Dumbbell Fly: How To, Tips, Benefits

Dumbbell Fly: How To, Tips, Benefits

Dumbbell flys are a great accessory movement for your chest day split. As opposed to exercise machines, dumbbells can help improve several other components of your performance, such as balance, posture, and core stability. Although...

Decline Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

Decline Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

The decline bench press is an effective bench press variation that will help build more strength and size in your lower chest. Set at a 15-30% slope, the decline bench press is an excellent isolated...

Incline Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

Incline Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

When it comes to chest day, the incline bench press is a hard-hitting upper body exercise, that will help you build a bigger, stronger, and more defined chest. Incline bench allows you to isolate and...

Barbell Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

Barbell Bench Press: How To, Tips, Benefits

The barbell bench press is perhaps one of the most iconic upper body exercises when it comes to bodybuilding and resistance training. Known as one of the “big three” lifts which include the squat, deadlift,...

What The Heck Is A Stomach Vacuum

What The Heck Is A Stomach Vacuum

Any bodybuilder will tell you that a fundamental component to a killer physique includes a smaller waist, and according to the most influential bodybuilder of all time, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the stomach vacuum is the key....

Can You CrossFit On Your Period? Swolverine

Can You CrossFit On Your Period?

Think of your period as your monthly check-in. You should have it, it should be painless, with little to no impact on your daily routine. Yet, this isn’t how it goes for so many of us. Sometimes I only feel like I get one good week a month after all is said and done. As a whole, we need to be checking in with ourselves as athletes and women participating in high-intensity fitness, that things are in working order.    
What Is Functional Training

What Is Functional Training?

If you’re currently in the market for a new workout program that fits into your lifestyle, chances are you’ve heard of “functional training.” Unlike other marketing terms used to hype the latest and greatest fitness...

Glute Activation

Glute Activation: The Secret to A Bigger Butt

Have you been lifting heavy weight in the gym, and feel like the results are not reflecting the work, you’ve been putting in? The secret to a bigger butt, is glute activation. Without activating your glute muscles, you won’t be able to build that bangin backside that you’ve been dreaming about.
Mat Fraser Retirement - Swolverine

A Farewell Ode To Mat Fraser And His Retirement Announcement

We’ve watched, like many of you reading this, Mat Fraser climb the ranks in the competitive CrossFit arena to the very top. That’s where he stayed for most of his professional sports career, inspiring, evoking, and even crushing, the competition.This is our farewell ode to Mat Fraser upon his retirement from the sport.