Bodybuilding, Fat Loss, Nutrition Articles
*Note: This workout is to be done once a week on
whichever day you choose. My favourite day is Friday, to
end off the week. Whatever works for you, though.*
WARMUP (3-5 Minutes, gets the blood flowing)
a) Barbell Curl – With a light weight (a weight you could normally do 20-30 reps with)
Perform 25 reps, at a moderate pace using strict form. Use full range of motion, and flex your
biceps at the top of the movement. [Read more...]
Guys don’t like skinny legs, chicken legs, golf clubs or whatever you want to call them. Skinny legs look good on girls, not guys. So just how do you get bigger legs fast? Well to start you need to be lifting, lifting heavy weights. There’s not too much magic involved. What works best is to lift less but heavy. You can warm up with lighter weights, let’s say doing a leg extensions on a machine. After you warm up, move into burning the muscle with heavier weights. Watch out for overextending the knee in any exercise you do. The part of your leg which forms the four muscles called the quadriceps are what you will be targeting at least if you are wanting to remove the thin look. [Read more...]
How long does it take to build muscle? Well the body is a complex system. There are many variables that one must take into account when trying to gain muscle. It can happen within a couple of weeks to a few months…
First of all, what is your current body shape? Are you skinny, fat, or a mix of the two, then there is genetics and age. Then one must look at how many days one is training and your diet. Its important to look at all the variables. Although this is science which involves many bodily systems, some good tips to gain muscle faster include the following: [Read more...]
Your biceps might be getting bigger, but your arms, are not getting much thicker. This can be a common problem for guys. You might not want ridiculously thick arms, but a good size thickness does look impressive. When viewed from the back or side do your arms look thin? Although over time, I would say 3 months, you can grow the thickness naturally by performing any standard arm workout, such as barbell curls, or concentration curls. [Read more...]
Skinny leg syndrome, ah those legs look like matchsticks! Skinny legs can be a pita. Summer comes along and you have to put shorts on again, and get the golf clubs out. Most girls love to have skinny legs, they often strive for it, but for guys skinny legs are no fun.
Maybe you have a decent upper body but you never train your legs, or just don’t like training them. Well to get bigger leg muscles you are going to have to break that mentality. Oh and there’s no such thing as a hard gainer. From experience if you can gain muscle on your upper body then you can gain it on your lower body. Many people train, and yet never train their legs, all the focus goes onto building bigger biceps or chest muscles. [Read more...]
Guys worry about biceps for as long as they are training to gain muscle, after all it looks better when wearing a t-shirt. Depending how big you want to get them there are certain fundamentals at play. Do you have skinny arms? Are they flabby?
How many sets and reps?
Devise your workout plan into 5 days, in order to grow more mass for a couple of months try doing just biceps and or triceps on a Monday. This means you are purely concentrating on this muscle group. Nothing else. Obviously the rest of your week will also incorporate using biceps, but not at the same concentration levels. Also a good idea is to vary the type of bicep exercise you are performing. Try some of these out: [Read more...]
Catabolic versus Anabolic
Okay – so most bodybuilders and athletes who are serious about their sport know and understand how important it is for their body to be in an anabolic state. And whilst this is not possible 100% of the time, you can do your utmost to reduce the amount of time spent otherwise. [Read more...]
Trying to kill two builds with one stone? Well it is possible, it all very much depends on your current weight and look. Are you terribly skinny? Then you don’t need to burn much fat but rather build muscle, so a weightlifting program is best. If you are fat with no muscle, then you need to do both. That is cut fat and build muscle, this will allow you to reach a better physique faster. [Read more...]
It seems so hard for people to get it through their heads that more work doesn’t equal more results. Especially when it comes to working out and muscles.
I see this everyday in the gym and even with people I’m closest to. I could write a book on common gym misconceptions (I just might do that) and this would be at the top of the list.
This is called overtraining and is the deadliest culprit when it comes to building muscle.
In so many other areas of life, we are taught to work harder for more results.
You want more more money, get more jobs (this is false as well) or work harder at work to get promoted.
If you wanna get there sooner, drive faster.
A girl not responding to your come-ons, be more persistent (this is false as well).
Want to build more muscle, go to the gym more often (false).
Why is this not the case? It seems counter-intuitive.
You have to realize two things.
1. You don’t BUILD muscle in the gym. You TEAR it down.
2. Your muscles need time to recover and get stronger, just like any other part of your body when you damage it. With that being said, why would you spend most of your time in the gym tearing down muscle and never give it time to grow back? It’s like that scab on your leg when you were little that your mom told you to stop picking at. (I still pick my scabs, lol), she knew that the more you picked, the longer it would take to heal. The same is true for your muscles. If you always tear them down and never give them time to recover, you’ll plateau really quick.
3. You’re working the same muscle groups and using the same machines all the time.
4. You don’t physically feel stronger from time ‘x’.
5. You aren’t experiencing muscle soreness as much.
They figure “I’m not working out hard enough”, so they go to the gym more. That’s only making a bad situation worse. The best thing to do would be the counter-intuitive thing and that is to REST more. When you rest, your body is in repair mode, this is when you should be increasing protein consumption, and caloric intake.
That’s why I’m so big on education and so dedicated to giving you the right information.
Sorry if that flies in the face of what you believe. But if you always follow common beliefs, you will always get common results.
The only way to debunk a myth is to find out the truth…and that’s what you have here.
The whole Truth and nothing but the Truth.
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