When it comes to building new muscle mass, strength, size, and bringing your entire physique to a new level, there is no doubt about it… Squats are KING! However, you can make a good thing even better by mixing up the way you complete your squats. Check out a few ways you can change up your squatting routine for optimal results.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Whether you are dieting down for a bodybuilding show, or just working to get lean to better show off your wares in the bedroom or the beach, the best way to get lean is to do it gradually. Anyone can cut 1000 calories from their daily diet and lose 10 pounds in a week, but there’s a good chance most of the weight lost will be fat or water. The best way to get diced while keeping your muscle is to slowly remove those things from your diet which are standing in your way.
Apr5
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2012
Psychologists seem to agree that any action becomes habit when repeated for at least 21 consecutive days. Let’s look at a few bodybuilding habits that you should consider adding in order to see greater fat burning and muscle building success.
Apr5
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2012
Everybody wants bigger and better arms. However, the training and dieting techniques you have been using just seems to have led you to a wall. New inches to the arms are coming slowly. You want to avoid using steroids for the time being, so you are needing some new ideas. See if these fit the bill!
Apr5
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So you’ve decided to go the powerlifting route when it comes to your training & goals. This can be a very effective means of breaking your old size and strength plateaus. Many bodybuilders will spend a few months as a powerlifter, then return. Others fall in love with the pursuit of moving bigger numbers, and just stick with powerlifting for good. Whichever route you choose, it’s imperative that you are eating right in order to meet your powerlifting achievement goals.
Apr5
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We all know a few guys that are ripped year-round with a nice 6-pack, yet will never break 170 pounds on the scale. And we all know a few people who are large and strong, but have never seen their midsection measure anything less than 40 inches. Achieving one of those goals isn’t tough for us, thanks to genetics. We all have a tendency to be a little smaller and leaner, or bigger and bulkier. Achieving that middle ground – bigger and lean at the same time – is the ultimate challenge when it comes to bodybuilding dieting. It is tough, but can be achieved if you first build up an appreciable level of muscle mass though consistent heavy training and big eating. The, you follow it up with a LOW INTENSITY cardio program that burns fat – not muscle. Here are some tips for designing your ideal fat loss cardiovascular exercise regimen which won’t cost you the muscle that you worked so hard to achieve.
Choose the incline over the speed. Most people think running the best cardio, because you burn the most amount of calories in the shortest period of time. This would be true, if you were trying to get lean in one day. However, dieting down in a process that takes months, not days. Your goal isn’t to burn fat today. Rather, you wish to accelerate your metabolism so that you are a fat burning machine indefinitely! Instead of running on that treadmill at 7 mph, cut it back to 2.5 mph, and choose a 7 on the incline. You’ll be pumping your thighs and working your tail off, but you won’t be breathing at 150 BPM and burning up muscle to maintain your pace. Keep it slow and moderate, and your fat burning results will be the same.
Low impact rocks. Yes, you might be able to go into your back yard and run sprints for an hour. But your knees will be sore in the morning, meaning you can’t repeat this tomorrow. And after doing it for 2 years, there’s a good chance you might have medical issues with the joints and tendons which will slow down your cardio goals for a lifetime. Try keeping it slow and moderate while keeping the minimal amount of impact affecting your knees.
Variation is the way to go! Your body adapts very quickly to any routine you throw at it. Using the same machine every day will allow your system to get lazy, and quickly. You’ll stop burning fat, your muscle will slowly erode, and change will halt. This isn’t your goal. Rather, a radical transformation of your body is your goal! Change things up each week, using at least 2 (and preferably 4) different cardio machines each day. Always low impact & intensity, but always changing too, will let you keep your muscle while shedding fat like never before!
Apr5
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Dieting down is the best way to showcase your bodybuilding progress over the last year. You shed the fat, and the only thing remaining is a new 3-dimensional version of yourself, diced and ready to topple your challengers in any competitive arena. However, many competitors quickly discover that while it’s easy to be round, happy and strong, dieting down presents a new set of challenges to their immune system – thanks to stringent dieting and tough cardio – that often cause them to catch a flu bug or cold. Here are some ideas you can employ to help maintain good health as you put your body through dieting misery.
Apr5
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Stuck at a plateau in your training? Never fear. Check out these advanced techniques for breaking through to the next level in terms of new muscular size and strength gains.
Apr2
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2012
Every website that is anything bodybuilding or fitness related seems to be selling protein powder. Every muscle magazine has dozens of pages dedicated to, you guessed it, protein powder. Every supermarket in America now has an aisle packed with tubs of protein powder, something that used to only be available at the 1 or 2 GNC locations in your town. Every bodybuilder you see seems to be carrying a shaker when you see him. What gives? Sure, whey protein is a supplemental way to get more protein grams into your daily diet, but seriously? What’s the big deal? Let’s look at a few reasons why protein in the powdered format seems to be taking over everywhere!