When you’re not in class (or preparing for class), maximize your nutrition, lifting schedule, strength, and size. Life’s only going to get more complicated once you graduate so build your foundation now.

Hard work pays off — not snake oil sales and get-rich-quick schemes. That doesn’t mean you can’t get stronger quickly. It just means you’ll have to put in a little extra work, like bumping up a weight class.

It’s inevitable that a lifter will hit a plateau at some point or another. It’s frustrating, I know. Trust me, I’ve been there. But after 10 years of powerlifting and 14 years of strength training before that, I think I’ve unlocked some of the secrets to making gains. Here are five things that helped me increase my lifts.

Understanding how muscles work at even the smallest scale can help you make bigger and better gains during your training sessions at the gym.

Find out if "Giant Sets For Giant Gains" can help you get bigger. Video of Milos Sarcev and Dennis Wolf giant set training video included.

Shop, cook, measure, package, freeze, blend, and DRINK.

Wondering if you’re doing it wrong? Then why do you keep doing it?

When your elders say “eat your veggies,” you young'uns better listen.

With diverse goals and backgrounds, the members of team elitefts share what's in their lunch pail.