For some onlookers, Olympic weightlifting moves like the clean exercise might seem straightforward. You load a barbell and basically throw the weight up. But powerlifters and bodybuilders know this ...

Thirty years ago, the only time you’d see a guy doing Olympic lifts was, well, at the Olympics. Nowadays, many of my clients tell me they want to do the barbell snatch and the barbell clean and jerk ...

THE BARBELL BICEPS curl is one of a handful of old-school exercises that retains the hardcore reputation today as it did decades ago, when bodybuilding icons Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno ...

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 ...

THE BARBELL DEADLIFT is of the most important exercises for anyone looking to build lower body strength and size, and for good reason. The compound movement recruits the big muscle groups of the legs ...

The barbell clean is a compound exercise that, in theory, looks simple to perform. But any new lifter who’s tried their hand at this complex move knows it’s no easy task. In one swift motion, an ...