simple progressive overload is quite limited in its effectiveness. If it were as simple as slapping on another 5lbs on the bar every week, then we'd all be benching 8,000lbs and squatting around 10. Obviously, this is not the case...

So here's the million-dollar question: "What's the number one reason people do not work out?" Is it lack of money? Lack of motivation? Perhaps they lack the ideal workout plan? Nope. It's TIME. Or rather the lack thereof.

There are certain awkward times during the course of a training year that, if not handled properly, could lead to confusion, burnout, regressive training or just clear lack of progress. The decision making times often include questioning when to lean out for warm weather or a special event, how to diet properly to hold onto muscle, when and how to switch training focus and intensity or, as in this case, when and how to transition from getting lean to jacked.

I once heard a wrestling coach say (with a team full of injuries and lacking drive and leadership) that "cuts were easy, just don't eat." Perhaps his nutritional and general program guidelines were the reason his team was sub-par because they were a great bunch of kids...

Smart trainees know that progression is the name of the game in fitness and strength training. However, as you continually test your limits of accomplishment, whether that’s reaching a new level of leanness, increasing your muscle mass or obtaining a new strength maximum, you often fall prey to the belief that you must push yourself to the point of complete “failure.”

We now have plenty of data to support my contention that most of what people are told about the “dangers” of high protein diets is wrong. It was wrong in 1995 (when I wrote the original article), and it’s wrong today. In this article we will explore some of that newer research.

Why 95% of the guys in the gym are short-changing their chest training...WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT! How a simple (but POWERFUL!) form change in your bench press can pay off with BIG DIVIDENDS in building mass on your chest! Today, I want to share with you a VERY common mistake most people make when training their chest...

When you think about the most basic abdominal exercise, the first one that pops into your head is probably planks. So what is the next training progression for planks? Find out here...

A new research study showed that doing ab exercises "faster" (aka explosively) lead to more work done by the ab muscles. Here's what you need to know about this study, and why this info is both good and bad...

Assuming a 220lbs healthy athlete is unable to exceed 30 grams of protein in one sitting is neither proven by medical science or even logical in my view....

If you want to have a flat stomach or 6-pack abs, you never have to do another crunch or sit-up ever again. But you can still do it without fancy machines, using only unique bodyweight ab exercises.

Live in a walkup apartment? Wanna get some really odd looks? Try these...

In my line of work (Military) there are countless young people, mostly men, who are very, very much into "cool gear". This is great if you are into marketing products, be they fitness related, or others, like video games, cars, "tactical equipment" whatever. Great, if you are selling something...