The STEEL Library

Your ab workout frequency depends primarily on your goals, here’s why your routine should be similar to your workout programs for other muscle groups.

Struggling with push-ups? Here's how to do wall push-ups — regular push-ups with training wheels — to get your body prepared to cope with the real thing. 

In recent years, ketone supplementation has been propagated as an alternative (or complementary) strategy that may potentially also boost endurance sports performance, but does it actually improve athletic performance? In this article, Dr. Paul Henning looks at the research and what he discovers will surprise you.

Sedentary lifestyles and too much sitting cause weak hip extensors. We share simple hip extension exercises to deal with low back pain and flabby butts.

The Farmer’s Walk has become an excellent all-around exercise for pros and beginners. See how many muscles you can work if you add it to your workout routine!

Are looking for a full-body exercise? Crunches and squats are good, but mountain climbers offer more. It is a bodyweight exercise for all major muscle groups. This simple guide explains all of the benefits of this simple exercise.

Does your back lack the sexiness brought by the deep muscle separation, the hammering isolation provided by seal rows could give you precisely that. Here's how!

 

Sleep is absolutely essential for both high-level cognitive processing and also basic maintenance and restoration of physiological function. In this article, Dr. Paul Henning explains how 'brain washing' when you sleep enhances brain function.

If you thought weight training is the only way to build muscles, think again. Here we will explain 10 different bodyweight exercises that beginners can do at home.

Devil presses are powerful because they involve moving a moderate amount of weight over a long distance — over and over again with intensity. This hellish exercise is great building strength, stamina, endurance and more. Here's how to do it.

Each time you exercise, you create small tears in your muscle fibers. Chest stretches can limit harm and sooth tension. Find a guide to safe chest stretches here!

The reverse push-up is a great exercise for developing strength, size, and endurance in the upper body. Here's a detailed guide on how to do reverse push-ups with proper form!

Anyone can include Olympic-style weightlifting in their workout routines without actually competing to help you gain muscle mass, strength and power. This guide explains the benefits of these lifts and how to implement them into your training.

Dumbbell triceps extensions improve upper arm strength, making other exercises like push-ups and dips easier. See the proper form and benefits here.

While purists maintain pull-ups/chin-ups/ and deadlifts are best for back muscles, most bodybuilders have used these cable exercises to build barn door backs. In this guide we cover some of the most effective cable machine exercises to do just that.