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Understanding Workouts – When Should I Add Weight?

Understanding Workouts – When Should I Add Weight?

Jul 18th, 2010No Comments

When Should I Add Weight?
Progression is king in muscle building. To get bigger, you have to add more weight to the bar. Even if you [...]

Understanding Workouts: What is Rep Timing

Understanding Workouts: What is Rep Timing

Jul 16th, 2010No Comments

What is Rep Timing?
Some bodybuilding workouts will dictate that you perform reps with a certain speed, or rep timing. For example, you may see a [...]

Understanding Workouts: Reps and Sets

Understanding Workouts: Reps and Sets

Jul 16th, 2010No Comments

What are Reps in a Workout?
Reps are the number of times you perform an exercise, or lift a weight. For example let’s look at [...]

10 Common Bodybuilding Mistakes that Grind Progress to a Halt

10 Common Bodybuilding Mistakes that Grind Progress to a Halt

May 16th, 2010No Comments

Let’s say you want to stop growing. Maybe you don’t want to buy bigger clothes or you’ve become leery of the increased attention your constantly [...]

How to Perform Breathing Shrugs

How to Perform Breathing Shrugs

May 8th, 2010No Comments

If you are looking to stimulate trap growth in a new way, and don’t mind pain, then listen up. Breathing shrugs are a brutal, painful [...]

GPDT – Grim’s Power Density Training

GPDT – Grim’s Power Density Training

Jan 14th, 20102 Comments

What is GPDT? It stands for Grim’s Power Density Training, and it is a combination of a few training ideas that I like, with a [...]

Sergio Oliva Training Routine

Sergio Oliva Training Routine

Dec 29th, 20092 Comments

Sergio Oliva Training Routine. Sergio Oliva stated that the following routine was his only true exercise program. His training routine involved some interesting combinations…high volume, [...]

Beginner 4 Beginner

Beginner 4 Beginner

Nov 24th, 2009No Comments

WHO AM I?
I am not a huge bodybuilder.  I’m not one of those guys you see benching 300 lbs like it’s nothing.  I haven’t been [...]

How I Developed my Pulling Power

How I Developed my Pulling Power

Nov 14th, 20091 Comment

How I Developed my Pulling Power by Paul Anderson
Just as in the press, when I found I only pressing was not enough to develop my [...]

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Hit Those Hamstrings Hard

Nov 12th, 20093 Comments

Hit those Hamstrings Hard!
Sick of waiting in line and relying on machines to hit your hamstrings? Fret no more. Here are my top 5 favorite [...]

Instable Surface Training: A Slippery Slope?

Instable Surface Training: A Slippery Slope?

Nov 5th, 2009No Comments

Over the past few years, most large-chain gyms have begun purchasing various implements that were once seen only in rehabilitation programs. Bosa balls (a half [...]

Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Training

Don’t Believe Everything You Read About Training

Nov 4th, 20095 Comments

Sometimes I read articles over at T-Nation, and I wonder if there are other people like me in the world; people who are left shaking [...]

Steve Justa Strength Training Singles Routines

Steve Justa Strength Training Singles Routines

Oct 30th, 2009No Comments

Steve Justa strength training singles routines.
Big Three Routine #1
- Train every day
- 4 singles with each lift with a minute or two rest in between. [...]

10 Bulk Routines That Work

10 Bulk Routines That Work

Oct 23rd, 20093 Comments

10 Bulk Routines That Work by Fred R. Howell (1974)
Somehow in the past few weeks the word leaked out that I had at least a [...]

Bob Hoffman’s Simplified System of Barbell Training

Bob Hoffman’s Simplified System of Barbell Training

Oct 16th, 20091 Comment

Bob Hoffman’s Simplified System of Barbell Training
This is a copy of the original book, in graphic format. Click on an image to view a larger [...]

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