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“Can you recommend a good routine for building muscle after 50,” asks MK via email. “I am looking to put on muscle mass and focus on muscle quality while getting lean. I done a lot on my own and have seen some pretty good results but as I have aged I am seeing that my […]

Compound lifts like the squat, pull-up, bench press and overhead press work large numbers of muscles. They’re a very efficient use of your training time, and I like them a lot. However, there are also a number of myths and misconceptions about compound lifts that have developed over the years. Here are some of the […]

The other day, I came across this quote about the 40% rule in a book I’m reading: “The US Navy Seals have a theory that no matter how bad we feel or how tired we get, we’re actually nowhere near the limit of what we can achieve; the brain is deceiving us to save the […]

JD, a Muscle Evo reader, writes in with the following question: “In the last year, I’ve become quite addicted to following the CrossFit Games. It’s quite a spectacle. Musclebound men and women at the top of physical performance. Are they on juice? I really hope and expect not. It would be nice to know that […]

I was in the gym the other day, and saw a guy doing dumbbell curls. At least, I think they were supposed to be curls. It was more of a dumbbell swing – the curling equivalent of the kipping pull-up – where momentum (rather than the biceps) played a not entirely insignificant role in moving […]

Today, I want to talk to you about somatotypes. You’ve got the ectomorph (thin and tall), the mesomorph (athletic and muscular), and the endomorph (usually characterized as short and fat). There are plenty of training programs out there to hang their hat on the idea that somatotyping can help you “train smarter to maximize your […]