Discover how to build muscle mass and strength without resorting to gimmicks which only waste your time and frustrate you. It’s pretty simple once you understand the major principles. Get it right from the off, and you’ll never look back.
It’s certainly great getting stronger and stronger muscles all over your body, but the most exciting body part to develop strength in is the arms. To get strong arms I advise you to train more in the style of the strength trainee rather than a bodybuilder. Strength trainees tend to do lower repetitions using heavier [...]
It is a debate which has been raging probably since bodybuilding first began, about when the best time to train is, day or night? Well, really, there is no definitive best time. It comes down to several things you need to consider for yourself: Most people hold full-time jobs, so from a practical perspective, you [...]
For a lot of bodybuilders the upright row exercise is synonymous with rotator cuff injuries because they do it the dangerous way. Upright rows are an outstanding way to build the lateral deltoids, and won’t give you rotator cuff problems if you follow the method laid down by IFBB pro bodybuilding trainer Charles Glass. Traditionally, [...]
I love the bull neck look, and in a different way, so do women! It also makes men think twice before tangling when you when you have a neck like Mike Tyson. That’s why it is always baffling to me why neck training is probably the most neglected area of all. Yet, it is hugely [...]
Any person of any age is capable of increasing their muscle mass with a good weight training regime and mass building diet. That’s not in question. However, it’s a sad fact of life that as we get older, we all find putting on muscle mass more difficult no matter how down pat we have our [...]
People always tell would-be bodybuilders that they need to eat more or have a good diet to build muscle. That’s true, but what they don’t usually tell you is what to eat to gain muscle, and how much of each nutrient. For a healthy balanced diet for anybody, a mixture of protein, carbohydrates, and dietary [...]
I see a lot of people on the Internet telling others that they absolutely must train to failure in order to build muscle. This is false. It is absolutely possible to build muscle without pushing yourself to muscular failure. Sometimes, constantly training to muscular failure can put the central nervous system into shock and stall [...]
As a man it is no fun having a pencil-neck. It makes one look weak, and if the rest of the body is well muscled, it looks a little silly to say the least. Plus, having a stronger neck is never a bad thing as it helps prevent injury to this delicate area of the [...]
A massive mistake many beginners make is following a bodybuilding diet plan aimed at rapid weight gain. Nine times out of ten, way more fat is gained than muscle which leaves the trainee the long drawn out task of losing it – whilst gradually losing the hard earned muscle mass. What a waste of time, [...]
If you are asking yourself the question “how much protein do I need to build muscle?”, you asked a very important question indeed. Muscle is made up of around 20% protein, and although it is perfectly possible to build muscle mass without taking in huge amounts of protein, you can certainly build muscle mass much [...]