How to Gain Muscle Mass
July 22, 2008
The keys to gaining muscle mass include eating a balanced diet, a healthy lifestyle, enough sleep, and regular and proper weight training exercise. DIET You need enough protein for your muscles to develop. The more protein, the better. Lean red meat should always be a part of your diet. Lean meats contain just about the right amount of nutrients to help muscles grow. As a rule, you should take in at least one gram of protein per pound of body weight per day. This can be easily done by properly spacing your meals into six small servings a day. The proper combination of high protein diet and the proper kind of workout will help you gain the right amount... Read more »
Bodybuilding Nutrition - Eating to Grow
July 22, 2008
If you’re serious about bodybuilding then you need to get serious about your nutrition too. Most new bodybuilders put too much emphasis on blasting their muscles in the gym and ignore this aspect of their training which is just as important as lifting, if not even more so. Remember that you don’t grow in the gym, it’s what you do outside the gym that helps you to grow. There are many different nutrients that need to be considered for a bodybuilder to have proper nutrition. If you’re growing then carbohydrates should form the bulk of what you eat. You need these carbs for energy in the gym and to make sure that your body is using the protein in your diet for muscle growth... Read more »
Increase the Number of Pull-ups You Can Do By 50% in One Day
July 18, 2008
Pull ups are hard, but they are one of the few true tests of strength. I say this because some powerlifters can bench 600 or squat 800, but they also weigh 300+ and can barely manage 5 pull ups. This is one of the few exercises where you can measure relative fitness by comparing the ratio of the number of pull ups completed to bodyweight. Some of you might get mad at me, talking about powerlifters training for strength rather than endurance, but the fact of the matter is that when I was powerlifting I could still do 15 pull ups at 195 lbs. Now, let me take you back to high school gym class; the year was 1993, I was 15 years old. Mr. Buatti the gym teacher, who happens to bare a striking... Read more »
How to Recover From Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
July 18, 2008
Let me tell you about a recent conversation with one of my friends over IM. This guy used to lift with me back in college, but he is working on his own business right now and hasn’t touched a weight in almost a year. So they guy goes out and gets a gym membership and starts training again last Monday. This is how the conversation went down: friend: my muscles hurt friend: chest and tris are killing me friend: i can barely move friend: i didn’t push that hard friend: i just did as much as i could friend: what can i do to recover faster? My friend here is suffering... Read more »
Too Skinny? Build Lean Muscle Through Weight Lifting
July 18, 2008
What do you see when you look in the mirror in the mornings? A skinny body devoid of all muscle? Do you look like a long distance runner that has not had a good meal in a long time? Are you fed up with the laughs at the beach and pool when you take off your shirt? No worry, you can start making a difference today through a simple, but effective weight lifting program. Follow these steps and you will be on your way to a stronger, more muscular body. First let’s talk about where you are at now. There are many young men who have a difficult time building their muscles. Sometimes it is due to genetics. Sometimes it is a hormone issue.... Read more »
Using a TENS Unit for Your Athletic Training Program
July 18, 2008
If you are looking for a way to reduce the pain you feel from a sports injury when you are working out, consider investing in a TENS unit. These devices can help you control your pain so that you can get the most out of your workout. TENS units are widely used in the physical therapy field to help patients control their pain while they rehabilitate their muscles. With the proper training, you can benefit from this same technology at home or at your favorite gym. What Is a TENS Unit? TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation.... Read more »
Maximize Gains by Training to Failure and By Not Training to Failure
July 17, 2008
Many people, when they start lifting weights, believe that training to failure on every set of every exercise is the key to growth. This is one of the biggest weightlifting myths, and one that is nearly impossible to squash unless you educate yourself on exercise physiology. What Exactly is Failure? Failure is weightlifting is defined as the inability to generate the force required to complete the full range of motion for a single repetition. Many people, experts and trainees, fall on both sides of this debate. Some coaches insist on leaving a couple reps in the bag, stopping well short of failure to avoid stressing the central nervous system (CNS), while others recommend... Read more »
Top Supplements to Increase Performance
July 17, 2008
In the past decade we’ve seen an explosion in the number and range of sports supplements and legal anabolics being use by bodybuilders and athletes of all types. The demand for sports supplements is growing larger everyday as competitive athletes of all types strive to reach the peak of their performance. Today’s supplements are increasingly designed to make use of athlete’s full potential. Today’s legal anabolic supplements are much more targeted and effective than in the past thanks to increases in technology and understanding of the function of these... Read more »
Build Core Strength and Correct Muscular Imbalance
July 16, 2008
No matter how strong your individual parts are, they must be able to work as a whole to be complete. This is an applied understanding of physical training through function. Since core strength has become the new catch phrase of the fitness industry, I feel as though it is my job to teach you the truth about it. * How can I train the body as a unit and why is core strength important? The human body needs to be conditioned entirely to build balance. Without balance, there is imbalance, and truthfully that is where most injuries occur. Prior to any physical training program, you should... Read more »
How To Build Muscle The Superstar Way
July 10, 2008
Getting yourself a better regimen of training with weights is not very difficult. But making sure that you have the right information regarding the optimal way to build those muscles is a must. Numerous people fail at their attempts to gain that superstar body because they do not know the best way to body build. Before you take the plunge, try to get hold of as much information that you can. That can often be found in numerous training guides and body building books. Once you have uncovered that, just follow these 5 simple steps and watch your body amazingly transform! 1) Take A Break About Once Every 2 Months: Though you might think that a break from your exercise schedule will upset all your plans, the truth is that if you maintain the... Read more »
