Muscle Building Articles

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Monday, 29th March 2010

There are two main things that hold people "back" when trying to train their back. The first is that they can't see it when they're training it. This makes it harder to really focus on and properly work and, since it's not a "mirror muscle," it tends to get lower priority in the overall training workload. The second thing is that [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Thursday, 25th March 2010

Rather than starting this article off with a riddle (like what's black and white and red all over?... a newspaper), I've decided to the take the suspense completely out of it! My very favorite leg exercise for really hitting the thighs HARD is not a new exercise...it may not even seem to you to be all that great of an exercise [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Wednesday, 24th March 2010

When it comes to shoulder training, nothing beats the handstand push-up for sheer shoulder-building power. To do the handstand push-up, you need to kick up into a handstand (generally with your feet touching a wall), lower yourself down like a shoulder press, then push yourself back up. All of this performed upsidedown with your entire bodyweight for resistance! But the bottom [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Carolyn Anderson @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

Dumbbells are simple yet great equipment that you can use in your exercise routine especially if you are doing your exercises at home. Especially if you want to lose those extra fats and you want to build muscles, the dumbbells are great exercise equipment to start with. For a good start, find great dumbbell exercises for women that you can [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

The wrist curl is a very effective forearm exercise - it's a classic for very good reason...it works! But if there's one thing I've discovered in my years of training, there is ALWAYS a better way to do even the most common and effective exercises. The Wrist Curl is no exception. To do this unique variation of the wrist curl, you're [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

One of the most comment training questions I get with regards to chest training is simply not being able to feel the pecs working at all when doing chest exercises! And when you can't feel the pecs working, you know darn well that actual muscle development is simply not going to happen. So enough about the problem...how do you fix it? I've got [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By John Edward Cline @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

There are many rumors surrounding weightlifting techniques that are simply not true.So many things in life are this way, We hear that money is the root of all evil, yet this only part of the bible verse, thus many people assume that money is part of evil and this often clouds our thinking for a lifetime. This is an article [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Carolyn Anderson @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

Exercising is indeed one of the best ways to keep fit and stay healthy and even if you don't go out to the gym, you can make use of simple equipment that you can use at home. The dumbbells for example are simple yet great equipments that you can use in your workout. One good thing about it is that, [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Carolyn Anderson @ Tuesday, 23rd March 2010

If you want to adopt a weight training exercise routine that you can do at home, getting yourself good dumbbells is one of the best things that you can do to start with. Indeed, dumbbells are great exercise equipment you can get that will help you melt those fats, build muscles and develop a stronger body. From your upper body to [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Friday, 19th March 2010

If you've never done a full bodyweight chin-up before, don't worry! With the right training, just about anybody can work themselves up to performing one or more full range chin-ups. In this article, you'll learn all the steps and progressions you need in order get from zero to one! And it's not going to require pull-downs OR self-spotting machines like the [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Mariam Ma @ Wednesday, 10th March 2010

We all know that having a washboard stomach is a fine way for guys to impress girls. And let's face it, men can be vain as well and a lot of guys feel proud of how hard they've worked for their body. Guys with good bodies get all the hot chicks- that much is certain. However, just because you [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Tuesday, 9th March 2010

So you're training at home and you don't have a place to put a chin-up bar. Or you don't have a power rack with a chin-up bar on it. No problem! I've got a couple of simple items that are going to totally change the way you look at hardware stores... What are those items? C-clamps... Your basic woodworking C-clamps, available at any [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Monday, 8th March 2010

The Suitcase-Style One Arm Deadlift is one of the most powerful, results-producing exercises you will NEVER see anybody in the gym do until you actually do it yourself! The reasons? First, it's NOT a common exercise, even though it's been around for many years. Second, it's a tough exercise to do! But as you know, the toughest exercises are always [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Nick Nilsson @ Monday, 8th March 2010

The idea for this new version of Daily Specialization Training came to me as I was re-reading the famous story of Milos of Crotona in ancient Greece, who lifted a calf (a baby cow...not the calf muscle!) every day until that calf grew into a bull. I'm sure you've heard this one! This is an elegant example of the power of [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Jacob Schiffer @ Friday, 5th March 2010

It entails a lot of work such as diet and exercise particularly the use of free weights to get that well-shaped figure. Although this type of strength training can target a specific group of muscle, it should be done with care to avoid injury. Increasing muscle bulk is not as easy as you imagined it to be. It needs proper diet [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Cory Ross @ Tuesday, 23rd February 2010

If you have a back injury or chronic pain in your back, you might find it hard to exercise on a regular basis. You back is used for many different kinds of aerobic activity, and if it is strained you can injure yourself further. Before you start any workout regime you should contact your doctor, especially if you see a [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Bret Bradshaw @ Monday, 22nd February 2010

This article has two of my favorite good weight lifting routines. Sorry there are no pictures available. I am a fan of super sets. I generally combine two exercises together. My Favorite Upper Back Exercise/Workout I have yet to find an exercise that burns my back more than this one. This is called the close grip [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Richard Taylor @ Friday, 19th February 2010

How would you like to burn up your belly fat and acquire your self some extremely defined, ripped abs? The majority of blokes would most likely claim "yes please", yet only just a few of us have actually gotten around to actually achieving the ambition? So which camp do you fall in to? Do all those months of training put [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Gene Marcotte @ Tuesday, 9th February 2010

Bodybuilding is an intense sport and injuries are often sustained by bodybuilders during the course of their training or competitions. A disturbing number of these bodybuilding injuries are preventable though and in this article we will consider some of the common causes of these mishaps, how to prevent them and how to deal with the injuries should they occur. There are [more...]

Fitness » Muscle Building | By Bret Bradshaw @ Tuesday, 9th February 2010

Summary: Weight lifting plateau is bound to occur to you, and it probably has happened if you are reading this article. This article explains some common ways to overcome this condition. Keep A Journal Record what you do in the gym. Record how many sets and the weight you use. You may think you can keep it in your [more...]