A few days ago, I walked into a new gym that opened down the street from my house. The place is quite nice, but it has a very small free weight area, which initially discouraged me–until I toured the ...

I first stumbled on the single-arm lat pulldown back in college, when building a bigger back was borderline obsession. I was chasing size, symmetry, and that wide V-taper look, but standard rows and ...

If you want to get stronger, some kind of resistance training is the way to go. So when you walk into the gym, should you start loading plates onto a barbell or should you just walk up to the first ...

If you ask anyone who’s built a big back how they did it, they’ll probably list a mix of back exercises like pullups, chinups, and the classic overhand lat pulldown. But there’s one underrated move ...

Doing pull-ups and improving the muscles are common for gym-goers. But when it comes to tasks like lat pulldowns, it gets confusing. Numerous questions come to mind. And the most frequent one is that ...

In the beginning were free weights. Then, in the 1970s, Arthur Jones invented the Nautilus weight machine. For years afterward, the question of which is better -- free weights or machine weights -- ...

Strongway Gym Supplies continues to support the growing number of individuals setting up their own workout spaces at home. The shift towards at-home training has become more than just a passing trend.

Both free weights and resistance machines promise to help you build strength and tone up—so which should you spend your precious gym time on? Ditch the machines, and head to the weight room. Both will ...