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| Wednesday, May 05 | | · | How to Feel Your Pecs Actually Working! |
| Tuesday, April 27 | | · | Bringing Up The Calves |
| Friday, April 16 | | · | New HIIT Research: A Practical Model For High Intensity Interval Training |
| Wednesday, April 07 | | · | An Insanely Effective Type of Interval Training |
| Monday, March 29 | | · | The Doctor Says: Aerobics Will Kill You |
| Friday, March 26 | | · | Beginning Weight Training Part - 2 |
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| Thursday, March 04 | | · | Five Tricks to Jump Start Any Muscle |
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Untapped Muscle-Building Strategies
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Written by: Sean_Nalewanyj
If you've been around the muscle building game for a while, you know that sets, reps, heavy weights and healthy food will make your muscles grow. Work hard, work smart, and shredding your shirts is only a matter of time.
Well, what if I told you that you can get an edge on your buddies and crank your muscle building into truly high gear?
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The Basics of Extended Set Techniques
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Written by: Jim_Brewster
The concept of progressive overload is one of the most important in bodybuilding. There are different types of progression - the most basic is to add weight to the bar when you can hit a certain number of reps. Beyond that you can add sets, add reps, increase time under tension and manipulate time (rest between sets).
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5 Ways to Properly Stimulate Muscles for Maximum Growth
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Written by: Joey_Vaillancourt
When I first started lifting weights and training to gain muscle, I was not properly activating my muscles in the way I do today. As a beginner, I was just interested in trying to lift as heavy as a weight as I could and I didn't take into considerations things like proper form, mind-muscle connections or focusing on the proper muscles when doing the exercises.
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An Insanely Effective Type of Interval Training
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Written by: Tom_Venuto
High intensity interval training can be done in a variety of different ways. Here's a wickedly-effective type of interval training: it requires no machines or fancy equipment, you can do it outside in the sunshine and fresh air, it develops killer conditioning, carves out legs like a sprinter, and burns calories at an accelerated rate...
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Weight Training for Fat Loss
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Written by: Lyle_McDonald
A few days ago, I answered a Q&A on Around Workout Nutrition While Dieting and, mentioned in an offhand way that I would talk about the issue of weight training for fat loss at some later date. Well, apparently today is that later date. Or, more accurately today and Friday since, as this is going to be long, I'm going to divide it into two parts.
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How To Increase Your Wide Grip Chin-ups in 4 Weeks
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Written by: Joey_Vaillancourt
A big broad wide back is a very important muscle group that everyone wants to develop. It
is a signature factor of any great physique and one that automatically demands
respect. It is a sign of hard work, dedication and attention to detail as not many people train their
back muscles as much as their chest or arms let alone train their back with
proper form and activation.
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Top Three Bodybuilding Routines For Maximum Muscle Gains
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Written by: Joey_Vaillancourt
There is often a lot of confusion about just what routine to follow when trying to build muscle. There are several options that people can choose from and just about all of them will work. The real question is which one will work best for you and your starting point.
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Why You Shouldn't Train Abs To Failure
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Written by: David_Grisaffi
Smart trainees know that progression is the name of the game in fitness and strength training. However, as you continually test your limits of accomplishment, whether that's reaching a new level of leanness, increasing your muscle mass or obtaining a new strength maximum, you often fall prey to the belief that you must push yourself to the point of complete "failure."
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Beyond Six Pack Abs - Part 2
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Written by: Tom_Venuto
In part two of our interview with coach David Grisaffi, you'll learn how to get rid of a "pooch belly", how to regain your strength and stomach muscularity after a c-section, how to flatten your abs after menopause, what kinds of cardio are best for flat abs, how to increase your energy almost instantly, the 5 best exercises for a rock hard midsection, plus advanced ab and core exercises you've probably never done before.
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Archive: Beyond Six Pack Abs - Part 1
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Written by: Tom_Venuto
In part one of this exclusive interview with strength and conditioning coach David Grisaffi: Is there any new research proving or dis-proving spot reduction?, can you "spot ADD" fat? (yikes!), Is training your abs to failure actually dangerous?, the truth about training your abs every day, can you isolate your upper and lower abs at all? (even a little?), do some infomercial ab machines actually work? (do people discredit them too quickly?), Is "core training" and "functional training" legit, or just ab marketing jargon?, can simple bad posture cause serious physical damage? and much more...
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Archive: Effects of Cyclical Ketogenic Diets on Exercise Performance
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Written by: Lyle_McDonald
As the Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) becomes more popular among natural bodybuilders, a great many questions have arisen regarding any and all manners of topics. One of the primary has to do with exercise on a CKD. First and foremost, individuals want to know what types of exercise can and can not be sustained on a CKD. Secondly questions arise as to what is the optimal training structure to maximize either fat loss or muscle gains on a CKD.
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Archive: 3 Things You Must Know About Muscle Building
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Written by: Joey_Vaillancourt
I want to try and explain exactly what it takes to build muscle without going into too complicated of details. I find that there are so many people and authors out there today that over complicate this topic to simply lure you into buying their latest program or their newest supplement.
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Written by: Jim_Brewster
When the average person thinks of big arms, the biceps is the first thing that comes to mind. In fact, many people train just the biceps in their quest for big guns forgetting that the triceps is the larger of the two and actually accounts for 2/3 of your upper arm size. What many people also forget is that both biceps and triceps should be trained so that you have big, but balanced, arms.
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Archive: The Joy of Natural Bodybuilding
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Written by: Tom_Venuto
Why I chose NOT to take steroids or performance enhancing drugs and why you should stay natural too. Many people choose not to take drugs for fear of health consequences. Although this may be a legitimate concern depending on the degree and duration of drug use, this is not the reason I chose to stay natural.
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