Tag Archives: Bodybuilder Tips
Best Arm Exercises You Should Be Including in Your Arm Workout
So what is the best arm workout? Dumbell curls? Hammer curls? Tricep extension? Wrong! Isolation exercises such as those are typically used for injury rehabilitation or bodybuilders looking to get huge muscles. However, if you really want to do the best arm workout, stick to compound exercises that provide a total body workout as well. So, what are the best arm exercises I should be including in my arm workout? Chinups, pullups, and dips!»
Are Your Genetics Working Against You?
There are guys out there who have been working out for a while now and they have seen little to no results in terms of muscle gains. Those guys begin to question whether it is possible for them to get fitness model ripped, or whether they are fighting an uphill battle which they will eventually lose. The road to being ripped and shredded is definitely filled with lots of blood, sweat and self doubt.»
Bodybuilding for the Lactose Intolerant – Other Ways to Get Protein and Calcium
There are many downsides to a lactose intolerance, and of course one of the biggest issues for many people is being unable to enjoy the same deserts that they might normally and having to be ‘the awkward guest’ at dinner parties. However the problems with lactose intolerance are not confined to just practical issues: they can also get in the way of your choice of activities and even your health. Milk contains a lot of very important ingredients and is a crucial ingredient itself in a range of nutritious foods and supplements meaning that it can be hard to get everything you need to function healthily and normally without it; and never is this more apparent than when you start bodybuilding and suddenly need a whole lot more of your usual nutrients to stay healthy.»
How to get the dumbbells up without wasting energy
Here is a quick trick to save some energy when you start dumbbell chest pressing some killer weight! »
Supersets For Super Human Size & Strength
Supersetting is one of the most powerful muscle-building techniques you can use—and that’s not conjecture but scientific fact. Just as the name suggests, supersets can produce some spectacular superhuman results—plus, they’ll give you a big psychological kick as well. When you superset, you move from one exercise to another without taking a rest. You can superset opposing, or antagonistic, muscle groups, such as the biceps and triceps, or use two movements for the same muscle group, such as barbell curls and preacher curls.»
Intensity, the Key to Muscle Growth
Intensity is defined as exceptionally great concentration, power or force. It is what separates those that make modest gains over the years from the ones that make massive gains year in and year out. If you look around the gym, it is easy to spot the people that train with a lot of intensity. Training with maximum intensity will literally force your muscles to grow, it leaves them no choice. They have to adapt – they have to grow.»
Are You Getting Enough SLEEP After Training Hard And Eating Well?
We all know that to pack on muscle, training provides the stimulus, nutrition provides the building blocks and sleep provides the time for growth to occur. Despite this readily accepted notion, most trainees and trainers alike place much more emphasis on the training and diet aspects with sleep usually being, (for most), no more than an afterthought.When’s the last time you exchanged sleeping tips with a gym buddy?! The internet too is sprawled with a huge number of articles and forum posts all offering the latest training & diet guidance, advice & tips.»
How To Gain Muscle And Get Ripped
The truth is that it all depends on what you’re trying to accomplish. If you’re trying to lose some body fat but keep the lean muscle that you’ve built on, then this is what you need to do. Take your bodyweight in pounds (we’ll use 150lb as an example for the sake of this article). This would mean you would need to eat around 150 grams of protein, 150 grams of carbohydrates and 60 grams of fat (150 x 0.4) per day.»
