Most people in the know will readily admit that the most effective way to work any muscle is not with a machine but with free weights a.k.a. dumbbells and barbells. It should come as no surprise then that my choice of pec exercises uses these very tools. Over the years I have found the following [...]
I would be willing to put money on it that the first exercise which comes to your mind when you envisage building big biceps is the dumbbell bicep curls exercise. How did I know this? Because it is the first one comes to my mind, too! Although the dumbbell bicep curls exercise and images of [...]
By the very term ‘weight lifting’ what else are we meant to think of other than the lifting of a weight? The lifting part is known as the concentric movement (positive) and the lowering of the weight known as the eccentric movement (negative). Even the most hardcore bodybuilder can sometimes forget that the goal is [...]
Of course, all bodybuilding meal are important. It is recommended that to keep your body in a constant anabolic (growth) state, you need to eat every 3 hours, and always making sure those meals include a fair amount of good quality protein. But, it’s inevitable, even with good planning… that sometimes, we will miss a [...]
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There is no doubt at all in order to build superior muscle mass one must eat a superior diet of healthy whole foods. Whole foods are simply foods which are completely unprocessed, or a minimally processed. I see a lot of discussion about the merits of, or pitfalls of cheat meals. A cheat meal is [...]
Reverse barbell curls are more often than not used by people in an attempt to work so biceps differently. However, although the biceps are involved in the reverse barbell curl, due to prone grip (palms downwards), the brachioradialis of the forearm becomes more involved, marginalizing the biceps involvement. Naturally, a less involved bicep means a [...]
An athlete in weight training or any sport is susceptible to overtraining. Such is the faultless enthusiasm and determination to reach ones goals, an athlete can find themselves suddenly deteriorating, so recognizing the symptoms of overtraining early can help to put you back on track before further regression occurs. Overtraining tends to be a central [...]
Static contraction training, more commonly known as isometrics, is a method of training in which the muscles and joints don’t move against resistance, but work statically against it. Unlike dynamic training, where muscles and joints move against the resistance. An example of a static contraction exercise would be to place your back against a wall, [...]
People more often than not forget their abs are just regular muscles, and to make them bigger, need only to be trained as any other muscle. The weighted crunch exercise is far more effective for building deep cut abs than regular crunches just as the bench press is far more effective for building muscles than [...]