"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THE WORST THING you can do in the gym? Go through the motions. Use the same weight for the same number of ...

This story is from Manual, GQ’s flagship newsletter offering useful advice on style, health, and more, four days a week. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Ever since man first picked up heavy ...

The importance of strength training is well known. But when it comes to how to strength train, the advice can be confusing. Popular workout modalities take vastly different approaches. Low-impact ...

Weightlifting lore—which is more inclusive than it sounds—dictates that if you’re looking to build size, the smart money is on forcing your muscles to adapt by testing them with increasingly heavy ...

Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram! For a beginner, strength training is not at all ...

A new study challenges one of strength training’s longest-running debates. The rep debate has been raging in gyms for decades. Should you lift heavy for fewer reps? Go lighter for higher reps? Can you ...

If your lifting routine has gone stale and you’re looking for a way to shake it up, let me introduce you to the pyramid set. While you typically increase volume, weight, or reps to make a session more ...