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Arnold Schwarzenegger does a 360-rep finisher and calisthenics warriors go until they drop—but how many reps are actually ...

For decades, lifters were told there was a "magic" rep range for hypertrophy — traditionally 8–12 reps. While this range is indeed effective, modern research has shown that muscle growth can occur ...

Back-off sets are the strength technique that helps you build muscle and improve performance without overtraining. Here’s how to do them right.

Are you struggling to build muscle in the gym? Here are four reasons why your muscle growth efforts might not be working, according to a strength and conditioning coach. Hypertrophy — the technical ...

Alyssa Ages is a Toronto-based author, public speaker, and journalist whose work has appeared in Elle, GQ, Self, Slate, The Globe and Mail, and others. She is the author of Secrets of Giants: A ...

If you’ve ever been posted up at the squat rack, wondering how heavy you can lift, there’s a simple way to figure out just how strong you really are. Enter: the one-rep max (1RM), or “the maximum ...