Author: rxbodybuilders

Let’s face it, cardiovascular exercise is one boring beast. When you’re in the pre-contest phase and you are absolutely required to put in the time if you want to get lean. Here are some ideas for passing that exercise time while getting things done or maintaining your sanity. For the sake of this list, we will make the assumption that you have access to a treadmill or stationary bike with a platform that will allow for the attachment of various items. Television This is the easiest way to pass an hour of boring cardio. Turn on SportsCenter or MSNBC and…

Time is tight at the moment. You’ve done everything you can, but you just cannot break out of the demanding work schedule they have for you. The good news is that you’re piling up the money in these tough economic times. You have to pursue these opportunities. The bad news is that it’s costing you a great deal of time in the gym. At the very best, you can squeeze in thirty minutes per day, for 5 days. This isn’t making it easy to train high volume as you prefer, but you’re okay with backing off the volume if it…

Ideal body training is very relevant for all body builders since it is the one which brings in positive results. This is the reason why, everyone is venturing in different websites, reading magazines and watching videos on body building, all in the pursuit of general information about success in muscle development. There are many body building training programs but they serve differently to produce diversified results. Unilateral and bilateral forms of training are two main types of body building training. They mean completely different things and are carried out is several forms. Unilateral training is generally working out only one…

Are you seeking a few new ways to vary your training so that you can keep challenging your muscle groups, and keep the grow coming? You have come to the right place. Check out these techniques that you should be using every single workout to keep raising the challenge in the gym that you are facing, and raising the response from your body (namely, muscle growth!) Use more weight with each successive set This should feel like common sense to some lifters, but others seem to miss out on the point entirely. You should never complete 3 or 4 sets…

There is no doubt that high-volume training is very effective for thousands of bodybuilders for building the kind of mass necessary for standing on the bodybuilding stage. Sure, those low-volume, high-intensity articles look really good on paper. Why can’t a person attain maximum muscle in only one working set? Scientifically speaking, it looks great. However, in the real world, with so many factors (nutrition, diet, recovery, and those factors on the neuromuscular level), it’s darn near impossible to reach your bodybuilding potential without a lot of food, sleep, and yes, training sets. In order to make your high-volume training most…

Bodybuilding is one of the most effective ways of boosting your self confidence and general self image. If you look at the life styles of bodybuilders you will find something in common, almost every bodybuilder lives a fulfilled life. This however only applies to bodybuilders who have become successful without the use of steroids use or any other enhancement hormones. In order to mold your character through bodybuilding you need to train the natural way. This is difficult sometimes and that is the more reason why you will feel fulfilled when you know you succeeded through your hard work. Even…

Q: My buddy and I were having a debate the other day about what “intensity” means in terms of an actual workout on paper. Do you think this workout is intense, too intense or not intense? Straight Leg Deadlifts – 4 x 4 (12,10,8,6 + drop set for Hamstring curls – 3 x 8-12 Good Mornings – 3 x 10,10,10 Calves – 6 sets Biceps – EZ Bar Curls 5 x 12,11, 10, 9, 8 Preacher Curls – 5 x 12,11,10,9,8 Hammer curl – 2 x 8-10 What do you think? A: Well, a few observations. Number one, it’s a…

Most body builders who have not tried to adopt a circuit training technique in their program live in ignorance of what is the use for a circuit training routine. It is important that you understand the aim and thus the benefits that accrue from a circuit training workout routine. In the basic, circuit training workouts are specifically designed to evenly strengthen all the major muscles and muscle groups in the body builder’s physique using specialized isolation exercises and a dose of compound exercises. The body must be built from the perspective of individual muscles and their supporting attachments, ligaments and…

Since our first days in the weight room, we’ve no doubt been indoctrinated to train in a method that splits the entire body up into a group of 4 or 5 days. Chest and back are given their own training sessions, as are legs and shoulders. Often, arms will have their own day or they will be split up, biceps falling on back day and triceps being placed with chest. If you look around your gym, there is a good chance you’ll see plenty of people training in exactly this manner. They arrive in the gym, train one body part,…

Q:  I’m confused about ab training. I’ve heard some guys say they never train them and that dieting and cardio will bring them out. Others seem to tag them on as an after-thought at the end of their workout. When’s the best time to train them, how often should they be trained and, also, is it beneficial to train different portions of the abs separately? A: I know how you feel. In fact, I remember attending a seminar once where  Mr. Olympia legend Lee Haney claimed that he never trained his abs. Dieting and cardio were all he needed. We…