Summer is on the horizon, and the time has come to kick back and relax under the sun. Its time for beach days, barbecues and pool parties, and for any serious weightlifter these activities also mean one thing: its time for the shirts to come off and to showcase that rock-solid physique theyve been working on all year. No one wants to be walking around with a soft, smooth and flabby body, and for the next month or two, all of those serious lifters will be shifting into get ripped mode.
Weight Lifting What Every Beginner Should Know!
Here are a few things that beginners should know about weight lifting.
First you put good strain on your joints as well as your bones when you lift weights. This strengthens your bones. Strong bones protect our bodies against breakage and osteoporosis.
Another important point about weight lifting is that as your muscles increase in size your body becomes more shapely and firm – more attractive.
Weight lifting also helps you more vigorously perform your aerobic exerci…
4 Harmful Muscle-Building Myths Uncovered
In this article Im going to expose 4 very common muscle-building myths in order to keep you on the proper path to the mind-blowing muscle and strength gains you deserve.
Why You Should NOT Try to Isolate Muscle Groups When Weight Training
Stop wasting your time in the gym doing practically useless exercises like shrugs, leg extensions, leg curls, bicep curls, tricep presses, etc. Instead, if you really want a rock-hard functional body, focus on exercises that stimulate full body changes, instead of trying to isolate a single muscle group. Read on and find out more.
5 Reasons Why Alcohol Will Destroy Your Muscle Gains
Alcohol is far more harmful than most people think, and its very important that you understand how this drug (yes, alcohol is a drug) is affecting your progress both in and out of the gym.
8 Proven Strategies For Maximum Muscle Gains
There is so much conflicting information out there when it comes to the topic of building muscle, and sometimes it can be very difficult to know where to start. If youre an average beginner looking for some basic guidelines to follow in the gym, the following 8 points will start you off on the right track.
Gain More Muscle By Training Less Often
Provides insight into the simplicity of building muscle and explains why most people train far too often and with too many sets. When it comes to building muscle, less is more!
Giddy When Lifting Weight In Gym? Training Big Muscle Groups Cause Nausea?
Ask any body builder and everyone will say they will feel light headed, nauseous and even sometimes even puke when they train big muscle groups with exercises such as squats and dead lifts. Some great bodybuilders even take pride that they puke after an intensive bout of weightlifting as an indication that they have had a fantastic workout. But to many, these symptoms are unpleasant, disruptive and could be even be dangerous and cause injuries. Perhaps, you may also have expe…
The Benefits Of Learning Proper Weight Lifting Techniques
Weight lifting is an excellent sport to enter into seriously or have as a hobby to keep your body in top shape. Whether you choose to participate in competitive weight lifting or only do a few repetitions using light weights with your exercise program, you should learn the proper weight lifting techniques to keep your from injury. Many individuals are afraid to begin a weight lifting program simply because the tools and techniques may seem foreign. Fear notlearn the proper t…
Strength Train For A Longer Life
Strength training is great for all ages, you should be doing it at least 3 times per week. It leads to a longer and easier life.
Keeping Clean Inside and Out
How clean should “clean-living” be? Here are ways to feel clean from inside and out (literally).
Bodybuilding And Overtraining
One of the biggest problems a newbie bodybuilder faces is determining how much to train. When they start a bodybuilding program, after having never exercised with weights before, the body generally responds relatively fast. The new bodybuilder can see gains in muscle size and a firming of the body within the first few weeks and this encourages them to train harder.
This is where the problems start to begin. After the initial burst of muscle development, the body will begin…