Resistance is resistance, no matter from which source it comes. When you do a push-up, your body doesn’t just go, “What, he’s doing a push-up? Nah, I ain’t growing.”

If I can teach a kid to squat correctly, I can teach him anything.

The first step to having a good program is following a training outline that balances every need of the athlete.

I was originally going to call this article “The Secrets of Military Training,” but given recent events in the last four months, everyone out there seems to be exposing the “secrets” of how our military trains.

Imagine—you’re a broke kid living in a small town in the middle of nowhere. The closest fitness center is miles away and you don’t have a car to get there anyway. None of your friends know what a weight is. You’ve asked them to give it a try, but they just gave you the middle finger as they sped off to the mall or plopped down in front of the television to play video games.

Typical bodybuilders and gym rats have forgotten about the old school ways of developing a great physique. Back in the old days, great physiques were made without the use of free weights or machines.