Recently I was checking out a popular weight loss forum and one of the topics was about how some people use every excuse in the book to pig out.

Now I must admit that I SHOULD be above doing this, but there are times when I will come home after a hard day and the thought [...]

For the sake of this post, let’s assume you want to beef up your upper pecs, so you decide to really ramp it up.

You start bombing away with incline barbell presses, incline dumbbell presses, and some funky exercise your training partner swears made his upper chest blow up like crazy in only two weeks.

A couple [...]

Ask anyone and they will tell you—at some point in their bodybuilding careers—nothing works, simply put—a workout rut just got them.

Their current routine does not work anymore and nothing they try seems to work either.

Give up?

No way!

If this sounds like you, you could need a shock workout.

Nothing hard to do, just go to the gym [...]

Short on time, but still want to get in a great workout–focus on the basics.

A half-hour of concentration curls and lat pull-downs qualifies as a workout, however, take that same half-hour and do ten sets of heavy dead lifts or bent over rows and some chins and you will get way more bang for your [...]

While I can’t speak for all older bodybuilders, I still feel good, meaning that I really don’t think about age. My love for training remains high and while I cannot honestly say that I took the direct route, I would not trade any of it for a second.

And I would bet that for those of [...]

I can vividly recall the first time I picked up a bodybuilding magazine.

Trouble started though when I actually starting READING the magazine, sure bodybuilders that filled those pages looked huge and I dreamed of one day being that big, but…

I kept reading about these important things called reps and sets.

What in the [...]

If you remember in Part 1 of our How to Stand Out from the Crowd Series we covered the side head of the deltoid—up next Upper chest.

Why just upper chest and not the whole chest?

Simple.

Most beginning bodybuilders focus on the bench, which, for most people, works mainly the middle to lower portion [...]

Running, whether done for weight loss, fitness, or your own personal reasons—fits the bill for exercise.

A good pair of running shoes and you can hit the road, you against the pavement.

However, sometimes I think we all tend to make things more complicated than they need become, so with this post I intend to [...]

Most young men who enter the gym want to get massive and they want it yesterday—faster if possible.

So with this thought in mind I decided to come out with my list of the exercises I consider the best of the best for gaining pure mass.

Of course I realize some will disagree with me, but nevertheless [...]

You see them all over, guys with big chests and arms, but whatever happened to building your body to actually look good instead of just mass for the sake of building mass.

To me the ideal physique consists of a small waist, wide wide shoulders, broad back, complete thigh development, and diamond shaped calves.

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Tennis to me showcases a ton of what every athlete aspires to achieve, the power exhibited in a cross-court forehand effortlessly integrated with the quickness needed to chase down your opponents drop shot (especially when you find yourself behind the baseline).

However, as impressive as the above example sounds, I seriously doubt it would [...]

With the NCAA tournament all over the T.V. in recent weeks and the NBA playoffs beginning shortly, now’s the time to talk about leaping ability.

Anyone who watches basketball for any length of time cannot help but see any number of amazing dunks.

Now do not worry if you do more wishing than dunking, because anyone who [...]

I still remember the first time I picked up a copy of a bodybuilding magazine, I really cannot explain it, but something happened, I fell in love with bodybuilding, the challenge of lifting more than I did last week, the pump, the whole experience.

However, as with all things, there seemed a challenge around every corner. [...]