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51. Abdominal Muscles: Why You Do Not Have "Killer Abs" or a "6 Pack" By Chris Chew
    Ask any woman what is the most attractive part of a male body and most of the time, they will tell you it's the six pack abs meaning that your abdominal muscles showing up with beautiful definition. The abs is considered by many as a sexy muscle and is a symbol of a fit and healthy man. Women are instinctively drawn towards a man brimming with health and fitness because it is a primitive indicat…



52. The Key to Building Muscle and Burning Fat at the Same Time By Marc David
    Doesn't weight training build muscle and increase your metabolic rate and therefore the increase in your metabolic rate reduces fat? And if so, then doesn't this mean that you have gained muscle and lost fat at the same time?I can understand how you might be confused because it's true that the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolic rate will be and the more fat you will burn as a result…



53. Re-ignite Your Chest Training Progress By Gregg Gillies
    Effective Chest Training, Like Everything Else, Begins With The Proper MindsetAn attitude of always wanting more, never being satisfied, is a key element in becoming successful in whatever you do. There's always a higher level of development to achieve—if you're constantly searching for it.Having that mindset is essential to lasting success. It's also the cornerstone of the habits you nee…



54. The Facts About Anabolic Steroids By Richard Mitchell
    Anyone involved in the world of bodybuilding, and competitive sport generally, will understand the pressures that go with striving to achieve optimal performance. Sometimes athletes feel they cannot reach their peak without artificially enhancing their powers of recovery from intensive training. One way to speed up this process is through the use of anabolic steroids. In this article we'll exami…



55. Are You Too Old to Pump Iron? By Jean Bowler
    Are you too old for weight lifting? Will weight lifting help you stay and look younger? The answer to the first question is no and to the second is a resounding yes. Weight lifting will help both men and women stay fit and supple and might even help you look younger. And, no matter what your age, you’re not too old to start.In 1982, Dr.Walter Bortz,writing in The Journal of the American Med…



56. Exercise The Right Way - The Triceps Pushdown 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…



57. Six Minute Abs By Allen Martin
    Six minutes out of your day. All you need is a level floor.Start this torture session just as the end credits begin to roll. A few Sprint, Bell Atlantic, and Burger King commercials later, Jerry should be starting in with the monologue that kicks off the ensuing episode. And by then, your midsection should be burning like charcoal.Contrary to what many believe, Abdominal workouts do not need to …



58. Why You Must Use The Right Dumbbells For Your Workout By Paul Article
    A dumbbell exercise program is effective with the right equipment These days, more so that in decades gone by, dumbbells are growing in popularity in fitness centers and health clubs across the United States.In addition, they are increasingly being purchased by people who want to include them in their personal gyms at home so they can conduct a dumbbell exercise program in the comfort of their o…



59. Who Else Wants To Build Muscle Fast? By Herb Daly Jr
    I see it all the time. Guys in the gym doing set after set of all these different exercises, and if you looked at these same people 3 months from now they have not really changed physically all that much, maybe a little more toned but nothing really noticeable. And the elusive question "How do I build more muscle" is still the battlecry.Well guys it is not adding more sets, or adding more reps,…



60. Shoulder Exercises For Beginning Bodybuilders By Richard Mitchell
    The main shoulder muscles that concern bodybuilders are the deltoids and although they work closely with the arms and chest muscles, it is possible to isolate the delts in a training session. Unlike other body parts though, the shoulder is not designed for heavy lifting in all directions so beginners need to take care and use lighter weights than usual for shoulder-isolating exercises. The delt…



61. Never Hit A Training Plateau In Your Workouts Again By Shawn LeBrun
    Your workouts should be very demanding. They should be intense and very focused. With this intensity comes the need to rest to allow your muscles to fully recuperate from the demand that you have placed on them.Muscle growth is achieved by progressively overloading the muscles and forcing them to adapt by adding new muscle to handle future demands. However, if you never allow your muscles to ful…



62. Target: Rear Delts: One Simple Movement and They’ll be on Fire! By Nick Nilsson
    The Bent-Over Lateral Raise is one of the most common exercises used for working the rear or posterior deltoids. For most trainers, it can be difficult to really feel the rear delts working during this movement as the larger, stronger muscles of the back have a tendency to take over.To really get the most out of this exercise, you need to remove the back muscles from the equation. This can be e…



63. How To Gain Weight By Marc David
    Until I started following a routine to eat, my gains were minimal. Once I set my eating times to a specific time during the day along with a protein boost, I could see the gains immediately. This sample program is a quick way to get your protein WAY up and generally increase your food intake. But it doesn't require the traditional sit down 6+ a day to eat 30 chicken breasts and spend all day …



64. Get Rid of Cellulite, Once and For All! By Ailsa Forshaw
    Get Fit At Home With Ailsa : Get Rid of CelluliteHad it up to here with Cellulite? Want to get rid of it forever, and make your body all lovely and sleek? Yeah, me too, so I when one of my old 'Gym Boys' showed me this Exercise years ago, I started doing it al the time, and changed it up a bit to make it work more effectively for me. This is a great Exercise for Women, but I know for a fact that…



65. What's Your Body Type? By Jean-Rene Losier
    Yep, there are more than ones body types. I'm sure you've noticed it too. The ones who, even if they eat whatever they want, never gain a pound, and others who exercise like there's no tomorrow and STILL manage to gain weight. Well that's a key thing when it comes to training your body. You have to train for your body type, or else your actions may not be doing anything good! There are 2 bodytyp…



66. 10 Things You Can Do To Lose Fat Without Even Trying By Nick Nilsson
    1. Eat smaller more frequent meals - not only is your metabolism boosted every time you eat something, your body can more efficiently process smaller meals. Instead of having 3 large meals in a day, try to break them up into 5 or 6 smaller meals.2. Drink more water - regular water intake helps to flush away waste products in the body. Get at least six to eight 8 oz. glasses per day. An easy…



67. Perfects Abs - Three Ab Routines To Show Your Six Pack By Raymond Burton
    Crazy, ripped, hard abs. That's the key to showing an awesome body. If you think that all training is about is making sure your chest is big enough to make your shirt hang out past your stomach then you’re missing the boat. Chiseled abs is awesome abs.How do you get ripped abs?It's about diet, cardio and hard ab routines. I'll give you the low down on how to burn in some washboard abs with this …



68. Muscle-Building Exercises and Growth-Boosters By George Papazoglou
    I have 'emerged' some subtle bodybuilding techniques that infuse rapid muscle-growth to any trainee. You see, the "factor of top intensity levels" in combination with "aggressive workouts that expel pure testosterone bursts", is the key to a fantastic muscular development.Yesterday, another non-typical "Chest & Biceps" workout suffused my body to some *wondrous moments* of exhilaration a…



69. Muscle Soreness After Exercise By David Petersen
    Many individuals judge the quality of their exercise session from the amount of pain they experience afterwards. These individuals are convinced by the old adage “No Pain No Gain”. Research on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) has demonstrated that here may in fact be some truth to this phrase.Recall in a previous article presented on this website dealing with Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness, …



70. Muscle and Fitness -- The Second Key To Successfully Achieving Your Fitness Goals By Tony Farrell
    Lets discuss Muscle and Fitness -- The Second Key To Successfully Achieving Your Fitness Goals. But just before that, I'd like to remind you about what the previous article discussed.In a previous article called: "Muscle and Fitness -- The First Key To Achieving Your Goals", you were given ten steps to follow. If you haven't received this article, I suggest you read that before this one here, as…



71. Planting And Nurturing Your Contacts And Resources By Mike Vainshtein
    The success level of your bodybuilding endeavors is highly determined by the contacts and resources that you posses and have access to, as well as these that you can offer to the world of bodybuilding.Success is achieved through desire dedication, effort, simplicity, and consistency.As any type of success, it is achieved through consistent care, dedication, interest, and effort.It is important t…



72. Sneak a Little Intensity into Your Workout By Tony Hale
    You know you’re on autopilot during your workouts when, halfway through you’re set on the pec dec, you realize you’re sitting on someone’s lap. It’s time to shake things up a bit. Every gym has a variety of people who come in and do the same routine time after time. The same movements, weight, reps, they even do the exercises in the same order, every workout. Three years later, their body s…



73. They Don't Know Squat! By John Paul Catanzaro
    There seems to be much confusion amongst trainers and trainees as to whether squats should be performed all the way down or just half way. In most gyms today, a common instruction during squats, deadlifts, and lunges (as taught by many personal training organizations) is not to allow the knees to travel beyond the toes. Doing so will ultimately cause the destruction of your knees! I do not …



74. Muscle Building Workouts - Build Muscle And Fitness The Right Way By Tony Farrell
    Does this sound familiar to you?You have goals for your muscle building workouts. You follow a regime that allows you to achieve those goals. You're doing everything right. But, you fall on your butt.Then you find that you get back up and start the whole process working on your muscle building workouts all over again. Only to find that you keep falling down, getting back up again and repeating t…



75. Exercise The Right Way - The Wrist Curl 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…






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