Lou Schuler
Lou Schuler, CSCS, is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and editorial director of the Personal Trainer Development Center. A lifelong gym rat (he joined his first health club in 1980), he’s contributed to Men’s Health for more than 20 years, and is the author or coauthor of many popular books about strength training and nutrition, including the six books in the New Rules of Lifting series, with Alwyn Cosgrove.
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Latest from Lou Schuler

How Diabetes Corrodes Your Body
If your blood sugar levels are chronically elevated, toxic byproducts can build up and cause damage to sensitive parts of your body.

7 Lessons From The New Paleo
At the world’s largest gathering of ancestral-diet enthusiasts, all eyes are focused on the future

Why You Should Never Do the Russian Twist
These alternative exercises are better for your back and your physique

Does Barry Bonds Belong In the Baseball Hall Of Fame?
Support is higher than ever for the home run king—and accused juicer—to be included in this year’s class of inductees

The Real Reason Americans Are So Fat
Are we eating the wrong foods, or is there something bigger going on?

This Guy Is Going On an Ice Cream Diet to Lose Weight, and Experts Say It Will Actually Work
Is he nuts, or making an important point?

How To Reverse Diabetes
1 in 3 Americans could have it by 2050 if current trends continue. Follow this plan to stay out of danger and avoid becoming a statistic

How to Motivate Yourself to Start Working Out
A trainer who’s helped countless people transform their bodies reveals the 5 questions that will change everything

5 Cutting-Edge Exercise Machines We’d Kill to Have In Our Gym
This is what the gym of the future looks like
4 Ways You Screw Up Your Bench Press
Follow these steps to protect your shoulders and bench more weight

19 Genius Training Tips You Should Steal From the Best Gyms In the Country
To get fit fast, you need to train smart. The brightest minds in fitness reveal how to elevate your workouts—and accelerate your results

How Matt Damon Got In the Best Shape Of His Life At the Age Of 45
All it took was years of hard work and a few sprints through the streets of a remote Chinese city