Muscle Madness

Here's a neat take on the NCAA basketball bracket craze by the folks at Men's Health: letting readers select what they think is the single best muscle building exercise.

I fear that the bench press will ultimately win out because it's traditionally been the measuring stick of strength and machismo: "What's your bench, dude?"

I'll be voting for the deadlift. Should that not make it to the finals, any of the squats or the power clean would get my vote. I haven't personally done any power cleans. I have completed hanging cleans and those are certainly ball-busters. But I think the deadlift is currently king.


And after I've had a chance to do deadlifts again for awhile, I may kick an already tough lift up a notch and try the deadlift walk.