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articles (2024)
Why You’re Plateauing in the Gym
And How To BREAK THROUGH It!
by Alec Enkiri | 12/26/24
How can you extract the maximum amount of gains from each individual exercise in your training program? How can you avoid creating unnecessary fatigue with those same exercises? How can you avoid causing them to plateau prematurely?
Today we will answer all these questions by discussing methods that have been thoroughly battle tested over the last 2 decades!
Why Back Raises Are The BEST Hinging Exercise. PERIOD.
Build Next Level Hamstrings!
by Alec Enkiri | 12/17/24
The plain old hyperextension machine (aka the “back raise”) is one of the most underrated pieces of equipment in the gym. This exercise builds a bulletproof back, strong and resilient hamstrings, and rock solid glutes.
3 NATTY APPROVED Exercises To Blow Up Your Front Squat
Stronger Than LU XIAOJUN!
by Alec Enkiri | 12/12/24
Looking to build an absolutely monstrous front squat that puts 2022 Lu Xiaojun to shame? Here are 3 exercises guaranteed to blow up your mother-effin front squat!
Why You Should Do BEHIND THE NECK Presses
(CAPPED NATTY DELTS!)
by Alec Enkiri | 11/15/24
If you're finally ready to stop being fear mongered into thinking you're a fragile butterfly, and take your shoulder size, strength, and health to the next level then it's time to enter the 21st century and embrace the behind the neck press. Here are the 3 top reasons why you should include this wrongly vilified and fantastic exercise in your training!
I wanna get jacked while doing almost NOTHING!
Why Your Base is the Most Important Thing of All
by Alec Enkiri | 10/11/24
The wide the base the higher the peak! The hands down most important that you can in the iron game is build yourself a solid, formidable, and resilient base. But I find that there is often great confusion amongst many newer lifters about what in the hell this concept actually even means.
3 INGENIOUS Exercises to Blow Up Your Weighted Dip
#2 is just Sadistic!
by Alec Enkiri | 9/20/24
Looking to build some absolutely MAMMOTH triceps and a monster dip to go along with it? Here are 3 exercises guaranteed to take your gains to the next level!
The Fountain of Youth Program: 3 Keys to Training for Longevity
by Alec Enkiri | 8/2/24
What's the best way to use exercise in order to maximize our health and longevity? Both to add years to our life, as well as life to those years. If you had to create a training philosophy that was based on the concept of chasing the Fountain of Youth then I think what we're going to discuss here is about as close to that idea as you can come! And it's going to be a lot simpler than most people think.
These 4 Exercises Will BLOW UP Your Vertical Jump
The Vertical Jump Formula!
by Alec Enkiri | 7/3/24
Want to jump higher? These 4 exercises will build a massive vertical jump! Use them to augment your main jump training and you will be flying through the sky in no time!
The ULTIMATE Conjugate Inspired Hybrid Athlete Program
by Alec Enkiri | 6/13/24
How should BATMAN train in order to prepare his body for peak performance during his crimefighting endeavors? What physical qualities should he emphasize and focus on building? In today's article we will answer these questions by analyzing the program that I would give to Batman if I was his Strength and Conditioning coach!
I wanna be a freak athlete FOREVER!
Aging & Athleticism: The Fight Against Father Time
by Alec Enkiri | 5/24/24
As I've gotten older and moved past full physical maturation, through the athletic physical peak, and into what most people would consider "over the hill" territory, I have come to view this period of time as a phase of secondary athletic development of sorts: an athleticism enhancement Renaissance.
These 5 Exercises Will BLOW UP Your Squat
And Build You Some Tree Trunks Too!
by Alec Enkiri | 5/11/24
Want a massive squat? Add these 5 exercises into your routine and you'll be smashing huge weights in no time!
3 Science Based Exercises to BLOW UP Your PULL-UP
#1 is a GAME CHANGER!
by Alec Enkiri | 5/1/24
Looking to build some absolutely enormous lats and a huge chin-up to go along with it? Here are 3 exercises GUARANTEED to take your gains to the next level!
5 Push Up Variations For INSANE Size, Strength, & Explosiveness
Build a Chiseled & Functional Chest!
by Alec Enkiri | 3/22/24
Looking to add some variety to your training routine? Here are 5 push up variations that will take your upper body size, strength, and explosiveness to the next level!
3 UNDERRATED Exercises to Blow Up Your Overhead Press
(Don't Let ATHLEAN-X See #3!)
by Alec Enkiri | 2/2/24
Looking to build some boulder shoulders and a MONSTER overhead press to go along with it? Here are 3 underrated exercises to take your gains to the next level!