Whether you’re just joining a gym for the first time or you’re determined to finally get in shape, there’s five exercises you must be doing at the gym each week. While the glossy magazines and bodybuilding sites are barraging you with isolated muscle exercises, beginner fitness goers need to focus[…]
Being skinny puts you at a disadvantage in the area of muscle building. Fact is, it is harder for skinny guys to pack on the lean muscle mass. Don’t be discouraged, though, as there are things you can do to (relatively) speed up the muscle building process. Tip #1 –[…]
When you are trying to build muscle mass you want to do the best exercises. This will allow you to build muscle the most efficiently, using the exercises that have the best ability to help you build muscles. In this article we outline which muscle building exercises give the best[…]
There are a few particular chest workouts that are really going to be great for you but you just don’t yet know which ones they are. There are also some terrific chest workouts which you can try and that you can do if you are a female, however, most women[…]
Today I am going to explain to you how to quickly and easily add an inch of muscle to your chest and increase your bench press. All you need to do is follow this simple push up routine for a week and you will see incredible gains. I did this[…]
Athletes who want to build muscle mass can use not only proteins, creatine and amino acids, but also fish oils to achieve this. The anabolic effect of omega-3 fatty acids has been confirmed, so now molecular scientists at the University of Aberdeen have gone a step further. They are about[…]
Underlying all progression of natural muscle growth is the ability to continually put more stress on the muscles. This stress is a major component involved in the growth of a muscle and disrupts homeostasis within your body. The stress and subsequent disruption in homeostasis causes three main mechanisms that spur[…]
1. Training Age Your training age is how long you’ve been lifting weights. If you’re a newbie, you will be able to gain more muscle faster than if you’ve been lifting for many years. 2. Hormonal Profile The amount of testosterone and other muscle building hormones in your body can[…]
I’ve spent more time than I would care to admit pondering this question and I’ve spent years of my life experimenting with various full body workouts and split routines. I understand how confusing and frustrating this question can be. For example, tons of smart trainers I know who have great[…]
1. Contrast Methods · Here are a few tidbits on contrast methods that I think you’ll find interesting: Always start with hot and end with cold (unless you plan to go to sleep afterwards, in which case you should end with heat.) The duration of each stimulus is 1-5 minutes,[…]