Cori Ritchey

6 days ago | menshealth.com | Cori Ritchey

HALLMARK LEADING MAN Luke Macfarlane is busy. Between filming for Home Is Where the Heart Is, and attending to his newborn baby girl, there's not a ton of time in the day to get in a solid workout. He's well aware of the importance of staying in shape, though, especially as an actor. For his role in Universal Picture's Bros back in 2022, he was required to put on some weight to look as jacked as possible. He started working with heavier weights to bulk up (and boy, it worked).

6 days ago | menshealth.com | Cori Ritchey

IF YOU'RE AIMING to build muscle, you know you need to hit the weights. But exactly how heavy (or light) should you be training? Whether you're getting your workouts off Instagram, or from your favorite trainer's website, or you're running a split from your best friend, you'll need to choose just the right weight. Too heavy, and you risk injury. Too light, and you won't truly spark the muscle-building gains you want. Because sure, you may get winded during your work sets.

1 week ago | menshealth.com | Cori Ritchey

I'M FAMOUSLY NOT a morning person. When I was a kid, as my parents would come into my room to wake me up, I would crawl out from under the covers and grumble, "five more minutes." As I got older, my request devolved into a simple flash of a high five (the less words, the better). I had a short stint with 7 a.m. workouts when my gym crush worked out at that time, but that's my only experience voluntarily rising before the sun.

1 week ago | msn.com | Cori Ritchey

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1 week ago | menshealth.com | Cori Ritchey

Jump to:Concentration Curl Wide-Grip Barbell CurlCross-Body Hammer Curl Seated EZ-Bar Curl Biceps Push-upStrength training can become monotonous, especially once you've been lifting for a long time. Rep after rep of the same few exercises can get boring – and when it does, sometimes exercisers can get a bit too creative when it comes to finding new takes on stale exercises. Usually, though, the simple moves are the most effective.