Beginner’s Advice:
1) The first thing an absolute beginner should do is visit his/her doctor and get the all clear to begin a workout program that will include cardiovascular and weight training.
2) Decide on what are your goals. Do you want to lose body fat and tone up or do you want to gain weight? Doing […]
Most people are concerned with losing weight, so it’s always a bit difficult to find information on how to gain weight. Let’s face it - the overweight people may get all the attention, but being skinny is a struggle too.
In the end, the best way to gain is to eat more - lots more - […]
Wondering how to gain muscle? There are many fads, gimmicks and “quick fixes” to be found, but there is really only one healthy way to gain muscle mass. You don’t need to be gifted with great genetics or use potentially dangerous illegal hormones or steroids. The “how to gain muscle” question has a relatively simple […]
Myth #1
Abdominal muscle is different from regular muscle.
Your abdominal muscles are just like every other muscle in your body. The abdominal is different only in location and unlike biceps or quads they don’t rest on a bony surface. So you should train them the same way you would train, say, your biceps or your chest. […]
Many people believe you need to train with a variety of
weights and reps in order to maximize your muscle building
progress. I believe that you can find the appropriate rep
number for your muscles and it is best to stick with that
range most of the time.
However, in weight lifting, the mental aspect of bodybuilding is also […]
For those who spend more than 1 minute on strength
training workouts, you are wasting your valuable time!
Wouldn’t you want to strength train in the most
effective, scientifically feasible way, and increase
your muscle and strength by multiple percentages?
One (1) minute muscle developing workouts are done
ONCE per week or less. That calculates to
maximally 4 minutes of strength training […]
Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders’ training regimes.
It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes […]
Put these pec techniques to use and develop that full, muscular chest today.
For most people I see in the gym, the bench press has become more about building an ego than building a quality set of pecs. Rather than worry about how much you can lift, you need to focus your attention on how fully […]
Before wasting your money on a pile of bodybuilding supplements you really need to work out what you are hoping to achieve. Don’t lose sight of the fact that sound nutrition forms the basis of any muscle building program and no amount of supplementation with the latest and greatest products will make up for bad […]
The foolish idea that ‘more is better’ when it comes to bodybuilding goes directly against the basics of exercise science. When is comes to increasing your rate of muscle gains, more exercise is almost never what is needed. As I have mentioned already, once you have “stimulated” muscle gains by hitting the gym […]