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The Hugh Jackman Wolverine Workout
Hugh Jackman wasn’t playing games this year when he got in shape for the box office smash hit, Wolverine. Jackman was jacked, and had obviously been busting his butt in the gym. But he didn’t just hit the gym and start performing random exercises. Hugh’s trainer designed a routine that was inspiring and effective.
The Hugh [...]
Advanced Training: Basic Sets, Step Sets and Wave Loading
Most beginning to intermediate lifters view weight training as an activity that is simple to understand. Slap weight on the bar, perform reps, go home. Doesn’t get much more complicated then that, does it?
Yes, it does.
Everything works for a beginner. That is one of the carved in stone truths of the iron game. During this [...]
Understanding Training Cycles for Maximum Strength and Size Gains
Most lifters know that the body adapts to a training style over a given period of time. Eventually, even with the best training program, strength and/or size gains grind to a halt. Often, a lifter will change programs and find that the progress still isn’t there.
This failure to progress is caused by a simple misunderstanding [...]
The Real Arnold Schwarzenegger Beginner Programs
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Reg Park
At age 15 Arnold glanced in a store room window and saw what was a cover of a magazine depicting the new Hercules movie starring none other than Reg Park. Arnold was not a man to learn from books or abstract ideas but by identifying with what he considered to be [...]
Bulldozer Bodybuilding Bulking System
Much is said about the subject of bodybuilding bulking. Two primary bulking camps exist: clean and dirty. Clean bodybuilding bulkers believe that you should eat an excess amount of calories, but they should come from healthy sources. Dirty bulkers believe that a calorie is a calorie, and regardless of its source - healthy or junk [...]
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Interview With Female Muscle Giant Lori Braun
Lori Braun is many things, but first and foremost she is the reigning queen of female muscle. Lori’s websites include Female Muscle, a power house female bodybuilding site, Athletic Tube, an upstart video sharing site focusing on the female figure, and of cource the Lori Braun Blog.
Some call Lori eccentric, some call her wildly creative, [...]
5 Easy Tips for Bodybuilding Bulking
Bulking. Bulking is key to gaining muscle mass. It is much easier for the body to add muscle if you are eating a calorie surplus. But most trainees have a hard time bulking, and gaining mass. How many times have you read this on an Internet forum…”I just can’t seem to gain weight, no matter [...]
Getting Down and Dirty…Gaining Muscle Mass the Real World Way
Most bodybuilders are obsessive compulsive. They tend to believe that you must eat clean food all of the time, at every feeding. And of course, we know that this “clean eating” involves a lot of chicken breasts, broccoli, and rice.
But gaining mass is not about clean eating. It’s about calories. Yes, you heard me right. [...]
The Crusher, a Bodybuilding Routine for Bodybuilders who love to Max on Deadlifts and Squats
Love to max on deadlift and squat? Finding it hard to incorporate heavy deadlift and squat training into your bodybuilding routine? Well, do I got a solution for you. I call this bodybuilding routine the Crusher.
The Crusher allows you to lift big on squats and deadlifts, without completely turning your bodybuilding routine into a powerlifting [...]
Estimating Calorie Needs for Bodybuilding Cutting, Bulking and Maintenance
Caloric needs. There are numerous methods to estimate daily caloric needs for bodybuilding. Please remember that every method is simply that…a method to estimate your needs. The numbers from this article are merely guidelines; a launching point.
It is up to you to perform regular bodyfat testing using a skinfold caliper, and to make necessary adjustments. [...]
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- The First Key to Old School Success: Eat Like A King
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- The Ten Keys to Old School Success for New School Beginners
- How to Gain 70 Pounds of Muscle in 3 Weeks
- 8 Destructive Bulldozer Training Squat Workouts
- Interview: 5 Questions with Jesse Lile
- Female Warriors: 2 Inspirational Weight Loss Journeys
- Lose Fat and Get Ripped by Eating Big and Lifting Less
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