Fast Ways To Recover From Your Muscle Building Workouts

by Vince DelMonte, As you go about putting in more and more effort in the gym during your muscle building workouts, one thing that you want to be sure of is that you’re also taking the time to look after your recovery. Some guys go into the gym each and every day and only beat [...]

Active Versus Passive Recovery

By Lyle McDonald, A long while back I wrote an article titled The Importance of Rest pointing out that most people train too hard too often and would benefit from more recovery, both in an acute (day to day) and long-term sense.  In that article, in the context of a typical weekly schedule, I suggested [...]

My Muscle Gains Have Stop – Help Me!

So, your gains have come to a screeching halt or you have had no gains.  What is up with that?  You are going everything you are suppose to – do a great workout program; taking all the state of art supplements, and getting lots of rest.  Oh well, it must be your genetics.  Probably the [...]

Top Ten Safety Tips

My Top 10 Safety Tips for Weightlifting, in no particular order:                                   Know yourself – Know your limitations.  Getting bigger means constantly pushing the envelope.  Add 10 lbs. more; force the last couple of reps out, pushing yourself.  But, BUT…Do not try to bench 200 lbs when you could barely do 170 lbs last workout.  Don’t add [...]