Q&A with Stuart

BICEPS TRAINING “There seem to be more exercises for the biceps than the back. Why?” For such a small muscle, the biceps ranks high in importance

“The Smith machine seems to be a safer way of performing the incline press than the regular way. But is this really so?” If the

“What’s the best form of the overhead press?” The one that’s easiest for you to perform safely, intensively, and with an incrementally ever-greater poundage. Merely

You recommend just two or three workouts per week, but all the big-name bodybuilders train more often than that. Why? Because the training frequency that

“What are the most common mistakes concerning the barbell squat?” When done properly, the barbell squat is one of the all-time greatest bodybuilding exercises. But

“I’ve been doing a lot of barbell and ez-bar triceps extensions—overhead, and lying—and my wrists and elbows are really bothering me. I’ve been using wrist

Seated cable crossover The guy with the best physique where I train told me that his favorite pec exercise is the seated cable crossover. I’ve

Dumbbell curls Should I do dumbbell curls alternately, or simultaneously? Provided that you treat both variations the same, they are comparable, and neither will do

Big muscles: how hard to train? Muscle growth is the goal, not high intensity training per se. But you must train hard enough in order to

I want to offset some reduction in training intensity by increasing training volume. Won’t that work? Perhaps, depending on how much offsetting you do, and