Hate training legs? Don’t worry – you’re not alone. Training legs is tough – the most grueling of all specialized muscle training – and let’s face it…who the hell stands in front of the bathroom mirror flexing their quadriceps? Look, we’d all LOVE to work on those muscles we know will show off the best [...]
Training Tip For More Growth Hormone Release
by Jeff Anderson More growth hormone (GH) = more MUSCLE, right? It’s a known fact that anyone looking to build more muscle mass must address your body’s natural “hormone factory” to see some real gains in size. But different hormones are stimulated in different ways. Here’s a cool (and SIMPLE!) “Quick Tip” to add to [...]
Building a Strong Back with a Shoulder Injury
Training with a bad shoulder injuries is no walk in the park. How’s that for an understatement, or a statement so obvious, it’s dumb? Okay, okay – go easy on me. Just wanted to share some thoughts on injury training… Back around ’87, during a sparring session; my Tae Kwon Do master grabbed my wrist, [...]
Bodybuilding Supplement To Jack Up Your Workouts For More Intensity!
by Jeff Anderson, One look around the gym and you can tell which of the local rats are SERIOUS about their workouts and which aren’t! Some are truly busting their humps to transform their bodies while others are simply going through the motions trying to convince themselves that they’re really “working hard”. NONSENSE! I say [...]
Full range of motion, hard flex at top, and my puny arms feel great!
Somedays, frankly, I talk a better fight. It’s always about walking the talking. Time to fess up – with gout in my knee, aggravated achilles heel, and a host of none body related issues, I’ve not been working out on a regular for the past couple of months. But I have gotten in a good week [...]
Larry’s 9 Rules for Dealing with Joint Pain
So, today after I got back from the doctor’s, I open up my email and I see Larry Scott’s January 2011 newsletter. And training tip # 1 dealt with joint pain. Wow He must have been reading my mind…or my pain. My right knee has been in agony since last Friday. Have no clue as [...]
How To Build Lean Muscle with These Tips To Cure The Skinny Guy
A Roundtable, featuring Joe DeFranco, Vince DelMonte, and Craig Weller by Nate Green Are you afraid of blowing away in a strong gust of wind? Tired of looking in the mirror and seeing vermicelli arms and Tinker Toy legs? Does your little sister ask to borrow your clothes… and threaten to beat you up if [...]
How Often To Change Your Muscle Building Workout Plan
By Vince DelMonte, As you go about the goal to build up more lean muscle mass, one thing that you may often wonder is how often you should be changing your muscle building workout plan. After all, you know that the body responds best to an overloading stimulus but that said, how much change is [...]
Making The Most Out Of Your Muscle Building Program For Skinny Guys
By Vince DelMonte If you’re currently on a muscle building program for skinny guys, you’re going to have to make sure that you’re doing a few critical things in order to ensure that you build up muscle mass as fast as possible and get the results that you’re looking for. Many skinny guys on muscle [...]
Start This New Year With a Bang
by Arnav Sarkar, Article Summary: Most New Year’s resolutions are unsuccessful. Failing to be consistent when training is one of the most common mistakes made. The workouts listed can help you restart your progress and get back on track. 1st January, 2010- “From today onwards I will begin my journey to get strong and big/ lose [...]
5 Muscle Building Exercises You Should Think Twice About…
“Forever” is a long time. Dr. Hyght makes some good points and shoulder impingement syndrome probably explains a lot of the chronic issues I have with my shoulders. Still, many have used some of the exercises, like upright row, without any of the issues Dr. Hyght describes. The key is don’t do anything that causes [...]
Weight Training’s Dirty Little Secret
Just to confuse you some more… by Chris Shugart The Secret I’m going to tell you a secret. But before I do you have to promise not to tell any strength and conditioning coaches, fitness gurus, trainers selling books or DVDs, or even other T-Nation writers. This is just between you and me, okay? Okay. [...]
Muscle Building Back Workouts – What You Need To Know
by Vince Del Monte, If you’re someone who is bound and determined that you want to build muscle and improve the way your back looks, it’s going to be vital that you’re paying attention to the muscle building back workouts you’re doing and get the right exercises in there at the right times. Far too [...]
A Simple Program for Complex Results
If you want to build muscle as fast as humanly possible, here’s a complete A-Z program to help you do just that. by Nick Tumminello One of the great things about the Internet is the access it provides to literally thousands of training articles, complete with photos, videos, and of course, workout routines. While this [...]
Cranking The Intensity Up On Your Muscle Building Shoulder Workout
by Vince DelMonte, If you want to experience explosive muscle growth from your muscle building shoulder workout program, there’s one thing that you must always be going for – intensity. By far, one of the biggest reasons that many guys are not seeing the results that they’re going for with their workout program is simply [...]
