Gaining Weight Without Getting Fat

There are two common fitness goals – to gain muscle mass and to lose body fat. Unfortunately, for the most part, the two goals are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Building muscle mass is going to require you to take in a surplus of calories because, well, let’s face it, you can’t build muscle [...]

Top 10 Most Annoying People At The Gym

I went out last night and I’ll admit, I had a few drinks. After a few rum and diet cokes, I made the mistake of mixing alcohol with an energy drink. Now in my defence, I thought the drink was primarily caffeine, which doesn’t usually have that much of an effect on me. After chugging [...]

You Asked, We Answered!

Q : I heard that if you want big arms, you should train your triceps since they consist of 3 parts while the biceps only consist of 2. In your opinion, what are the best exercises to build up the triceps?
A: As you just mentioned, the triceps consist of three parts. Therefore, if I was [...]

Post Exercise Muscle Soreness & How To Prevent It

Heavy drinking and intense training – what do they have in common? Although the two ironically conflict with one another, they do have a shared similarity. And that similarity just happens to be the negative after effects that only become apparent when you wake up the next morning. We all know that alcohol consumption frequently leaves the [...]

3 Quick Muscle Building Tips

Do you know what it really takes to build big muscles? Do you think it’s as simple as buying a gym membership, training each body once per week, slamming back some protein shakes and trying to eat as much chicken and tuna possible? Viola, you are big enough to enter a bodybuilding contest. Can you [...]

Training Variations Volume 1

I’m going to make the assumption that the majority of you reading this consider strength training to be a part of your lifestyle and not just a temporary pastime. For us dedicated trainees, it’s important to constantly alter our programs not only to trigger new adaptation, but also to prevent boredom.
Training – along with everything [...]

Hormonal Manipulation Through Training

Along with neural adaptations, hormonal responses to resistance training are one the most overlooked and misunderstood factors when designing programs. While the benefits of anabolic hormones are widely known, as seen with the number of people experimenting with steroids, most people tend to overlook the fact that these anabolic hormones can be manipulated by simply [...]

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