"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If you schlep to the gym four times a week, pick up a random pair of ...

There are more effective ways to build muscle and more efficient methods to go about it. Specifically, an approach often called reps in reserve (RIR).

Ever wondered how many sets are most effective to build muscle, aka how many sets you should be bashing out in the gym to boost your gains? Then you're in the right place. It's all too easy to go ...

Don’t get stuck in the 8-12 rep range rut! Shake up your program and reignite your gains with the time-saving 5-5-5 workout ...

That’s the idea behind reps in reserve (RIR), which recent studies suggest is a simple yet powerful method of autoregulation that helps you push hard enough to grow without grinding yourself into the ...

When it comes to building muscle—or any fitness routine, for that matter—most people assume that more is more. More sets, more reps, more time in the gym must mean more gains. Right? From there, ...

You want to build up your physique—but there's a line between well-pumped and overdone. Here's what you need to know.

A new study explains how close to failure you actually need to train for muscle growth – and why going all-out isn’t always ...

The push-up (or press-up) is the do-everything, no-kit exercise for the upper body – and maybe one of the best overall exercises you can do, period. If your motivations are more immediately ...