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According to many fitness experts and influencers, gaining muscle and strength requires a state-of-the-art gym, a complex program, and expensive supplements. However, lifters have been building…
There are several ways to program a training session. Most of these methods were engineered by bodybuilding pioneers in the 1940s and 50s to boost their…
Ask most bodybuilders how many reps they do per set, and they’ll probably say 8-12. Sure, there will be a few outliers who prefer heavy sets…
Playing a sport as a hobby and dedicating yourself to it as an athlete are two completely different things. They call for varying degrees of commitment…
Losing weight or, more specifically, fat, is pretty simple—eat less and move more to create a caloric deficit. Faced with this energy shortfall, your body has…
Fitness experts and exercisers love to debate—or even argue—about the best ways to build muscle, lose fat, and get in shape. Researchers also get in on…
Determination and a burning desire to improve are the most important factors when it comes to building strength and transforming your physique. Getting as strong as…
As a veteran personal trainer with more than three decades of experience, I’m often asked for my opinion on the latest viral fitness trends. Most have…
Everyone wants a bigger, more muscular chest. A broad, thick, well-sculpted chest is the supposed envy of fellow lifters and no one seems to ever be…
“If there were only 10 exercises I could do for the rest of time to build muscle, what would those be?” As a personal trainer, I…
Veteran bodybuilder Rich Gaspari recently shared the best practice to build muscle and lose fat at a faster pace. Having retired from professional bodybuilding all the…
When it comes to exercise variety, commercial gym members are spoiled for choice. With access to an array of resistance machines, exercisers can train their muscles…
Body recomposition, or body recomp, is the process of building muscle while losing fat simultaneously. Unlike traditional bulking and cutting cycles, body recomp focuses on optimizing…
While not all women want to build bigger, more visible muscles, many do. We’re not talking about female bodybuilders or powerlifters, but regular women LIKE YOU…
Building muscle is often seen as complicated and time-consuming. According to a lot of training information, you need access to state-of-the-art workout equipment and have to…
Dynamic strength training exercises like squats, bench presses, and deadlifts involve three phases of muscle contraction. Those phases are: Eccentric – when you lower the load,…
According to most nutrition experts, the average man needs to eat around 2,000 to 2,500 calories per day. This should provide enough energy and nutrients to…
It’s unclear who invented 21s, also known as the Matrix training system. Some attribute 21s to Dr. Ronald Laura, while others credit old-school English bodybuilder Wag Bennett,…
The age-old argument of which program is best for building muscle refuses to die. Many tout the timelessness of a full body workout as the epitome…
