Replace back squats with front squats? Just do both!
I have been strength training for over 6 years now and a question that always comes up is this, should you replace back squats with front squats?
I have been strength training for over 6 years now and a question that always comes up is this, should you replace back squats with front squats?
As a strength training athlete, I am always looking for new programs to consider for myself, one of which was the Kizen Infinite Offseason Program, written by Silent Mike, Bart Kwan, and Omar Isuf.
“I can’t seem to make any progress on my bench press. How can I improve?”
For our lifters out there who need to do a hard labor job, should you adjust your workout if you had a physically demanding day?
With six years of strength training under my belt, I have done thousands and thousands of pull ups. However, I wondered if my biceps will grow if I do pull ups every day.
I currently have a home gym and deadlift to my heart’s content. I am curious if lifters should deadlift quietly since this is a common complaint about many gym-goers in the community.
Currently, I have been deadlifting twice a week and for most of my strength training journey, I probably at maxed deadlifted three times a week. But I wondered is deadlifting 4x a week too much?
Powerlifter Amanda Lawrence continues to prepare for the 2019 Arnold Sports Festival, hosted in Columbus, Ohio. The events are from February 28th to March 3rd, 2019.
It has been a little over 6 years of strength training and I have finally hit a 2x bodyweight squat - I did a 350lbs high-bar back squat, weighing around 170lbs bodyweight.
As I continue to work out my legs, I always thought about this - Is working out my calves worth it?
As I continue to get stronger, I always eat enough food. But I thought about this - can you get stronger while cutting?
I am currently deadlifting twice a week and I was wondering, do you need to deadlift every week?
As I have been strength training over the years, I wondered - when should I switch to an intermediate program?
As I continue to strength train and get stronger, I often wonder - Why is powerlifting not in the Olympics?
Bench press workouts are tough but I also wondered, do I need to do incline bench press?
As I stared at my deadlift set earlier today, I wondered about this - Should you deadlift barefoot?
I have been lifting in a cold garage for over four years now. But sometimes I thought about this, how do I lift weights in a cold garage?
I workout in the evenings usually but I have done strength training in the mornings, afternoons and late nights. I always wondered this, should you do powerlifting workouts in the morning?
As I strive to build more muscle with my strength workouts, I often wondered, how do I know if I am losing fat or muscle?
After a tough workout, I wondered to myself, how do I become an elite powerlifter? Like everything in life, I decided to find out the answer to this question.
I have been to places where there is no gym anywhere in sight. It begs the question, what is the best way to preserve my gains if I won’t have access to the gym?
After a day of completing my squat workout, I wondered about this, when do squats get hard?
I currently bench press two to three times a week and I have wondered about this question, why do I shake when I bench press?
As my deadlift workouts approach each week, I thought about this question, why are my hamstrings sorer than my back after deadlifts?
I have recently finished a deadlift workout and was wondering, why do people shake during heavy deadlifts?
As deadlift workouts come, I was thinking about this, should you roll the bar before deadlifting?
I am sitting close to my home gym and thought about this, is strength training 6 days a week too much?
I had a great workout upper body workout last night and it left me thinking, how to bench press 225lbs?
After doing a squat workout yesterday, I woke up and started thinking, how to back squat 315lbs?
I was wrapping up squatting session today and was wondering...what is the best leg press advice?
The last time I overhead press heavy was about 3 months ago. My best overhead press is 155 lb. I'd like to share my insight on how to overhead press 135 lb.
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