Strength Gain

If you've read the first article in our "Mastering The Deadlift" series, you already know how important it is to include deadlifts in your training program. They are a staple exercise regardless of whether your goal is to get stronger, leaner,...

No matter what your training goals are, whether you're interested in losing body fat, gaining muscle, getting stronger, or being more athletic, deadlifts in some form should absolutely be a part of your regimen. Keep in mind that there are...

The deadlift is one of the most primitive, fundamental, full body exercises you can do. With zero momentum involved, you simply bend at the hips, sit your arse back, pick a dead weight up off the floor and put it...

In Secrets to Mastering the Squat Part 1 and Part 2, we discussed some tips for learning how to squat properly: squatting with bodyweight and adding load to the squat using Goblet Squats. In Part 3, we look at the...

You don’t know squat! OK, OK, so that’s probably not true, but after reading the first article in this series, you may have felt like there were things you didn't about how to squat properly, and that’s OK!  We've all had...

There are many good reasons why squats are considered “The King of Exercises.” Few other exercises have the potential to increase strength, change your body composition, and make you feel like the ultimate bad-ass in the gym quite like the...

Physical strength is one of the tenets of strength on which Girls Gone Strong is built, including strength of mind and character. Often, these three tenets will play off one another and help increase overall strength levels. But what is...

It's a fact - not everyone can deadlift a straight bar from the floor. Whether we're talking conventional or sumo deadlifts, not everyone can do them properly or safely. This could be a result of previous injuries or current mobility...

Knowing how to properly engage and train your glutes  is integral to any fitness routine. Not only are the glutes incredibly powerful and their activation important for the performance of just about every exercise, they happen to be the muscle...