Muscle
Forearm Splints — All You Need to Know
Most people have heard of shin splints. Well, we can splint our forearms too. It happens when the muscles, tendons, or ligaments become strained or sprained.…
Muscle Science
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Muscle Science
7 Reasons You Aren’t Getting Stronger
While a lot of lifters want to build muscle mass and have no real interest in performance, others work out with weights because they want to…
Muscle Science
How to Get A Skin-Splitting Muscle Pump
Ever since the golden era of bodybuilding, lifters have been chasing the pump. The Austrian Oak Arnold Schwarzenegger even compared getting a pump to having sex!…
Muscle Science
How to Overcome Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS)
Most lifters have a love-hate relationship with delayed onset muscle soreness, known as DOMS for short. They love the fact it shows they’ve trained hard, but…
Muscle Science
Dead-Stop Training – Why and How to Do It
You are only as strong as your last workout. If you want to get stronger (or more muscular, for that matter), you need to train a…
Muscle Science
Does Pre-Workout Make You Gain Weight?
Contrary to what a lot of people think, performance-boosting supplements are nothing new. In fact, for as long as humankind has existed, people have been looking…
Muscle Science
The 9 Best Chest Exercises According to Science
Bodybuilding is a time-consuming activity. With so many important muscle groups to train, you can’t afford to waste time on exercises that don’t produce results. Instead,…
Anabolic Hormones
Muscle Atrophy – Causes and How to Avoid
Building muscle is a process called hypertrophy. When you train, you cause microscopic damage to your muscles and deplete your glycogen stores. These events are the…
Muscle
The 11 Best Set/Rep Schemes for Hypertrophy
When it comes to choosing set/rep schemes for bodybuilding, most fitness experts suggest doing several sets of somewhere between 8-12 reps. This allows you to use…
Body Composition
Body Recomposition – How to Lose Fat and Gain Muscle
If you want a great-looking physique, you need to increase muscle mass and reduce fat mass. This will leave you muscular and lean. The relationship between…
Cutting
How to Cut After Bulking: A Step by Step Guide
If you want to gain muscle fast, bulking is usually the way to go. Bulking involves eating more food than normal which creates a significant calorie…
Muscle
Squats for Weight Loss: Benefits, How-to, and Workouts
As almost every exerciser knows, squats are one of the most essential exercises you can do. Squats work your entire lower body and involve several key…
Muscle Science
The Best Vegetables for Building Muscle
In the bodybuilding world, vegetables are an underutilized nutrition source. While most lifters focus on eating meat, fish, and eggs to meet their daily protein needs,…
Muscle
How To Train Soft Muscles: Workout for Muscle Density
Most exercisers don’t want big, soft muscles; they want hard muscles that are defined and dense. It’s the difference between looking like a strongman and an…
Muscle Science
The 10 Most Important Supplements for Men Who Lift
Most people tend to think of the sports supplement industry as being very new. And while commercial supplements have only really been around for the last…
Muscle Science
Cutting Workout Plan – Your Guide to Losing Fat and Maintaining Muscle
After weeks or months of bulking, you’ve hopefully gained an appreciable amount of muscle. You’re looking swole, bro! But, as well as adding inches to your…
Muscle
Why Am I Not Gaining Weight? Common Weight Gain Problems Revealed
A large and growing percentage of the world’s population is overweight or obese. Lack of physical activity, poor food choices, easy access to junk food, genetics,…
Anabolic Hormones
The Anabolic Window – Training Truth or Fitness Myth
Bodybuilders are often depicted as muscle-bound dimwits with big biceps but tiny brains. While this is a popular misconception, it’s also a long way from the…
Muscle Science
Fitness and Fat Loss: How Much Cardio is Too Much?
There are 206 muscles in the human body, and each one is important. Most bodybuilders like to focus on the ones they can see, training them…