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So you think you know everything about Ronnie Coleman’s training, huh? »
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If your opposing muscles are out of whack, so too will you be »
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How a good night's sleep builds muscle »
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TotaLee Awesome Tris: Training Tips from Lee Haney »
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Chris Cormier's laws for building impressive mass »
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Check out these five Cardio options and get ready to get ripped. »
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Try Arnold's signature lifts and grow like an Oak »
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An all-time great ranks rows as number-one for back growth »
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You can't beat simple fundamentals for the best biceps possible »
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Build big quads without busting your back »
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Consider your genetic somatotype for more effective training »
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Get advice from the pros on sculpting your abs. »
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With the Weider Iso-Tension Training Principle, work your muscles without weights »
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Four or more consecutive exercises will challenge you to greater growth »
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Sculpt your lower biceps with a three-step exercise routine. »
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Start training your pecs like the pros. »
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Three exercises to pack size on your legs »
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The shocking truth about arm training. »
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Learn more about performing optimum exercises. »
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Here is the champ's stance on incline- and flat-bench presses. »
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Head to the gym freshly motivated with a quick workout plan. »
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The top 10 ways to get big by using machines »
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Here is FLEX's checklist of 20 common-sense rules for hardgainers. »
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Strengthen your triceps without draining your energy! »
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Get the best upper-arm workout through the bench press. »
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Looking to mass-up your inner pecs? Drop the barbell! »
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Being overwhelmed with life's tasks isn't uncommon, but it isn't an excuse to push exercising aside. »
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Chisel your abs so they command the judges' attention and carry your competitive physique reputation to a new level of respect. »
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Here are Matarazzo's seven fundamental principles for calf growth. »
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Try these uncommon biceps exercises to jolt your arm workouts »
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A major uncertainty among beginning and intermediate bodybuilders is how to breathe during the middle of a set. »
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Build a strong midsection with these simple workouts. »
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Here is a back workout for encouraging improvements to lagging backs »
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Top tips and techniques for achieving muscular legs. »
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Follow this Shoulder Giant Set Routine and make big gains. »
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The best cardio workout for maximum muscle definition. »
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Three exercises designed to carve your triceps from every angle »
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Learn from the Pro's about how to avoid injuries »
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A three-tiered attack for a quick, intense chest workout »
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Let us help you cure your lagging bodyparts. Today's Installment: Calves. »
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Let us help you cure your lagging bodyparts. »
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Let us help you cure your lagging bodyparts. Today's Installment: Rear Delts. »
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Try these five simple rowing moves for a bigger, thicker back »
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Try Gunter Schlierkamp's BRACING DELTS »
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From the dawn of time, men have been doing squats—often incorrectly. »
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One of the most basic and hardcore exercises, deadlifts simultaneously blast your biggest bodyparts: back, thighs and glutes. »
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Incorporating the Big Three powerlifts into your routine will turn you core hard. »
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Big, ripped and ready for the pro ranks, Dennis Wolf is hungry for success »
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How phenomenal Phil health built his awe-inspiring arms »
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The following eight approaches are riffs off the standards, but come up with completely new mixes designed to break you out of routine routines and pump up your pecs »
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Catch your fair share of trapezius growth with these 10 innovative shrug variations »
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Here are seven fresh approaches to bicep training to help you bi-pass the no-growth rut of the same old curls performed the same old way. »
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WHAT SEPARATES THE VERY BEST FROM ALL THE REST? Here, we let you in on the secrets of the world’s four best bodybuilders. »
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Looking to hammer your horseshoes? Tri these five new approaches on for size. »
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How to correctly cheat during your workouts — and prosper in the form of more muscle mass. »
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Get more bang for your training buck! »
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Exercise descriptions »
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Lou Ferrigno looks back on the workouts that crafted his world-class 23" arms »
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After a four-year layoff, ageless wonder Vince Taylor emerges from retirement to rejoin the bodybuilding elite »
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A look inside Ronnie Coleman’s back and biceps workouts — and his quest for Sandow number nine »
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Want a bigger bench? Follow this eight-week program — and advice from some of the best benchers in the world — and you’ll be stronger in no time flat. »
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Rashid “Roc” Shabazz’s tri’d-and-true strategy for success shines through, both in his intense workouts and in his retelling of the improbable 15-year journey that elevated him to the pro ranks »
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ARMIN SCHOLZ launches a frontal assault on his mighty pectorals and the pro hierarchy »
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Take these five lessons — learned from watching Johnnie Jackson train shoulders — and pump up your own delt workouts »
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As Ronnie Coleman stockpiled Sandow after Sandow between 1998 and 2005, even the most casual fans became experts, boldly predicting the outcome of the Mr. Olympia contest year after year. Coleman’s unbeatable. Coleman’s untouchable. Coleman’s the greatest »
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Branch Warren's horrifying pec workout redefines the limits of intensity »
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Phil Heath survives a back workout with Jay Cutler »
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Dennis Wolf took his first step onto an Olympia stage this past September, but with his amazing and ever-improving physique, one thing’s clear: the giant German will be back for more. »
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Navy officer Leo Ingram set off on a lengthy voyage to bodybuilding success — here’s how the 5'9" 250-pound super heavyweight finally landed his pro card »
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Blast your delts with the help of bodybuilding’s Mr. Consistency, Darrem Charles »
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Omar Deckard gets in one final chest workout before making his leap into the pro ranks »
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NFL great — and current commentator on CBS’s The NFL Today — Shannon Sharpe has a love other than football: bodybuilding. Here’s the program, designed by IFBB pro Rashid “Roc” Shabazz, that keeps the former tight end in top condition. »
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Five remedies for lagging hamstrings »
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Battling a weak underdeveloped chest? Whip it into fighting shape with Ahmad Haidar’s multidirectional pec attack »
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Increase your size and strength by bringing the best of powerlifting and bodybuilding together in one training regimen »
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Craft big rounded caps with Melvin Anthony’s pop-and-lock shoulder routine »
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Art Atwood’s lat-swelling workout was 20 years in the making »
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This week: Showtime with Cicherillo, Schlierkamp and Cutler's undercover mission, and Wolf's hunger for victory. »
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This week: A Taylor-made retirement, Dorian's Temple goes worldwide, Strydom to return (again), and the Arnold's for amateurs »
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This week: A Taylor-made retirement, Dorian's Temple goes worldwide, and the Arnold's for amateurs »
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The NFL preseason might just be underway, but one member of the NFL community is already in postseason form »
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Is it an incredible and innovative training philosophy or just a load of crap? Living proof that Dante Trudel’s system is the former, Dave Henry blasts his back and biceps Doggcrapp-style. »
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Groundbreaking radio show celebrates its one-year anniversary »
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The NFL preseason might just be underway, but one member of the NFL community is already in postseason form. »
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With his eighth Mr. Olympia victory in 2005, Ronnie Coleman tied Lee Haney’s all-time record. Here’s what Coleman says about that monumental achievement. »
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Dorian Yates takes 21-year-old bodybuilding phenom James “Flex” Lewis through the brutal paces of a workout in the dark recesses of notorious Temple Gym »
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Adela Garcia surprised many with her win at the 2006 Fitness International. Here, she talks about her impressive comeback. »
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On a brutally hot Texas day at MetroFlex Gym, Ronnie Coleman proves once again he’s the hardest-working player in the game »
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Three tips for staying lean while bulking up »
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Take your strength and size gains over the edge with these scientifically proven failure tactics. »
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Bertil Fox is serving a life sentence for double murder on the island of St. Kitts. In a FLEX exclusive, he gives his version of what happened on that fateful day in 1997. »
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A photo review of the 2005 Olympia press conference »
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Bob swings into action with award ceremony »
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As October 15 looms Mr. O takes on the tough questions about his legacy and his physique. »
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Five bodybuilding rules to break in order to shock complacent muscles »
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Follow FLEX senior writer Shawn Perine and photographer Kevin Horton into the deepest recesses of a Russian cemetary as they watch Alex Fedorov prepare for his first Olympia. [Includes video clip] »
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In this particular odyssey, the distance from Doncaster, England, to Sacramento spans 6,000 miles and 36 years »
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Big biceps, little triceps »
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Use the following charts to calculate your one-rep max and learn how much progress you've made on the Brute Strength program. »
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To Decline or not to decline? Decline bench presses are misunderstood and misused. You just need to know when to — and when not to — use them. »
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The pros and cons of using free weights and weight machines. Pit against each other, find out which is the preferred method of bodybuilding among the pros. »
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The speed, smoothness, consistency and control of reps vary according to the exercise, its purpose, the bodypart and the ordinal position of the set in your workout. »
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Your lower back is crucial to your bodybuilding success, mainly because it has a role in virtually every exercise. »
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