THE GREATEST MUSCLE MAKE {BAR NONE}

The oldest strength-building tools are revered for good reason: they just work. Skip the gadgets and machines and pick up a barbell to unlock proven strength and fitness gains.

- MH STAFF

ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS of working at Men's Health: you're a guinea pig. A crash test dummy for all things fitness and health. You get to try everything from fancy cardio machines with more tech than a space shuttle to medieval torture tools. Most of them work perfectly, but occasionally, you end up with a training turkey or two. Case in point: a set of vibrating, shaking dumbbells or a skipping rope without the rope (yip, seriously).

That's where we come in. We help you navigate the shark-infested waters to ensure you don't waste your hard-earned Randelas on rubbish. We're all about the bang for buck here at MH HQ we want you to grow stronger, fitter and healthier without crippling your wallet.

This is where the old fellas of the training world just quietly dominate. The ones forged from heavy metals sit in the corners of gyms worldwide. They don't have buttons, lights or streaming screens-instead, they've been lifted and tested by the strongest and fittest athletes across every kind of sport. Hewn from matte black rubber and heat-treated metal, these tools share a blunt honesty and pure muscle-making value that can't be beaten. It's a fitness family that includes kettlebells, dumbbells, yokes, atlas stones and others, but we've chosen the alpha sibling here: the barbell.