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The best workout routines, training tips, and fitness culture coverage you can find anywhere. We’re here to help you build into the best version of yourself.

This is the average man’s quad size – see how you measure up

This is the average man’s quad size – see how you measure up

NO MATTER WHETHER you're chasing size and personal bests in the squat rack or simply want your jeans to fit a little more snugly, quad size plays a key role. Thanks to large-scale research on military personnel, we now have a benchmark for what trained, active men’s...

Alan Ritchson’s ‘Reacher’ workout routine and diet plan

Alan Ritchson’s ‘Reacher’ workout routine and diet plan

ALL CREDIT TO THE acting chops of Tom Cruise – who played Jack Reacher in both of the franchise’s films – but at 170 centimetres in height, the fact that he was supposed to resemble the towering, muscled presence described in Lee Child’s bestselling books was always,...

Do you always need to be making gains in the gym?

Do you always need to be making gains in the gym?

WHEN IT COMES to building size and strength in the gym, we’re beholden to the laws of progressive overload. In lay terms, if you want to change your body, you have to give it a reason to change. In the case of brawn, this means applying a stimulus (training), and your...

Why your workout buddy is stronger and more muscular than you

Why your workout buddy is stronger and more muscular than you

YOU START WORKING out with a friend, and even though you both put in equal amounts of sweat equity, your buddy quickly passes you up in the gains department. Sound familiar? When this happens, you might assume the universe is giving you the finger – but there’s...