10 Things Every High School Lifter Must Know

 If you are in high school and have already started hitting the gym, that’s fantastic! Training can improve your health, increase your performance, and transform your body. However, if you make the mistakes most high school guys make, you will at best waste your time (and likely get hurt). If you are serious about getting the best possible training results, here are 10 things you must know (10 things I wish someone told me when I was lifting in high school). 

The Truth About Push Pull Legs

What is the best training split? If you know your iron game history, you will know that different splits have been popular at different times. Whole-body, Arnold, 3 days on, 1 day off, push-pull-legs, body part, upper-lower, and movement splits, have all had a turn in the popularity spotlight. Today the old push-pull-legs split has resurged in popularity. Regardless of who is using it, the real question is, should YOU use push-pull-legs? To help you answer this question, Let’s look at the pros, cons, and programming tips for push-pull-legs.

5 New Years’ Training Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make

Happy New Year! At the start of a new year, most people hit the gym with gusto. Those starting for the first time, those getting back into it, and those who train regularly are all on the same mission – to make this new year their best year. Why is it that gyms are packed in January yet back to normal by mid-February? Why is it that most people start the year in the exact same shape they started last January? If you want to make this your best year of training, you must avoid these 5 New Year’s training mistakes.

Does this feel like your gym in January?
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Bands Are as Good as Barbells???

We all know that barbells are the ultimate training tool! Right? Are you sure? A systematic review and meta-analysis and some influencers might suggest otherwise. Let’s have a look at this research and more importantly – what this means for you and your training! 

10 Things People Don’t Understand About Weight Loss

Stop trying to lose weight! If you follow the typical diet & fitness industry approach you will at best get temporary weight loss. However, you will likely gain fat, lose muscle, and harm your healthy in the long run. Let's look at 10 things people just don’t understand about weight loss. It’s time to stop being a repeat customer of the diet industry. It’s time you learn what really works to improve your long-term health and well-being. 

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Natural Muscle Building: Bulking and Cutting

Generations of bodybuilders have followed the same practice: bulk up in the offseason to pack on muscle, then move to a cutting phase to get ripped before stepping on stage. This approach works great if you are on drugs. Steroids and other bodybuilding drugs are great not only for building muscle but also holding onto muscle during a cut. So, what does this mean for those of us who are not on drugs? Do we follow the same pattern as the drug-assisted or take a different approach? Let’s dive in!

The HUGE TRT (Testosterone Replacement Therapy) Mistake

Healthy levels of testosterone is important for your health and quality of life. As a result, many guys rightfully desire to optimize this important hormone. Today, countless men are doing TRT (testosterone replacement therapy). However, most of them are making a HUGE mistake you don’t want to make. 

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