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The 2026 Arnold Classic, in Columbus, OH, promises to be one of the most impactful bodybuilding shows of all-time, with astonishing prize money, rising stars, and exciting new routes to the Olympia finals. With this in mind, M&F takes a look at five fast facts that chart the historic importance of the Arnold within the […]

The standard face pull variation is excellent for shoulder health, better posture, and improved presses and pulls. However, your shoulders, traps, and upper back muscles run at different angles, but if you train only them at one angle, you’re leaving potential gains behind. Some lifters rely on one or two variations, thereby possibly neglecting certain […]

For endurance athletes and HYROX competitors, piling on more training volume often feels like the obvious path to better performance: more miles, more intensity, more strength work. But over time, even well-built hybrid training programs run into the same limiting factor: the body’s tolerance for the workload. That’s where smart recovery habits begin to set […]

Alistair Black (real name: Tom Büdgen) may have left his home in Amsterdam to pursue a love of pro wrestling, but he’s taken his European influence into every ring that he’s ever grappled in. Together with a vast background in martial arts, Black’s WWE performances offer an exciting mix of striking and chain wrestling, a […]

Unilateral exercises like the single-leg Romanian Deadlift—aka the RDL— reduce muscle imbalances, strengthen stabilizer muscles, and enhance muscle development. But there are some drawbacks to these types of moves—the biggest possibly being the inevitable wobbles. Once you go heavy, fighting to stay upright oftentimes become a bigger challenge than building muscle. The fix, however, is […]

Building a big back is a priority for competitive bodybuilders, so it’s reassuring to hear that technique is more important than genetics when it comes to adding muscle mass. That’s exactly what 2025 Arnold Classic Champion Mike Sommerfeld’s trap row technique asserts in one of his recent Instagram posts, demonstrating the benefits of the back-building […]

The thing about transformation stories is that we often compress them. It’s all about the turning point, the clean arc that makes struggle feel temporary and success feel inevitable. Dane Carter’s story refuses that kind of editing. It’s messy, uncomfortable, and deeply human. It’s not about a single breakthrough but more about the accumulation of […]

Walk into almost any commercial gym at peak hours, and you’ll hear it: a sudden guttural grunt slicing through the hum of treadmills and clanking plates. Sometimes it accompanies a heavy deadlift or chest press. Othertimes, a pec deck set that barely warrants a raised eyebrow, let alone a primal yell. So, when is it […]

The Trainer Games, presented by iFIT, has taken seasoned athletes and promising newcomers in the field of endurance sports, and pitted them against each other in the run up to the fever pitch final on February 5, where a $250,000 cash prize and an opportunity to join the iFIT coaching team awaits the winner. In […]

Talent is a given in the NFL. What separates players isn’t always explosiveness or potential. It’s reliability under pressure–when things don’t go the way that they were diagramed during practice. As injuries reshaped depth charts and tested continuity this past season for the San Francisco 49ers, they moved forward with an unsettling calm. Their standard […]