Walk into any gym and you’ll be met with a sea of weight machines. With so many options, it’s easy for even the most seasoned lifters to feel overwhelmed. Between the dozen gym machines that claim to ...

Rep per rep, nothing beats free-weight, compound movements. Think: squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and rows. These weight room staples tap multiple muscle groups at once, hike up your heart rate, ...

There’s a lot of debate about weight machines in the fitness world. Some people gravitate towards them because they seem a heck of a lot easier than cranking out some reps with a pair of dumbbells or ...

First day in the gym can be quite a daunting experience. Especially if you visit the church of iron in January, there will be a lot of people there, all trying to get fit using gym machines you have ...

Compound exercises work multiple muscle groups at the same time. For example, squat is a compound exercise because it engages the quadriceps, glutes, and calves. A plank is another compound exercise ...

MOST GUYS GO about their business in the gym with one of two goals: They either want to build strength or gain muscle (or just as likely, they hope to achieve a bit of both). To achieve either of ...