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Some bodybuilders feel that in off-season period should be devoted mainly to weight gain and compound movements, and that spending time on exercises such as one-arm isolation dumbbell curls really won’t lead to mass gains, the goal of the off-season lifter. Others believe that if you don’t train arms, you’re simply not a true bodybuilder. Let’s look at both sides of this argument, and see who’s closer to the truth. Don’t train arms when bulking Have you ever seen what happens when a powerlifter diets down for a bodybuilding show? He often outright crushes the competition due to the size…

Many bodybuilders enjoy the attention that is bestowed upon them as a result of possessing a better-than-average physique. However, many do experience more than their fair share of trouble, as social situations involving ego and alcohol often lead smaller insecure men into starting fights with “the biggest guy in the room” to prove themselves. While it’s easy to say you will decline an invitation to fight, escape from a dangerous situation isn’t always logistically possible. For times like these, being able to use your hands can be a great thing. Many bodybuilders find themselves picking up a side hobby in…

Decades ago, bodybuilders didn’t use the bench press as a chest movement. They used it as THE chest movement. Men such as Serge Nubret would complete up to 20 straight sets of bench press in a single workout. Instead of Monday being chest day, it would be considered Bench day. Obviously, today we know enough about human kinesiology to realize that a wide variety of movements is required to develop a thick and complete chest. However, when you look back at photos of bodybuilders from the 60s and 70s, you might notice something – their chests were as good as,…

Some people go to the work out room with the single minded goal of building up muscles. Others hate the very possibility of bulking up and only want to keep fit. Others still want to enhance their physical performance especially athletes involved in other kinds of sport like football where gaining large muscles would be a disservice to their careers. For this people who need to enhance performance no muscles, training ought to be precise and articulately in tandem with the objective. But it is possible to amplify performance without gaining mass. Modern research into bodybuilding and physical fitness has…

The abdominals are unlike every other body part. With muscle groups such as chest, back, or shoulders, you make the best gains from a series of heavy sets. You lift as much weight as you can for 6, 8 or 10 repetitions, and you only complete a total of 8 to 20 sets per muscle group. The abdominals are very much different. You see much better results from abdominal training when you train them more frequently, with little to no weight, and much higher repetitions. Upper and lower days You should be training your abdominal muscles every 48 hours. The…

It has been a dilemma for many body builders or people who are trying to venture in the profession as to how to handle training and live a happy life without body strains. This is simple, as it all begins with you. People who rush in making important decisions at times result to hating this business but only because they lack understanding of the whole process. Always note that the body tells you everything and it is always important to listen and act to its demands as a successful body builder. For you to avoid any cases of overtraining it…

There are a number of body building techniques that will result in faster muscle growth. These are techniques that have over the years proven to be of great benefit. 1.Split training This in simple terms is dividing the various exercises or workouts into the various muscle groups which they work. Then you can divide your different workout sessions based on these categories. E.g. the upper body and the lower body. The advantage of split training is that you don’t have to work out the whole body in one session. Doing so may end up as over training which in itself…

The enthusiasm felt by a new bodybuilder is something that can be hard to measure. Can you remember that feeling when you first started lifting, making gains almost by the workout? You couldn’t wait for the next day to arrive, so you could build upon the last day’s gains the next time in the gym. It was a joyous period, those beginners’ gains. Some bodybuilders tend to take their excitement a little too far. The first time they trained biceps, they probably completed 4 sets and were very proud of the gains. The next day, there’s a good chance they…

However it is impaired by the body complications resulting from inadequacy of some components, failure of some organs functioning or probably complications resulting from the body building unhealthy practices. Some of these situations may be made up but others are irreversible and therefore proper precautions are advised in safety of bodybuilding. Hypoglycemia is a condition that is not clear to many people. It is a biological term that means low levels of blood sugar. It’s a combination of different symptoms which point directly to irregularities in modes that the individual’s body handles the produced glucose, generally termed as the sugar…

Many people fail in the way of approaching stress emanating from the exercises and the modes of coping with the same have always been difficult. However a proper approach has to be adopted for body building to be as interesting as possible. Fatigue is a major cause of stress in body building and it is due to soreness in the muscles that the strain develops. Massage is an easy and interesting way of doing away with stress. After a long work out, an individual should seek for the holistic massage that encompasses relaxation of muscles. When the body muscles are…