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Beginners: Practical Starting Routines for The Drug-Free Trainee

Beginners: Practical Starting Routines for The Drug-Free Trainee

Mar 27th, 20101 Comment

Though the following program is written from a “beginners” perspective, it can also be used by any trainee – beginner, intermediate or advanced. It is [...]

Rate of Drug-Free Muscle Gain

Rate of Drug-Free Muscle Gain

Sep 29th, 20092 Comments

For most people muscle building is a slow process. Of course, there are those who are extremely genetically gifted and respond quickly to even the [...]

Your Maximum Muscular Bodyweight and Measurements

Your Maximum Muscular Bodyweight and Measurements

Apr 29th, 2009No Comments

Your Maximum Muscular Bodyweight and Measurements, by Casey Butt, Ph.D.
For a drug-free athlete trying to develop maximum muscle mass, the knowledge of how much muscle [...]

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The Rules Of Productive Weight Training For The Drug-Free Trainee

Jun 25th, 20082 Comments

“The information below is probably the most “honest” you’ll ever read in any bodybuilding article, and it’s probably the most important article I’ve ever written, [...]

Training to Failure, an Inside Look

Training to Failure, an Inside Look

Jun 25th, 2008No Comments

Way back in the early 1970s Arthur Jones popularized the notion of training to failure with his series of articles in Iron Man magazine. Training [...]

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Making A Strength/Size Routine Part V: Splitting Your Routine

Apr 18th, 20081 Comment

Making A Strength/Size Routine Part V: Splitting Your Routine, by Casey Butt
It was suggested in Making A Strength/Size Routine Part IV: Training Frequency that a [...]

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Making A Strength/Size Routine Part IV: Training Frequency

Apr 18th, 20081 Comment

Making A Strength/Size Routine Part IV: Training Frequency, by Casey Butt
Training frequency is comprised of two components. They are:
1. How often to train a muscle/muscle [...]

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Making A Strength/Size Routine Part III: Sets And Reps And How To Perform Them

Apr 18th, 20081 Comment

Size Routine Part III: Sets And Reps And How To Perform Them, by Casey Butt
Now that we’ve established which exercises are most productive, and how [...]

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Making A Strength/Size Routine Part II: Exercise Sequence

Apr 18th, 20081 Comment

Making A Strength/Size Routine Part II: Exercise Sequence, by Casey Butt
There are some simple, generally accepted rules of how to properly sequence exercises in resistance [...]

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Making A Strength/Size Routine Part I: Exercise Selection

Apr 18th, 20081 Comment

Making A Strength/Size Routine Part I: Exercise Selection, by Casey Butt
The first thing that has to be considered when putting together a resistance routine of [...]