On January 23, 2011, the fitness world lost one of it’s greatest stars when Jack LaLanne passed on at 96. On...

Q: I really suck at the glute/ham raise. Any tips on how I can improve my performance? A: Because the hamstrings...

Walnuts are tops in the nutty kingdom. They provide almost twice the antioxidants of other common nuts and have been shown...

Introducing a new feature here at the Pump & Circumstance blog—20 questions with an athlete I’d like to get to know...

This month I conclude my diatribe on bodybuilding’s most underused exercises. Triceps: When it comes to building the tri’s, pushdowns and...

Bodybuilders don’t drink alcohol very often, but when they do, the aftereffects can be more pronounced—their bodies aren’t used to the...

One week after my contest in Reno, Nevada, I headed out to Miami, Florida for the NPC Nationals. I was trying...

It is a full week now since the NPC Nationals, and people who worked the show in one way or another...

Q: I’ve read about your 10×10 mass-building method. I notice that in some of the examples the only exercises that were...

One-third of all cancer deaths may be diet related, says the National Cancer Institute. Meal time should not be what we...

I am a 24-year-old Marine Corps spouse, which has seen me living from coast to coast. Currently, I’m situated in Midwestern...

Shawn Frankl’s Bench Press Tips

Subject: IRON MAN E-Zine: Issue #607: Big-and-Ripped Tips: Size Surge, Burn Fat ========================================== TRY THIS AT YOUR NEXT WORKOUT ========================================== Big-and-Ripped...

Q: I was reading an article of yours I liked very much. I believe that you were training HIT style, but...

When it comes to moderate-weight, high-fatigue training, like 4X workouts, a lot of people think it’s from current research and is...