YOU’VE USED BARBELLS before, but never like this. Alex Kanellis, the founder of the program Landmine University, wants you to use your barbell as a "landmine," a unique tool that's gaining popularity ...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, there's more than one way to heft a barbell. You might be used to gripping a bar by its shaft, counting on the rough knurling to help you hold onto the implement as you add ...

The “landmine” (or angled barbell) attachment is a hidden gem in many gyms, and it opens up all kinds of possibilities that regular dumbbells and barbells don’t offer. For example, you can work the ...

You can use a barbell in the usual way, but what if there were a technique that could switch things up? That’s where the ...

Unlock new angles, add variety to your routine, and build strength and size with this often-overlooked piece of equipment. “It’s super useful because you get some stability, yet free range of motion,” ...

If you follow the evolution of strength training over the past half century. you’ll see a curve leading away from weights and then back to it. Barbell lifts—squats, deadlifts and the Olympic movements ...

If you’re new to barbell training, you’re about to realize what powerlifters and Olympic weightlifters have always known: It’s fun to lift heavy weights. “Adding in a concentrated strength-training ...

While researching for a Lounge piece on the safest shoulder exercises, I came across the forgotten favourite of them all, the landmine press. The exercise is quite useful in the way it changes the ...

FOR MANY GUYS over 40 years old, the barbell—once their most prized tool in the gym—eventually becomes an obstacle, making their strength training sessions a challenge. The heavy loaded exercises the ...