“Good evening. And welcome again to ‘Pumping Up with Hans and Franz,” the informative training program for the serious weight lifter.” Ever seen one of the old-school Saturday Night Live episodes featuring the fictional cousins of Arnold Schwarzenegger? These guys may have spoofed bodybuilding, weight lifting, and the Austrian Oak himself, but they actually weren’t…
You’ve got more than 640 muscles in your body, and the largest muscle gets the least amount of exercise for most people. Your glutes deserve better. Think about this. The average person spends 60 percent of their waking hours sitting. That’s an average of 9 hours a day spent at a desk job,…
Ever show up to the gym with tight muscles? Or spend the day after a tough workout complaining about muscle soreness? In most cases, a little muscle soreness is a good sign that you’re working hard when you’re in the gym. Your pecs are tight after chest day. You feel a burn in…
If you could see inside the mind of the young Arnold Schwarzenegger in the middle of a two-a-day chest workout, what do you think would be playing across the video screen in his brain? Here’s a hint. From a very early age, Schwarzenegger had a vision for what he wanted his life to look…
You step on the scale, pull on a pair of pants, or look in the mirror and realize you weigh more than you should. Now what? If you’re like the 70 percent of adults in the U.S. who are overweight or obese, going on a diet seems like the smart thing to do. Right?…
If there’s one muscle that gets more attention than just about any of the other 640 muscles in the body, it’s your biceps. And you don’t need to be a personal trainer, fitness pro, or bodybuilding to understand this. Think about it. Even kids know biceps are a measure of strength. Most have the double-front…
How much do you bench? You’ve probably heard somebody ask the question before. It’s a classic gym-bro question that doesn’t really matter all that much, unless you’re trying to win a bench press contest. In fact, if you take a look at world record holders for the bench press, you’re not going to find people…
Ever heard of the Quadfather? There’s always a backstory to every nickname. And in this case, Tom Platz earned the moniker after years of major leg training. The nine-time Mr. Olympia competitor had his own way of doing things. And his approach to leg training literally helped shape the way many people train…
Eddie Hall is no stranger to compound lifts. But it wasn’t always that way. He used to be a competitive swimmer and logged a ton of training hours in the pool. When he gave up swimming, he headed to the gym and started lifting weights. Have you done any training using compound lifts? …