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26. Complete Pec Training Tips By Allen Martin
    Put these pec techniques to use and develop that full, muscular chest today.For most people I see in the gym, the bench press has become more about building an ego than building a quality set of pecs. Rather than worry about how much you can lift, you need to focus your attention on how fully you can train and fatigue the pecs themselves (rather than the arms, shoulders, back, quads, etc.)Here’s…



27. Before and After Photos in Fitness Magazines By Brian Johnston
    Some supplement companies will go to any lengths to prove their products’ effectiveness. But sometimes the evidence isn’t quite what it’s cracked up to be. Before and after photos are the most compelling means by which to convince a person of steroid-like gains.Often the before photos show the bodybuilder in off-season condition; fat, bloated, with pale skin. Hardly inspirational, but tru…



28. Clothes and Shoes and Stretching By James Spicer
    Now that we have a trainer, our next concern is to be equipped with the proper shoes and clothes, so our training experience can be maximized. If your trying to create a great body you need to start with clothes and shoes that will make you feel good as well as look good! {The reason behind that is if you look and feel good you will tend to be in a motivated state of mind, and in this state we…



29. Increase Your Training Intensity - Negative Repetitions By Richard Mitchell
    You can only build muscle tissue if you can generate progressively stronger muscular contractions, so this calls for an emphasis on finding ways to increase exercise intensity. This should not be confused with exercise duration as maximum training intensity will actually shorten the time needed to achieve maximal muscular growth. In an earlier article I outlined the ways in which you can intens…



30. Tendonitis and the Effects on Your Routine By Marc David
    What turns out to be a small, yet annoying pain in your joint, can quickly turn into something much more debilitating. At first, you just think it might be a pulled muscle. Maybe I did a bit too much weight? But the intermediate to advanced bodybuilder knows what muscle soreness feels like after a workout. This isn’t it. But there is a potential solution.My biceps routine, which was progressing …



31. Overcoming Fears And Unproductive Thinking By Mike Vainshtein
    You might sometimes wonder whether your dedication and sacrifice will pay off as your intended goals. There isn’t a person on earth who wants to invest their time, effort, and money into something that eventually will result in a disappointment.It’s vital to become aware of the extent to which you follow this trend of thinking. Often times you may not have had sufficient exposure and development…



32. Welcome Back Everyone! By Deborah Caruana
    Ah summer time, it's one of my favorite seasons and it has everything to do with free time, sun and surf. Activities like volleyball, tennis, soccer, swimming, surfing, sprinting after curious children, playing frisbee with the dog, walking a mile to get a frozen yogurt or to find that lost flipper on the beach take precedence. All the ingredients that make exercise happen because, it's summer a…



33. How to Gain Weight and Build More Muscle! By Anthony Ellis
    For many thin guys around the world, gaining weight without using illegal steroids has been a challenge. For thousands of lean young men, the dream is to gain weight, but no matter how much they eat they remain thin. Some people are naturally thin; that means their genetic makeup is in such a way that the body burns more calories than others. The very basic method of weight gain is to eat more …



34. What Is Strength Training? By Jerry Predaris
    Traditional strength training consists of performing one to three (or more) sets of exercises on a specific, isolated muscle group. One rep, or repetition, equals one complete movement of the exercise from start to finish. For example, for a bicep curl you might begin with your arm extended down by your side holding the weight, say a dumbbell, curl the weight upward to your shoulder by bending y…



35. "Enough Already! Stop Coming Up With 'New' Weight Loss Programs... By Chris Guerriero
    Great weight loss techniques are completely worthless.That's a true statement 99.7% of the time.Great weight loss techniques are a scam on oneself.That's also a true statement 99.7% of the time.Great weight loss techniques NEVER make you thin, lean, healthy, or sexy!Also a true statement 99.7% of the time.Great weight loss techniques waste your time, and get you really frustrated..Again, a true …



36. Body Building for beginners By Ryan Fyfe
    Body building or even just showing up at a gym can be intimidating for a beginner. Provided below are some tips that can help you get into body building, and into your first fitness club:Seek Advice - There is no sense trying to learn it everything yourself when starting out in Body Building. Take some time to talk to others who are more experienced, and learn what you can from them. When using …



37. Balance Is Key To The Optimum Physique By Marty Gallagher
    As Purposeful Primitives we understand the need practice two distinct types of training: progressive resistance for the external musculature and cardiovascular training for the internal plumbing. In addition, training need be coordinated with a distinct eating regimen that amplifies instead of retards results. We know and accept these ultra-basic premises but then what?Physiologically we underst…



38. Muscle Building Training Tips For Beginners By John Voight
    (*) Proper bodybuilding exercises technique.First steps in muscle building training are easy. Spend the first few weeks in gym knowing the exercises. During the first few weeks of muscle building training, the muscles react to the stress put on them, even with relatively light weights, with important increase in strength and muscle tension.(*) Train whole body on one workout.Every major muscle g…



39. Building The Mind Of A Champion: 12 Mental Factors Which Help You Become Your Muscular BEST! By Pete Siegel
    Thinking back on all the work I did with bodybuilders who went on to win major titles, one thing becomes perfectly clear regarding why they reached the top. Through training their minds, they became as mentally tough as they were physically developed; this was the factor enabling them to ultimately take top honors.They would also be the ones who were able to get more out of themselves each w…



40. The Amazing Benefits of Resistance Training By Craig LePage
    When it comes to exercise, resistance training is often overlooked. Resistance training is an essential part of any fitness program and has many amazing benefits. Taking part in a sound resistance training program will improve the conditioning of muscle tissue and increase metabolism. Metabolism can be defined as the amount of calories the body needs each day to sustain life. An improvement in m…



41. Can Growth Hormone Boosters Enhance Muscle Growth? By Richard Mitchell
    Many experts feel that supplementation with growth hormones offers exciting possibilities to adult bodybuilders, especially those aged over thirty. They should not be taken by anyone aged under twenty. In the past growth hormone was available only in injectable form but recent years have seen the development of HGH precursors and more advanced delivery systems. The most popular means of taking g…



42. Body Part Isolation vs. Complex Movements in Strength Training - Build Real Muscle Instead of Fake! By Mike Geary
    Working as a fitness professional, there is one type of question I get all the time that shows that many people are missing the big picture regarding the benefits of strength training. This popular question usually goes something like this:“What exercise can I do to isolate my _______ (insert your muscle of choice – abs, quads, biceps, triceps, etc)?”It doesn’t matter which muscle someone is ask…



43. A Recovered Treasure: The Pilates Method By Allen Martin
    Uncovered After 80 Years of Dormancy, Pilates is Far From Dead.In a way, he’s a lot like Edgar Allen Poe. The famous writer had been deceased for many years before he miraculously cracked super-stardom, his once-buried work revamped from the ashes to be relished by millions and millions of literature fans.Well, Joseph Pilates is not Edgar Allen Poe. The German immigrant is hardly a household nam…



44. All Natural Bodybuilding Secrets By Kostas Marangopoulos
    Natural bodybuilding refers to bodybuilding without muscle enhancing drugs or anabolic substances. In other words natural athletes who choose to build their body with all-natural have to stick to a regimen of well structured bodybuilding diet along with some performance enhancing supplements like whey protein, creatine & l-glutamine. There are however other natural athletes who go all out ie the…



45. The Ultimate Hard Body Exercise By Mike Geary
    The Front Squat:As you may have already discovered, the squat is at the top of the heap (along with deadlifts) as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating body composition changes (muscle gain and fat loss). This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under a heavy load than almost any other weight bearing exercises known to man. Hence, these ex…



46. Muscle Building: Avoid Gym Germs with Simple yet Effective Tips! By Jasdeep Singh
    With more people hitting air-conditioned health clubs, they bring along not only their workouts but also their sweat, flu, and other germs. But you dont need to fumigate the weight room or hose down the stair-climber to avoid catching something. These five simple yet effective tips can help you stay clean and healthy at your gym.1) Keep your hands clean: I know it sounds cliche, but i just cant …



47. Protein or Carbohydrates? By Jeffrey Bedeaux
    This has got to be the biggest controversy in modern bodybuilding. Bodybuilders will say you've got to consume loads of protein to pack on quality muscle mass and increase strength. Nutrition experts say that you must eat a high carbohydrate diet, particularly complex carbs, to improve strength and size, and say that a high protein is of no benefit.Who is right? You could say both are right.…



48. Importance of Change By Zach Bashore
    Many bodybuilders get bored with their routines and need to change some things around. Two of the most common mistakes we make is training the same way everyday or eating the same foods over and over again. These may seem like small problems but could lead to a potentially dangerous problem such as becoming stale and bringing your bodybuilding goals to a halt. In this article I am going to expla…



49. Exercise The Right Way - The Wrist Extension By Richard Mitchell
    Other articles in this series looked at a number of exercises, mainly from the perspective of developing a comprehensive muscle building program. Sometimes we take things for granted, especially when it comes to performing the basic exercises that constitute the core of most bodybuilders' training regimes. It is useful, therefore, to describe in detail the processes involved in actually doing t…



50. Build More Muscle and Lose More Fat by Discovering the Power of Training Variables! By Mike Geary
    Everyone will inadvertently hit a frustrating plateau in their training at one time or another. You're cruising along for a while, gaining strength, losing fat, looking better, and then all of the sudden it hits. Suddenly, you find yourself even weaker than before on your lifts, or you find that you've gained back a couple of pounds. It happens to everyone. Most of the time, these plateaus occur…






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