Five Keys to Build Muscle
There are no shortcuts to build muscle fast, and that is where I find that most people fail when lifting weights with the intention of putting on muscle. They begin working out with a solid diet, but then they quit after a few months because they are not seeing the results. Let's face it - you're not going to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger after only a few months of lifting weights.
Hamstring Training: Your Secret Weapon
If you are looking for a great hamstring workout with the best hamstring exercises, you have come to the right place. This is extremely important; if you go to any bodybuilding show you will probably see that nearly every competitor on stage has a great chest, arms, and, if they dieted correctly, abs. These are the muscles that most bodybuilders focus on and covet. As you look at that same lineup you will notice that fewer bodybuilders have great backs and quads.
The Top 3 Chest Exercises
Whenever anyone starts lifting weights, they usually want to build their chest up to look like one of the greats such as Arnold Schwarzenegger. They will most likely end up training their chest almost every day thinking that their pecs will grow more if they do it this way. Eventually, they will learn that they should only workout their chest twice per week at most without overtraining. Once they figure that part out, they try to figure out what the best chest exercises are to make their chest grow.
Intensity is Everything – Part I
All my life I have always wanted a cool nickname. In high school I even went so far as to try to give myself the nickname C-Dub. This was definitely not a proud moment for me. But recently, after speaking with a friend at my gym I was informed that the majority of the people at my gym already had a nickname for me. Initially I was excited, but that changed when I found out what my nickname was.
6 Back Training Tips
You hit your back with every possible technique and exercise week in and week out during your back workout. You even have been able to progress with the weights that you are using. So why hasn't your back grown in ages? You need to rethink your back training plan and implement these six techniques to get your back training back on track.
How did you get started? Well, there are two ways in how I view myself getting started into bodybuilding; subconsciously and consciously. Subconsciously, I got started when I was 8 years old. I didn’t call it bodybuilding at the time as I didn’t know what it was, but I liked being physically fit and I [...]
How did you get started? I’ve always been active and have enjoyed weightlifting and running. But after having my three children, when my youngest was 2, my husband got deployed to Afghanistan with the Army. While I had been working out, I wasn’t as consistent as I had once been before having children.
How did you get started? I started lifting weights at 13 years old to prepare myself for Highschool Football. I thought that I was too small. I remember that day so well because I went to a Highschool Football practice and when I came home I started working out using furniture, books, and anything I [...]
Should women lift weights? That’s a question that I receive on a near weekly basis. The typical reasoning for their question after I ask them is that they are afraid of becoming too bulky and becoming masculine. After all, which females want to lose their feminine side? Not very many.
Fitness goals are something on just about everyone’s mind come the late part of any year. This is where you see numerous people start flooding into the once nearly empty gyms. For those experienced fitness members, this can be the most painful period. Since they did not have to wait for their equipment previously, they [...]
There are no shortcuts to build muscle fast, and that is where I find that most people fail when lifting weights with the intention of putting on muscle. They begin working out with a solid diet, but then they quit after a few months because they are not seeing the results. Let’s face it – [...]
One of the biggest myths in the fitness world is that carbohydrates make you fat; I swear, one of the most common questions that you could get as a nutritional expert is “are carbohydrates bad?” First off, you try to explain to them that they don’t make you fat. Then they end up not listening [...]
One of the most common questions that you get is “how do you gain muscle and lose fat?” If there was a way you could do both at the same time, you would be multi-tasking more or less. It seems much better than just losing fat but not being able to put on muscle at [...]
Cliff Wilson played basketball in college. It was a division 1 school so most of the other guys were very genetically gifted. The first day of freshman conditioning they took their body fat %, bodyweight and height then announced it in front of the whole team. Most of the guys were around 8-9% body fat [...]
When Martin Daniels was young (around 10yrs old), his mom worked out everyday. At the time, Martin Daniels’ brother and he watched The Incredible Hulk TV show. Daniels’ mom saw how much they were into the show and purchased a set of old school plastic and cement weights. A seed was planted for Martin Daniels [...]
