Michael Wood, CSCS

Michael serves as CEO of Michael Wood Fitness and Chief Fitness Officer at Koko FitClub. He is the founder of the award-winning Sports Performance Group. Named Top 100 Trainer in America by Men's Journal (2004, 2005) and Best of Boston by Boston Magazine. Former Exercise Physiologist at the USDA Human Nutrition Research...

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Best Machine Chest Exercises for Your Strength Training Program

Typical machine-based chest exercises can restrict range of motion at times. Cable strength machines, though, are a great option to use.

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Benefits of Bench Press: Barbell & Dumbbell Exercises

One of the most beneficial exercises to do is the bench press. We know it's a great compound exercise that works well.

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3 Exercises that Will Increase Your Bench Press

If you are looking to increase your bench press , try the following three exercises, military press, medicine ball and squats.

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Want Bigger, Stronger Arms? Try These 3 Exercises

Bigger, stronger arms are like any other muscle group, the resistance has to be challenging enough to push out 8-12 reps. x 3-4 sets

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Strong Glutes: One of the Keys Needed to Unleash Your Power

What muscle group is needed for all athletic activities, to stabilize the hip joint, and balance ? The glute muscles.

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How to Build Single-Leg Strength: There is an Exercise for That!

Exercises that focus on building individual leg strength are known as uni-lateral leg exercises. They are important to do for many reasons.

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How to Build Single-Leg Strength: There is an Exercise for That!

There are many great single-leg exercises that can be added to a workout like a lunge, pistol squat and step-ups, to name a few. Another great exercise

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5 Great Exercises for 5x5 Strength Training Programs

What are your favorite exercises to use when designing a 5x5 strength training program? There are many to choose from...

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5 Great Exercises for 5x5 Strength Training Programs

What are your favorite exercises to use when designing a 5x5 strength training program? There are many to choose from...

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Strong Core: Four Effective Exercises for Bullet Proof Abs & Back

Perform each core exercise with a back exercise using a superset format. This is basically, back-to-back sets with no or minimal sets.

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Upper Body Strength: Exercises to Build a Bigger Chest

One of the first areas you notice, other than the abs, is the chest area. Building a strong, upper body requires targeting the chest area.

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Best Advice for Those Looking to Start Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting is not a diet but rather a style of eating. You simply have a shorter window of time, typically 8 hours.

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Push-Ups Become More Challenging with this Progression

Push-ups are an ideal exercise because of its versatility and the fact that it is a compound exercise, not to mention you can build strength

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5 Easy to Do Exercises for Developing Forearm Strength

The forearm muscles are often neglected in many strength training programs, similar to the way lower leg work is often skipped.

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5 Easy to Do Exercises for Developing Forearm Strength

The forearm muscles are often neglected in many strength training programs, similar to the way lower leg work is often skipped.

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Strong Back: How to Perform an Inverted Row Correctly

The wonderful thing about inverted rows, they can be done anywhere and work the majority of the back muscles.