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Roid Rage a Myth?
2007-08-21 20:57:00 The mainstream media jumps on the roid rage bandwagon with cases such as Steve Benoit(the wrestler who killed his family) because they love sensationalism. They also don’t understand much about steroids and figure the public doesn’t either, so they can use that to their advantage. Roid Rage Studies: A few years ago, the Journal Of Forensic ... More About: Myth
Binge Eating Genetic?
2007-08-20 01:01:00 Ever notice some people are more susceptible to eating lots of food? They just don’t know when to stop. Most thing its just bad habits, and I also believe binge eating is a learned behaviour over the years. However, studies by the new England Journal of Medicine a couple years ago pointed ... More About: Health , Mind , Eating , Bing , Binge Eating
Sleep Apnea & Bodybuilding
2007-08-20 00:47:00 If you are having trouble feeling rested after a long nights sleep you may be suffering from Sleep Apnea. Sleep apnea is a disorder, where a person will suddenly stop breathing spontaneously while asleep. They will stop breathing for up to 30 seconds and violantely awake in order to restart breathing. You can ... More About: Health , Sleep Apnea , Bodybuilding
Animal Fat Carnicogens
2007-08-20 00:30:00 Many studies in recent years has shown animal fats from dairy and beef products to increase risk of cancers such as breast, pancreas, and colon cancer. With the high protein diet of bodybuilders, we must be sure to keep beef products at a minimum. Instead eating fish and chicken and having low fat ... More About: Health , Animal , Nico
Social Physique Anxiety (SPA)
2007-08-20 00:14:00 Social Physique Anxiety is a general mental condition, describing someone who’s thoughts are constantly worrying about what others think of their physical appearance. While everyone may think they have this condition at some point, it is when these thoughts cause you to miss out on life. Many people think that woman suffer from this much ... More About: Social , Health , Mind
How often to workout a muscle a week?
2007-08-19 23:56:00 How often we should target a muscle group per week is one of the oldest arguments among bodybuilders. Comparison between workout programs: To get an understanding of the differences here are some popular bodybuilding routines. 1) HST advocates hitting the muscle 3 times a week. Routines are low volume. 2) HIT advocates usually hitting the muscle ... More About: Workout , Week , Muscle
Workout partner: Good idea?
2007-08-18 21:22:00 Having a workout partner is a serious decision. Why? Because a workout partner can improve your workouts or be your worst gym nightmare. Once you pick a gym partner you will feel obligated to workout together, so it is not a decision to be taken lightly. Most bodybuilders feel a workout partner will ... More About: Workout , Partner , Idea , Good
Bodybuilding Diet on Vacation
2007-08-18 21:09:00 Whether you decide to workout or not while on vacation, many bodybuilders feel the need to at least stay up with their diet. Relying on restaraunts to get all your protein, is expensive and a hassle or even out of reach. Foods bodybuilders should bring on vacation: 1) Protein bars. Even though they are expensive, there ... More About: Diets , Diet , Vacation , Bodybuilding
Weight Training on Vacation
2007-08-18 20:32:00 Most bodybuilders can’t enjoy a vacation, if they can’t bring the weights with them too. I recommend you take a vacation as a way to give your body a rest, but if you are in the middle of getting some good results, you may not want to stifle that with a break. You ... More About: Weight , Training , Vacation , Weight training , Eight
Dynamic Tension Weight Training
2007-08-18 20:13:00 This type of weight training was created by Charles Atlas, with his dynamic training course. He was a well known bodybuilder with his infamous ads including the cartoon of a skinny guy getting sand kicked in his face. You can check out Charles Atlas official website Here What is dynamic tension weight training? The dynamic training course by ... More About: Weight , Training , Tension , Weight training , Eight
Spotting Techniques
2007-08-18 00:39:00 It may seem unnecessary to devote a blog post to something as trivial as Spotting, but most people do not know how to spot. I thought I would list the top 10 things I hate about spotting. 7 things I hate when spotting: 1) Maxing out with bad form while I spot them. 2) Going to ... More About: Nique
Hair Loss Cures
2007-08-17 22:15:00 Hair loss is topic many bodybuilders discuss. With the higher testosterone levels from working out and the rampant steroid use, many bodybuilders want to know how to prevent it. While Hair loss is mainly genetics, there is products available over the counter that can help you prevent or even cure your ... More About: Hair , Loss , Cure
Which routine is better: Intensity or Volume?
2007-08-17 21:50:00 A very old argument among bodybuilders is, which workout routine gives better muscle gains, high volume or low volume high intensity? Logic behind high intensity workouts: These include the HIT cheerleaders. They believe that in order to stimulate muscle growth it’s all about going to failure on each set. Their workouts are brief ... More About: Volume
Periodization Workouts
2007-08-17 21:15:00 If you are not familiar, periodization teaches that you must keep your body “guessing” in order to avoid plateaus in strength and muscle gains. If you were simply to do the same workout each week, eventually you will plateau. Peri odization is controversial because some don’t feel it is necessary to change ... More About: Period
Most Accurate Body Fat Measure Method
2007-08-17 20:45:00 The mainstream folks often point to the BMI table as a way to calibrate bodyfat. The BMI doesn’t factor in muscle, frame, or how you distrubute your fat. A 250 lb ripped pro-bodybuilder is “obese” according to the BMI scale. Body builders instead use bf% as a way to accurately measure their bodyfat. 15% is ... More About: Rate , Accu , Method
Best time of day for weight training
2007-08-17 19:49:00 Most gyms fill up in the afternoon and evenings. This tells me that most people workout after work or classes. Is morning the best time to workout? Many bodybuilders advocate morning workouts give the best results, but is that really ideal? This is difficult to answer, as it depends on how you interpret the studies. ... More About: Weight , Time , Training , Weight training , Eight
Hardgainer Workout Routine
2007-08-14 21:11:00 Hardgainers often feel the need to listen to the advice from easygainers. Following the routines of other bodybuilders with good genetics is a recipe for disaster. What you need is a hardgainer workout routine geared for the extreme hardgainer. How do you know if you are a hardgainer? Hardgainers are usually naturally ... More About: Workout
R.E.S.T. Training
2007-08-14 02:14:00 R.E.S.T workout system has been around for more than a decade. What is R.E.S.T Training ? R.E.S.T was created by prominent natural bodybuilder and doctor Dr. Pete Samra. Pete Samra has won prestigious natural competitions Natural Mr. USA and Mid-America Championship. He has been president of Samra Nutrition, holds degree in nutrition, ... More About: TRAI , Raining
S.A.I.S Training Program
2007-08-13 22:55:00 This program was developed a few years ago based on research. What is S.A.I.S training? S.A.I.S stands for Specific Adaption to Imposed Stress. It is based off the research of Nutrex Research Group. This research was based around many years of studies on the cause of muscle growth. S.A.I.S Principles: S.A.I.S teaches that the 3 different muscle ... More About: Training , Program , Gram , TRAI , Raining
Reverse Pyramid Training
2007-08-13 22:11:00 This workout routine does the opposite of conventional weight training routines. What is Reverse Pyramid Training ? Most routines will advocate keeping the weight the same or increasing for each successive set for an excercise. Reverse Pyramid training in contrast, starts out with the heaviest set and you reduce the weight for each successive set. Reverse ... More About: TRAI , Raining
Polish Power Training (PPT)
2007-08-13 21:36:00 Polish Power Training is a newly designed workout routine based off basic principles of popular GVT(German Volume training). What is Polish Power Training? PPT workouts consists of the following: 1) Compound excercises are done for 10 sets, isolation for 4 sets. 2) All compound excercises done before any isolation excercises. 3) Do a weight you can handle initially, for ... More About: Poli , TRAI , Raining
Don?t Continue Lifting Through Injuries
2007-08-13 02:35:00 This may sound like an obvious title, but often when the music and adrenaline is pumping, you may not feel like stopping your workout when you feel very slight pain during lifting. Not all injuries are equal, you can pull or strain a muscle slightly without causing a severe injury. This might ... More About: Health , Injuries , Conti , Lifting
Bodybuilding Compared to Powerlifting
2007-08-13 02:21:00 Bodybuilding and powerlifting is often confused. Some bodybuilders don’t even know all the differences between the two. Bodybuilder goals compared to Powerlifters: Bodybuilders are all about aesthetics. The reward for their weight training is how they look. Bodybuilders see strength gains as a bonus from the workouts. They will also do cutting cycles, ... More About: Bodybuilding , Powerlifting , Compa , Pare , Lifting
Powerlifting Routine for Bodybuilders
2007-08-13 01:46:00 Powerlifting for bodybuilders? That sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Actually it isn’t. Powerlifting as periodization: According to the principles of periodization, a powerlifting routine should help you in your bodybuilding goals. Periodization teaches that radically changing your workout every few months, will give you better muscle gains long term. Once you have hit ... More About: Bodybuilders , Powerlifting , Builder , Lifting
Isometric Training
2007-08-13 01:24:00 Isometric training is touted by some strength training gurus who swear by it. It’s popularity has come in waves over the years. What is Isometric Training ? Regular weight training is isotonic movements, consisting of concentric or eccentric contractions(the positive and negative portion of reps). Isometric Training, in contrast, is strength training where you hold the weight ... More About: TRAI , Some , Raining
Excercise Routine to Prepare for Boot Camp
2007-08-13 00:55:00 Military training is very different from Bodybuilding. Military focuses on endurance excercises, while Bodybuilding is around heavy lifting weight training with little to no cardio. These goals can conflict, which means young bodybuilders will have to train very differently to prepare themselves for boot camp. Even after bootcamp, you will ... More About: Camp , Boot Camp , Boot , Pare , Prep
HST - Hypertrophy Specific Training
2007-08-11 21:44:00 HST is a weight training program geared for muscle hypertrophy that started gaining popularity a few years ago. What is HST? HST stands for Hyper trophy Specific Training . It was developed off of scientific studies on mechanisms that cause muscle hypertrophy(muscle size increase). Major Principles of HST: Based on their research, they developed these major guidelines for their workout ... More About: TRAI , Raining
Body Type Dictate Muscle Gains?
2007-08-10 20:52:00 I have read countless articles where bodybuilders lump everyone into 3 groups, ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph. They then assume ectomorphs have the worst muscule building genetics and mesomorphs have the best. Obviously, these “experts” have no concept of the basics of physiology. There is many factors at play, that dictate how well ... More About: Body , Type , Muscle
HIT Training
2007-08-10 01:10:00 HIT is the gold standard when discussing low volume intense weight training routines. What is HIT Training ? HIT, stands for High Intensity Training and was started in the 70’s. It advocates very intense, but low volume and infrequent workouts. HIT believes in progressive overload (increasing weights long term), in contrast with periodization principles(changing routines ... More About: TRAI , Raining
Drop Set Workout
More articles from this author:2007-08-08 21:54:00 Drop sets are one of the most grueling weight training excercises you can do. If you are looking to shock a muscle into new growth, this may just be the solution! What are drop sets? Do one set to muscular failure then as quick as you can, lower the weight and do another set to muscular ... More About: Workout , Drop 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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