With all the fancy gyms and equipment out there, it is easy to forget about the humble pull-up exercise and all its benefits. See how one man used the pull-up to make his own personal workout revolution, and learn his top five favorite variations.

By Ashley Kalym

Climbing has played an invaluable role in human survival since the dawn of man. Climbing can be used as a form of transportation, a means to gather food or an efficient way to escape danger. While climbing is a simple, natural human movement and an important skill, it is no longer practiced widely in our modern society. For modern day not-so-hunter/gatherers, how can we improve this skill?

By Timothy Bell

The movie "I am Legend" was an awesome film (several films actually) that makes me ask the question: What if the world as we know it was going to end? Worse yet, what if you survived the "end of the world" and had no shelter or food and a variety of environmental obstacles and dangers to overcome? Let’s say you know the end is coming and you have time to prepare (assuming the end of the world is going to resemble the “I am Legend” scenario and you are going to be trapped in a mangled, broken city). Collapsed buildings, heavy debris, and wild animals running down Main Street. How would you train mentally and physically for this type of urban environment?

By Jon Celis

When it comes to bodyweight training, there are many ways you can approach it: you can hit circuits, you can hit straight sets, super sets, giant sets. Your options are endless. One of my favorite ways to utilize bodyweight training with myself, athletes, and clients is what I like to call, A Triple Threat Bodyweight Circuit (TTBWC).  I call it this because I use three different type of bodyweight movements within a single circuit that address three different types of training focuses.

By Travis Stoetzel

 I am very grateful for my ten years of living and training like a bodybuilder. I was able to put on a ton of muscle mass on my frame, compete against some of the top bodybuilders around and I got to meet awesome people in the industry. However, as I got older, my training became stale and stagnated and I stopped having fun with the lifestyle. My goals changed from being massive to being conditioned. I no longer wanted to be just big, I wanted to be functional and athletic as well. That was when I decided to get out of bodybuilding and focus on becoming the complete package.

By Trent Bender