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This is a simple Westside Barbell program for lifters who do not have access to a vast amount of powerlifting equipment (chains, bands, etc), and who are interested in gaining mass and strength. Please do not consider this a program simply for powerlifters. By following Muscle and Brawn?s...

2007 FAME North American Championships, Miami Beach, FL, November 2-4 As one tropical storm left the area, another one arrived when 165 men and women athletes stormed Miami Beach this past weekend to compete in the 2007 FAME North American Championships at the Gusman Center for the Performing...

Want To Be A SEAL - Or Just Look Like One Does the thought of jumping out of planes, scuba diving, and backpacking for miles excite you? Judging from the number of e-mails I've received asking about the training of the U.S. Navy SEALS and other Special Forces groups in the military, some of you...

Hi this is my second article. My first article is on my new program which is going great.(Now onto business.) If you are on a cutting phase and regular cardio just aint cuttin it then boxing is for you. I have been through seven arts of martial arts and none of them have been more intense...

On the road to building Your Perfect Body… “How Your Mind-Set is preventing you from have the Body you want!” Before we get into the “How To” of building a great body. Ask yourself “Do you deserve a great body?” What if I told you ANYONE can build an amazing body. It’s true! The number one...

“Ours has been called an “Age of Complexity” with intellectual confusion as its primary characteristic. This is the result of people not learning to think in terms of fundamentals and principles. A system of thought based on fundamental principles serves as an intellectual blueprint that enables...

This is the first article I have written on the subject of bodybuilding. I am a student studying to become a personal trainer. I am not an exercise scientist and by no means a genius, however I feel that I am experienced enough to write a useful and informative article that should at least be...

Imagine you are at the gym doing a workout. You are lifting heavy weight doing dumb bell curls. You get in about 7-8 reps. 8 being your most strained and going for a 9th rep you will probably need a spotter. Well, most people who lift this amount of weight usually stop on the 7th rep. Mainly...

Eccentric Based Sports Training By Andrew Smith, www.Modern-Athlete.com The lowering portion of an exercise is a neglected quality in trainees. This lowering portion is called by sports research as eccentrics, negatives or yielding strength and is generally a neglected quality by most...

I figure I would post a few of my most popular blogs here to spread the knowledge to some others who don't view my bodyblog. Check it out! So I’ve been lifting for quite some time now almost a decade and until these last 4-5 years there has been many times when i felt stuck and plateau’ed almost...

Living with a chronic illness presents unique challenges-- in maintaining a strong mindset necessary for a regular exercise program. But, even moreso is exercise and nutrition vital in improving ones quality of life while living with a chronic illness. How can one keep a strong positive...

By Scott Jameson Okay here's a subject that really gets my blood boiling. Bodybuilding is intended to be the creation of the perfect physique...right? That means that the chest, shoulders, legs, arms and back are suppose to be developed to their full potential while keeping the waist muscular...

I was posed the question above and it really got me thinking. I recall when I had a "normal" body how I could keep track of exercise performance and continually make improvements by measuring and tweaking my HIIT patterns, timing for 5Ks, and amounts of weight in resistance training but NOW, how...

So my name is Jeff, im a student at st johns university, and i used to be 216lbs, at 5ft 9 inches and 35% body fat. Just wanted to give all of you a big bang of an entrance. See my story starts when i was young at the tender age of 11, i was a full time kid, never was their a thought in my mind...

EYE ON FRANKLYN GREENE, THE MESSIAH OF BODYBUILDING When you think of Trinidad, balmy nights, Breezes, Calypso beats, Caribbean ocean, and romantic interludes come to mind. However, there is a man by the name of Franklyn Greene, a native of the island who has caused a tidal wave in the sport...

We've heard the routine and we know the story: if you want to maintain a healthy lifestyle you have to train consistently. These pearls of wisdom often come from those who have the liberty of job flexibility. They are often self-employed, personal trainers, professional athletes, or are able to...

A Simple Guide to Gaining Mass Gaining mass is beyond simple, all you need is a decent program, lots of food and dedication. If you break it down this is one of the simplest things anyone can accomplish. This mass gain guide is generally for people looking to gain around 20+ lbs, more or less...

Alcohol And Fat Metabolism: From metabolic diet The main problem with alcohol is not the number of calories it contains but rather the effect is has on fat metabolism. A recent study, for example, has shown that even small amounts of alcohol has a large impact on fat metabolism. In this...

Everywhere you look or hear you find that the latest big idea is getting in more fiber. Fiber can help people get leaner, increase metabolism, absorb proteins better, and improve overall health. If more people focused on fiber, overall health in North America would improve dramatically. OK, so...

I feel that many recreational bodybuilders have a difficult time guaging their progress- especially after they?ve already made their noob gains. Personally, I have often found it very hard to determine if my current workout routine was working efficiently. Here are a few tools I have used to guage...

From There To Here I have decided that I've reached a point in my journey where I am ready to share some of my experience in going from excessively obese to reasonably damned alright. My name is Jeremy, I am 26 and I live in Northampton, England. In 2005 I weighed 329lb's / 159kg / 23.5...

Bulge Your Biceps And Add them Inches! The biceps are only 1/3 of your upper arm but they do look great when flexed and are the muscles you will flex when someone asks you. Beware though if you leave the rest of your muscles un-trained you will never be able to compete in an amateur or...

dead lift n. A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is lifted from the floor to the level of the hips and then lowered by controlled effort to the floor. dead lift   Use dead lift in a Sentence ?noun 1. a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance. 2. a situation that...

WE ALL KNOW that music gets us pumped and ready to go for our work out, cardio or lifting, aerobic or anaerobic, but do we actually use it to its fullest? I am going to tell you how. MUSIC AND EMOTIONS...

For those of you struggling, discouraged or confounded in their weightloss/muscle gain journey I wanted to offer a piece of wisdom that I gleaned through life experience and much trial and error. I think most times, when we try hard to reach a goal that we really really desire, the worst...