Mass Building Tip For Skinny HARDGAINERS!
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

By The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
Don’t be a victim to “weak genetics”! Here’s a simple way to defeat the “hardgainer” curse!
Are you a “hardgainer”?

You know…someone who is reeeeeally skinny and has a hard time putting… read more

PARTIAL SOLUTIONS
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Stuck in a training rut? Try partial reps to bust out of your plateau!
Story by: Lara McGlashan (Art/Images by: Aaron Ashley)

Some rules are made to be broken. Eating dessert before the main course is certainly… read more

SLOW vs EXPLOSIVE LIFTING:
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

THE CONTROVERSY CONTINUES…
“Injuries are not caused by methods per se, but by the inappropriate, premature, and/or excessive application of methods.”
– The Author

In all the years I’ve been involved in sports conditioning, I’ve never seen an… read more

RELIEF FROM EXERCISE STRESS
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet, Strength Training, Supplements | No Comments »

Exercise is healthy, but can also stress the body. Four new studies show how nutrients helped athletes heal from strenuous exercise.

In a coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) study, 18 highly trained athletes took 300 mg of CoQ10… read more

BUILDING STRENGTH & MUSCLE WITHOUT ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training, Supplements | No Comments »

(ARA) - Every week the media comes out with a new story of another amateur or professional athlete using steroids. For athletes and health fanatics it seems they are willing to do whatever they believe… read more

X-REPS: TWIG-TO-BIG MUSCLE MASS MUTATIONS
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

(from www.bodybuilding.com)

Do you have the genetics to build impressive muscles? Do you think you’re so skinny that an eye-popping physique may be impossible? Say your father, in his early 20s, weighed 115 pounds when… read more

VOLUME TRAINING: Get Bigger & Stronger
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

by Charles Poliquin Supersets and tri-sets allow you to perform a lot of work in a short period of time. The rest-pause method allows you to use heavier weights, so you can recruit the… read more

REST-PAUSE TRAINING (Beginner)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

It is widely accepted that training with heavy weights for a low number of repetitions per set (1-6 reps) will promote increases in strength, whilst lifting lighter weights for a higher number of reps (15+)… read more

REST-PAUSE TRAINING (Advanced)
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

by Mike Mahler
Go to any gym these days and you see most trainees doing an endless number of reps all in the hopes of attaining the oh-so elusive and fleetingly short pump. Blame it… read more

THE BENEFITS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Resistance training is any training that uses a force, for example a weight, to resist the force of a muscular contraction. Often, resistance training is simply called weight training or strength training.

According to the American… read more

PERIODISATION FOR MAXIMUM MUSCLE GROWTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Have you been training hard for years and eating all the right foods, only to find that you just can’t put on muscle like you used to? If so, it sounds like you’ve hit a… read more

HOW MANY SETS & REPS SHOULD I DO?
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

The number of reps and sets you should perform of an exercise is dependent on your desired goals. The important thing to remember, as always, is that you must maintain good form throughout the exercise… read more

REST-PAUSE TRAINING FOR INCREASED STRENGTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

It is widely accepted that training with heavy weights for a low number of repetitions per set (1-6 reps) will promote increases in strength, whilst lifting lighter weights for a higher number of reps (15+)… read more

BURN MORE FAT WITH INTERVAL TRAINING
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Interval training is highly popular as a very effective way of burning fat. At the same time, it is also a first-rate method of improving cardio-vascular fitness.

Interval training involves alternating high intensity bursts of activity… read more

SCULPTING SIX-PACK ABS
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

When we think of abs, we normally mean the rectus abdominus muscle that forms the six pack of the stomach area. However, to get the perfect mid-section you also need to work your obliques and… read more

BUILDING BIG PECS
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

For full development of the chest muscles, you’ll need to perform a variety of chest exercises that target your pecs (pectoral muscles) from a number of different angles.

Building the upper pecs is very important… read more

BUILDING BIG SHOULDERS
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

Many people find building the shoulders hard work. All too often a combination of slow progress and shoulder injury will leave a our shoulder development lagging behind the rest of our muscle growth. Here… read more

CHEST TRAINING TIPS FOR BLOWING UP YOUR PECS!
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

By The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
To get full… read more

WHY WEIGHT GLOVES = LESS MUSCLE
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Strength Training | No Comments »

Why Weight Gloves = LESS MUSCLE!
 

By The Muscle Nerd, Jeff Anderson
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THE EFFECTS OF BODYBUILDING ON THE MIND
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Mental Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Bodybuilding Positively Influences the Mind!

“Get in touch with reality… feeling the cold steel bar in your hands and knowing the weight that’s on it… nothing is more real.” You shouldn’t just believe in yourself, but… read more