TO FORGE A balanced physique, training your back muscles will be absolutely essential. One of the most consequential of your back muscles will be your lats—and there are plenty of lat-focused ...

You could spend a lifetime doing deadlifts, back squats, and the like. But you’d be missing all these great barbell moves. Load plates (the bar is usually 45 pounds) and do 4 sets of a move; rest 1 ...

If you’re new to barbell training, you’re about to realize what powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters have always known: It’s fun to lift heavy weights. “Adding in a concentrated strength-training ...

Leg day, arm day, ab day—but what about lat day? Lats are the largest muscles in your upper body and the core of any workout routine. Most people use the term lats, but the scientific name for the lat ...

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To get better, runner’s need to run. That we know. But they also need to incorporate strength training into their routines if they really want to make strides. The stronger your muscles, “the more ...

Still associating barbell exercises with 1980s Russian weightlifters? Well, don’t. They're one of the most powerful–and not to mention versatile– ways of building muscle and overall strength, ...

One of the most consequential of your back muscles will be your lats—and there are plenty of lat-focused exercises you'll want to include in your training to make them stronger. The latissimus dorsi, ...