Pete Williams

Jan 10, 2025 | mensjournal.com | Pete Williams |Madison Freeman

Few of us have hours to dedicate to the gym each day. Whether you're new to strength training or a former amateur bodybuilder, time management is essential to  staying fit for life. Lucky for you it doesn't take a three-hour gym session to build your pecs, mold your six-pack, or construct larger calves. A 15-minute dumbbell workout can dramatically improve your muscle growth and body fat.

Nov 4, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Pete Williams

We’ve all listened to that guy in the gym who swears his leg workouts are as brutal as they come—how his hours of hamstring exercises, leg squats, and quad workouts leave him hobbling out of the gym and crippled with soreness for days after. There’s a place for those workouts guaranteed to build brute strength and power—if you’re into bodybuilding, masochism, or building quads that can only be appreciated in a pair of short shorts.

Oct 28, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Pete Williams |Lee Boyce

You'll always find Romanian deadlifts on our lists of the best leg workouts, glute exercises, and hamstring exercises. It's an effective functional exercise to forge strength, stability, and flexibility. The conventional deadlift is viewed as the be-all, end-all compound exercise, but this free-weight variation has some added benefits.  Athletes have performed Romanian deadlifts (or “RDL” for short) for decades.

Sep 19, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Pete Williams

We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good chance your discomfort has little to do with injuries and more to do with your lifestyle. Luckily there are plenty of dumbbell back exercises that can strengthen your back, minimize pain, and achieve the aesthetic you want.

Sep 13, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Pete Williams

When most people start a weight-loss journey, they think they need to do cardio ad nauseam—start running and hit the elliptical. Others go the extreme and jump into absurd workout programs requiring tons of specialized equipment or instruction, only to give up weeks later because it’s not sustainable Don't get us wrong, cardio and lifting weights are essential pieces in a weight-loss journey.