The Trap Bar!
Most likely, you know what a trap bar is, but maybe you haven’t tried one out yet. But wait! When the time comes to deadlift, this is a bar you should know about. It isn’t just…
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The New Ultimate Bodybuilding Diet – Part 2!
In Part 1 of The New Ultimate Bodybuilding Diet 2-Part Series, we covered the basics, including macronutrients, the percentages of each that will make up your diet, and the importance of water. Finally, we covered the…
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The New Ultimate Bodybuilding Diet – Part 1!
With this updated 2-Part Series of the New Ultimate Bodybuilding Diet, our goal is to provide you with the nutritional information you need to reach your full bodybuilding potential. It is impossible to build a championship-level…
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The Mind to Muscle Connection
Most likely, you’re aware of the mind to muscle connection. If you don’t know or aren’t sure, it’s the ability to mentally connect with the muscles you’re working. Is it important? You bet – it can…
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Check Out This Exercise: Flat Dumbbell Flyes
Ask any lifter what they do for their chest, and most likely they will say “the bench press”. That’s well and good, but there’s more to it than that. In this edition of Check Out This…
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Biceps Blasters!
We all train for huge guns, right? No matter what the goal is, we’ll amp up the focus and effort when it comes to biceps. Of course, it’s really the triceps that account for big arms….
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Check Out This Exercise: Reverse Grip Bent Over Rows
In a past edition of Check Out This Exercise, we looked at a Dorian Yates favorite, the Reverse Grip, or Underhand, Pulldown. Yates preferred this grip because, among other reasons, it brought the biceps into play….
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The Basics Of Cluster Sets
In this article, The Basics Of Cluster Sets, I’ll take a look at this somewhat newer technique – at least it is compared to the timeframe I came up in. Are cluster sets really any different…
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A Complete Guide To Working Out For Older Trainees – Part 3 – Nutrition & Supplements
Here we are at the start of Part 3! In this series, “A Complete Guide To Working Out For Older Trainees”, I have covered the basics of working out for trainees 50 years old and up,…
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A Complete Guide To Working Out For Older Trainees – 3-Part Series! Part 2 – Training
In Part 1 of this Series, I covered the basics of working out when you’re older. In Part 2 of “A Complete Guide To Working Out For Older Trainees”, I will cover everything you need to…
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A Complete Guide To Working Out For Older Trainees – 3-Part Series! Part 1
It’s not everyday that I write a multi-part Series, especially about older lifters, but in this case I just have too much information for a single article. Therefore, in this exclusive illpumpyoup.com 3-part series, A Complete…
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Training Frequency and Protein Synthesis
The concept of training frequency and routine type in regard to protein synthesis is fascinating stuff, to be sure. Setting up an ideal situation for this to occur depends on several factors. It also has stirred…
