Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Man doing barbell exercises. Barbells aren’t just a great way to switch up your usual dumbbell workout, but they’re also excellent ...

FOR MANY GUYS over 40 years old, the barbell—once their most prized tool in the gym—eventually becomes an obstacle, making their strength training sessions a challenge. The heavy loaded exercises the ...

If you follow the evolution of strength training over the past half century. you’ll see a curve leading away from weights and then back to it. Barbell lifts—squats, deadlifts and the Olympic movements ...

If you’re new to barbell training, you’re about to realize what powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters have always known: It’s fun to lift heavy weights. “Adding in a concentrated strength-training ...

The first versions of the barbell were found in the 1860s in European gymnasiums, but Alan Calvert of the Milo Barbell Co. is credited with the first barbell patent in 1902. For the past 123 years, ...

EVERY AVID WEIGHTLIFTER understands the pains of constantly calculating weight totals. Just crushed an extra-heavy deadlift? Time to pull up the calculator app to see if adding all those plates broke ...

Working out at home can’t always be a fix when you don’t have enough time to squeeze in a workout. Having anything less than an hour to hit the gym also seems to be an easy excuse to skip weight ...