Author: rxbodybuilders

Over time, cross training has been used by many successful people all over the world. But in the same context it has been the most abused by many people in this profession leading to many complications developing out of it. This strategy should however be taken as serious as it deserves and proper preparations outlined perfectly. If you are interested in the fitness business, and could be you are using it to improve your health and carrying out all your routine activities, be sure that, the approach will give you a way through in meeting the challenges of work, sport,…

Are you looking for an abdominal routine which will allow you to separate your upper and lower abdominals so that you may focus upon each of these groups more effectively? Then you’ve come to the right place. Check out the following workout for alternating your abdominal training focus! Monday Start your day with six sets of crunches. You should be lying on the floor with your legs elevated, sitting up on a bench. You won’t have the full range involved with traditional sit-ups, but it’s nothing to worry about. You’ll see far greater results from the limited range crunch, which…

Nowadays there are many people looking to train the natural way since the side effects of using steroids have been publicised in the fitness magazines and journals. In the past people were kept in the dark about the side effects of taking steroids since the commercials only aired the positive side of using steroids. No one can blame them since the steroid industry is just like any other business and the only strategy of succeeding is to downplay the disadvantages of the product. Nowadays people are also very informed and gone are the days when people used to think that…

There’s no denying that squats are perhaps the most effective exercise that you can do in the gym. They require power, strength, focus, and some serious willpower. They are hard on the legs, lungs, and back. And they deliver growth in just about every part of the body from head to toe, even though they are intended as a leg exercise. Here are some tips for spicing up your leg workout and making the squats you do a bit more effective. These movements are in no way intended to replace your traditional squats – only to make the practice of…

Movements conducted in the gym are commonly divided into two categories. The first group includes those exercises that are used to finish off a muscle group. This group of movements may be known to some trainers as the ‘polishing’ movements, as they are used to clean up and better define existing slabs of muscle. In other words, these exercises (such as curls, pressdowns, flyes, and rows) help to polish up the muscle you already possess. The second group, and perhaps much more important set of muscle building movements, are those classified as ‘functional strength’. The purpose of these exercises is…

There are many bodybuilders who are not sure about the training pattern which is going to make them attain optimal results. When it comes to the training frequency many bodybuilders are not sure whether they should train for consecutive days. In order to determine when you should train, you need to look out for any soreness in your muscle tissues. If you are feeling any soreness in your muscle tissues then you need to postpone training until the following day. The recent trend among seasoned bodybuilders nowadays is to divide there workouts into the upper and lower body part workouts.…

Ask any top bodybuilder what area of his chest he works to stimulate most, and barring a few exceptions, they will all answer in the same manner: Upper chest! The upper pectoral shelf was made legendary by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his bodybuilding heyday, and not a whole lot has changed since then. Arnold could balance a full glass of water on his upper pectorals, and bodybuilders have been trying for years to match that feat! Here is a training style which emphasizes the upper pectorals. Incline bench press For this particular movement, you will be challenging yourself to bring the…

For years, bodybuilders have used breathing squats to push their bodies to new levels of growth, for both the legs and overall body size. The technique is simple. Squat for ten repetitions using an amount of weight which normally causes you to fail after ten repetitions. Then, take deep breaths for 10 to 60 seconds, and complete an 11th repetition. Then take more breaths and complete a 12th rep. Soon you’ll be completely exhausted, your legs will be beyond pumped, and you’ll be on rep 16 or 17. Your goal is to hit twenty repetitions. This same principle can be…

Do you ever seem to have one of those days in the weight room where you just don’t think you have it in you to move those heavy free weights around? You know that moving the heavy iron is in a major way responsible for the muscle you gain. You know machines are usually not the way to go, unless your goal is toning up. Today, however, you might be nursing an injury, dodging an illness, or just plain not in the mood for the free weights. Or, more commonly, it might be 5:05 PM on a busy Monday afternoon,…

An exercise ball is a very common and inexpensive type of equipment used mostly for the home gyms. Turbo Jam of late has adopted a workout package that incorporates the exercise ball in its performance. The turbo Jam creator, Johnson blended the wholesome funkiness of the Turbo Jam with the different challenges of ensuring that stability is maintained on the respective exercise ball. The end result is the ball workouts and the total body blast. This is why the equipment is used by many body builders in reaching their goal for a fit body. Using the exercise ball helps efficiently…