Ideas to keep your workouts fresh and keep your mind from wandering and losing focus How your workout attitude affects your training With no down-time between sets, you become more involved in your fitness journey. While no time for daydreaming, wishing you were somewhere else or becoming bored. Because in fact, a most desirable attitude […]
Build Muscle and Strength with Pyramid Weight Training What exactly is this pyramid weight training? Does it mean increasing weights as you go? Also, what is reverse pyramid training? Starting heavy and using less weight as you tire? Is one better than the other? With pyramid weight training, warm up first with lighter weights. As […]
Part 2 of 3…Best Lift for Building Muscle DIPS: The dip is right up there with the bench press in terms. Overall impact of the pushing muscle of the upper body. Bodybuilders who use legal steroids and steroid alternatives along with anabolic steroids relied on dips for complete pectoral developments. When leaning the torso forward, […]
Best Lifts-Tips for Building Muscle Focus on These Golden Basics and Make Insane Gains! Do you have as much muscle as you’d like? I sure don’t, and I bed you don’t either. Do you know what the best lifts are for building muscle? The nature of training is that we’re never fully satisfied with what […]
Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler Chest Workout At 5’9″ competing at anywhere from 250-275 pounds of massive muscle. His legs received most of the attention, followed by his shoulders. Also managing to craft an impressive set of pecs to match the rest of his physique. Unlike some former Mr. Olympia champions, chest did not come easy […]
Loading secrets for muscle size and getting strong Proper selection of weight, sets and reps, critical for building muscle size, strength, power and endurance. Strength and power athletes need a combination of strong muscles, power and muscle size. The ability to exert force and power combined with the ability to exert force rapidly shows how […]
Pre-Training Stretches Can stretching before training reduce gains in muscle size and strength? Until recently, pre-exercise stretches was a mandatory ritual. That changed when many studies showed that static stretches before competition or practice decreased strength and power. A study at State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, found this true about pre-workout stretches. They […]
The Debate Between Volume Training and HIIT The perfect exercise prescription for greater size or strength involves the manipulation of several key variables. Two of the most important being exercise intensity and volume training. Knowing the correct amount of each is critical for promoting the greatest gains in size or strength. However, a well defined […]
