Use the Pile Squat today and start strengthening your legs for the future.

The Pile Squat uses a similar stance to the pliè and sumo squat. Both of these variations have your feet in a unique position.

Your feet will be pointing outwards away from your body. You will use a wide stance and point the feet outwards by approximately 30 degrees.

This article will cover how you do the exercise with proper form. It will include a video and image example with a step by step description on how to perform it.

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We are going to look at another variation to one of the best exercises there is (Squats).

Tip Toe Squat are different from many variations since you will not be moving maximal weight.

This exercise is all about building your stability. It is also shown to improve your balance.

It is going to focus on working many of the stability muscles in your lower body.

We will cover two different variations of tip toe squats that you can perform. The first is the traditional tip toe squat also called the Yoga Squat or the Skinny Tip Toe Squat.

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The burpee pull-up is a full body compound exercise.

Recently it has become a lot more popular in CrossFit circles.

It gets commonly used within a High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) routine. If you are new to doing this exercise, you should start slowly and focus on your form.

Another common training method for burpees is called the descending ladder. To implement this training method you are to do 1 less burpee with every set until you reach 1.

So if your first set was 10 repitions the second set do 9 and then 8 and so on. This method works best when you are implementing progresive overload.

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The Standing Preacher Curl will help you develop biceps anyone would want.

This training gets classified under the pulling force category.

You should include it on arm training days if you have one.

If you do not use an arms training day, Add it at the end of your back training day.

This article will cover how you do this exercise. We will include video and image examples. Also a step by step description explaining how to perform it.

Its difficulty rating, equipment required, muscles worked and the benefits of including it into your training routine.

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We're looking at some more isometric training today.

This time instead of focusing on the core we are going to be working on our back.

Many people use their arms and barley their back when performing pull-ups.

Doing Isometric Pull-Ups is the best way to learn to recruit the proper back muscles into your pull-ups.

Using this form of isometrics will also strengthen your rhomboids and lower traps.

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It does not matter if you are a man or woman having a strong pair of shoulders is essential to your daily life and fitness goals.

In this article, we will cover two different ways to perform the Front Plate Raise.

The first version is the traditional method.

The second will double the range of motion and is specifically for helping you to develop your Traps.

We will also provide video and image examples with a step by step description on how you perform the movement.

The difficulty level, equipment you need, what muscles it works, benefits to using it, and some training tips to make sure you are getting the most out of this exercise.

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Stop wasting your time trying to strengthen you obliques with side bends. Use the Suitcase Deadlift to take your oblique training to the next level.

The Suitcase Deadlift is more functional then side bends and will allow you to move heavier loads.

Side bends are great for newbies but if you have been lifting for awhile its time to turn up your oblique training.

The traditional deadlift and squat require you to have strong obliques. If you have not been specifically training your obliques, these lifts are going to suffer.

Using the suite case deadlift variation will bring your oblique strength to a whole new level.

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Building a strong pair of shoulders is important to limit your chance of injury.

This post is going to cover another exercise that will help you to strengthen your shoulders.

Read on to learn how to perform the Cable Front Raise with a step by step description with video and image demonstrations.

The difficulty rating of the exercise, the equipment you will need, muscles worked, and the benefits to including it into your training routine.

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The Cuban Rotation is a great accessory exercise to add into your training routine to help fortify the integrity of your shoulder joints.

The Cuban Rotation is not about building size to your shoulders. Its purpose is to make the internal structure of your shoulders stronger and more healthy.

In this article, we will outline how you perform them with Video, Image and a written step by step description.

The equipment you need, muscles that it works, the benefits of adding it into your training regiment and some tips to make sure you are performing it correctly.

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We are going to move away from calisthenics today and look at another weight training exercise.

Today we are going to cover an isolation exercise called the Alternate Hammer Curl.

Other names this exercise commonly goes by are Alternate Hammer Curl, Neutral Grip Bicep Curl, and the Dumbbell Curl Neutral Grip.

We will provide video and images on how you perform the movement with a step by step guide.

There difficulty level. The equipment you will need. What muscles get used.

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