Ever spent hours scouring the healthy section of the grocery store for a protein bar that would not only taste great...

Q: I’m making spectacular gains with 4X, much better than I ever did with heavy training. It may just be because...

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I am a big fan of the five-sets-of-five system. For example, your bench press progression might go something like 135, 175, 195,...

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Age:  32 Weight: 168 contest; 173 off-season Height: 5’9” Hometown: Redondo Beach, California Current residence: Redondo Beach, California Occupation: CEO, Grapple...

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Yeah, wish I could say I was kidding about the swearing… It was a TOUGH workout…and so good that I knew...

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TEENS Zane Kalavesis                              1 Phys Alejandro Macias                                  2 Jose Garcia                                          3 Jonathan Armenta                                 4 Brandon Flihan                              5 Ray Parra                                     6  ...