Is Training to Failure Necessary?
Going to failure (the point at which no more reps can be performed) is a way to guarantee muscle growth stimulation. Over the last thirty years much has been printed about going to failure during weightlifting…
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Getting Past Sticking Points
Every natural bodybuilder has reached a sticking point at one time or another. You know the feeling. You push hard with all your might, yet the gains are nonexistent. Despite your best efforts you seem to…
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German Volume Training
You should give the “German Volume Training” technique a try if you are at a plateau in your training or would just like to attempt something different. The technique is easy to follow – you do…
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Advanced Back Training
After establishing form and a firm strength base, it’s time to start adding more specialized work. You divide your back into three segments (upper, middle and lower) which helps in the selection of exercises. Of the…
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10 Training Tips For Abs
Everyone wants to have noticeable abdominal muscles. What’s one of the main things people see when your shirt is off? Everyone wants nice abs to flaunt at the beach during the summertime or have something to…
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10 Strength Training Tips
Competitive Olympic lifters, for example, must include lots of quick lifts and build their pure strength work around the snatch and clean and jerk. Powerlifters, too, must organize their programs around the three tested lifts. Other…
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Bodybuilding During Football Season
Since a lot of athletes take part in more than one activity this can have an effect on how they train for their main sport. If this is the case with you, it can put you…
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Building Muscle With Speed Training
Is speed important to a bodybuilder? Most will tell you no, that its muscle mass and aesthetic proportions that win contests. Is speed important to a powerlifter? Most of these athletes will answer in the negative…
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Bulking Up or Cutting Down
The First Decision For Beginners You have two alternatives when starting bodybuilding, whether to begin with cutting or bulking. The Advantages of Starting With Cutting Diet The Disadvantages of Starting With Cutting Diet Reducing body fat…
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Chest Development For Champions
Hard Gainers’ Definitive Growth And Development System In its simplest form muscle growth breaks down into four sections: Stress Nutrition Rest Growth Dumbbell work in general, and flyes in particular can teach you about how a…
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Chest Workout for Size and Strength
You signed up for that lifetime special at the gym with the best intentions. Now that you have no time to make use of it, that sharply defined body you’ve been chiseling is going to grow…
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10 Rules In Mass Building
Getting Rock Hard Glutes By Jeremy Olson Bodybuilders are among the rare breed of people who actually care about having a rock-solid butt. In fact, it’s a must that bodybuilders develop a muscular set of glutes…