Author: rxbodybuilders
Are you looking for a set-training scheme which can reduce soreness, stimulate more muscle fibers, and give your joints a rest, all while hitting the muscle group with some high-volume training? If so, then the “Division of Sets” technique might be for you. Let’s check out a sample workout for chest, one day per week. Week one – Incline Bench Press Warm-up sets: 1 set of 15 to 20 repetitions Actual training sets: 2 sets of 6 to 8 repetitions Cool-down sets: 1 sets of 15 to 20 repetitions Week two – Incline Bench Press Warm-up sets: 2 sets of…
Most bodybuilders are well aware of the importance of flat and incline bench presses. Some even discover dumbbell flyes before long. A small percentage learns of the benefits of pullovers. However, most don’t discover the benefits of low cable crossovers until years after they’ve started training. By then, the pectoral-deltoid tie-in is a weak area in many bodybuilders. Using this exercise early on ensures that this area never is a weakness; rather, a strength! Use the standard cable crossover station. However, instead of having the handles set up over your head, lower them down to the lowest peg, just a…
Tired of the same old treadmill, starting at the same TV screen, while you work to burn the same 300 calories each day? Why not spice up your cardio? Here are a few tips for getting more out of your cardiovascular training and keeping it fresh in the meantime! Sports Cardio Tennis, basketball, and soccer (as well as many other sports) provide a unique way to burn a few hundred calories, while having fun. You also enjoy the thrills of victory and the agony of defeat, which some people believe helps boost natural testosterone production. Joining an intramural team, or…
We’ve all been asked “how much ya bench?” by a non-trained person about a hundred times in our lives, correct? Perhaps as a result, the chest is the body part that most bodybuilders tackle first when they enter the gym. Many beginner bodybuilders are solely flat bench pressers for the first year or three in the gym, and this is okay for establishing a baseline of muscle for future growth. However, there comes a time for maturing chest training so that a well-balanced chest sits atop your upper body. Here are some tips and tricks to follow for complete chest…
You enter the gym and you are intent on wrecking your arms today. You’re going to train biceps and triceps to complete failure. You’re going to start with free weights for triceps, brutalizing them with skullcrushers, behind the neck triceps presses, bench dips, and kickbacks. Then, you’ll attack that cable center and finish them off. Set after set of pressdowns and overhead triceps presses. You can’t move them anymore, but you’re just getting started! You return to the free weight area and grab a barbell (EZ or straight, your choice!) and begin biceps curls. After a few tough sets, you…
Lots of people are becoming more and more attentive to the need of developing that perfect body as has been illustrated on fitness magazines over and over again. The quest for the fit body has seen the rise of many gyms around the cities and towns in which we live in. It is not only gyms that have been opened to support this phenomenon but the market is now awash with health spas and various other fitness centers. These facilities are attracting fitness aficionados and they are making roaring business. The media is instrumental in making the public aware about…
It is very rare that we witness trainers in our gym using single-leg presses. Most typically, we’ll see it being demonstrated to a physical therapy patient by a personal trainer. The client will awkwardly limp through the movement. He or she may return to try it out alone down the road, but that will be about it. It’s oddly strange that we so rarely see people in our gyms using a movement. Why is this odd? It’s interesting so few amateurs use this movement because it’s actually a fairly common movement among advanced and professional athletes. Why does such a…
Bodybuilding progress never occurs in a straight line. The body is a living organism capable of adapting to changing workloads. We are stimulated by many things in our lives – good and bad – that affect our training, recovery, and growth. Achievement in bodybuilding growth also occurs on several different simultaneous levels. A gain in muscle mass is an achievement. A loss of body fat is an achievement. Lifting more weight than before is an achievement. Some achievements come at the expense of others. A gain of five pounds of muscle is usually accompanied by a gain of 1 to…
Are you ready for a new way to improve your lagging hamstrings? It’s very likely you’ve never heard of this routine, even though you may have used it very extensively for other body parts. This is common. However, it’s time to break out of your old way of thinking and apply tried and true techniques to new areas of your physique which may be lacking. First, let’s take a look at a popular routine used to boost development of arms. This is very popular among bodybuilders of all levels, from amateurs to elite lifters. Train them twice per week –…
Are you an intermediate or advanced bodybuilder who just can’t seem to spurn growth in your legs to keep up with that of your upper body? It’s not an uncommon condition to face. In the gyms and bodybuilding stages across the world, you’ll meet many bodybuilders who focused upon their chest and arms in the beginning years of their training, and neglected their legs. When they finally did begin training legs, their upper bodies already had a 1 to 2 year advantage in terms of overall development. They may have worked hard to bring their legs up to par, but…