Shoulder muscles (deltoids) are comprised of three heads: anterior (front), lateral (side), and posterior (rear). The dumbbell shoulder press exercise primarily targets the anterior deltoid but to a lesser extent involves the lateral deltoid also.

As a basic moment, the dumbbell shoulder press is identical to that of the barbell military press and may be used [...]

Training the calf muscles to increase their size can pose a significant problem to many people. After all, it’s rare to see anybody walking around with huge calf muscles. Although the calf muscle is a difficult muscle to train by its very nature, most people simply do not know how to train them. Using the [...]

What most trainees will notice when they begin bulking is they will put on a great amount of muscle mass in a short period of time, and then things suddenly seem to grind to a halt.

True, the more advanced and further along you get with your training, the harder it becomes to put on muscle [...]

As a bodybuilder looking for size gains, it is critical that you recognize the importance of working the muscles beyond failure from time to time. Drop sets are an excellent method — when executed correctly — of allowing you to go beyond failure.

Training to failure means you can no longer complete another repetition (full lift) [...]

If you have an amount of body fat which you are not happy with and would love to replace it with some solid, strong and shapely muscle, I will show you how easily you can do this. What I can’t tell you how to do is how to turn fat into muscle — and nobody [...]

If you are looking towards building bigger muscles, you can do things the complicated way or you can do things the easy way. When all is said and done, there are only 3 fundamentals to building bigger muscles.

They are…
#1: Take in more calories than your body normally needs.

You heard the saying you are what you [...]

Bodybuilding is a funny thing. Consistency is certainly the key to achieving success, but also, sometimes doing the unexpected can yield even greater results.

How strictly you follow your training program can also have a positive or negative impact upon your results. One such aspect of your training program which can have a tremendous impact [...]

It’s funny I should ask this question, because I’m going to answer it myself — not for my own benefit, but for your benefit, hopefully. It’s only a short article, but it’s of crucial importance.

If you’ve done a little research already on bodybuilding you may have seen already people recommend changing routine regularly. People need [...]

I dare say that people not into bodybuilding would love to know how to get bigger biceps, simply because they look very impressive, and women love them!

Most people go about trying to get bigger biceps all wrong; they train them too often, and they use all of the wrong exercises.

There is no question in my [...]

Push ups are an excellent exercise to develop a limited amount of upper body muscle, and as far as endurance goes, the sky is the limit. Push ups build muscle, there is no doubt about it — but the amount of muscle will be severely limited unless you begin adding resistance in the form of [...]