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I can remember walking into a gym for the first time and easily being the most small, weak and skinny guy there. My muscle building genetics were (and still are) as bad as can be, yet my only goal was to figure out how to build muscle as fast as humanly possible. So, like most people with this same goal, …
Once you’ve decided that you want to build muscle, lose fat, increase strength or improve your body in any way, the first subject that always comes up is weightlifting workout routines. In order for you to get the best results as fast as possible, you must make sure your workout routine is designed specifically for you, your body, your experience …
Let me guess. You want to know how to gain weight fast, don’t you? Well, as a guy who used to be 5’11 120lbs, I know EXACTLY how you feel. While it seems like most people are interested in weight loss, there are actually TONS of men and women out there who have the opposite goal… weight gain. We are …
I’ve been writing about diet and fitness since 2001. I’ve written countless articles about how to gain muscle, and countless articles about how to lose fat. But, if there is one question I still get asked more than anything else, it’s definitely this… How do I gain muscle and lose fat at the same time? I must get this question …
When I first starting working out, I was about 17 years old, 120lbs. And yeah… I’m a guy. Pretty small, scrawny and pathetic, wasn’t it? Trust me, it was. But I wasn’t the only guy fitting that embarrassing description. You see, I’m what’s known as an ectomorph, and there are literally millions of other skinny guys out there who are …
While many people consider the deadlift to be the king of back exercises in terms of building muscle and increasing strength (which I don’t disagree with), I’d personally include pull ups as a very close second place in that discussion. They are probably my favorite back (and bicep) exercise of them all, and I feel pull ups were responsible for …
Most of the time, when you talk about leg workouts, leg exercises, and really just building leg muscle in general… it’s always about squats. The leg press machine? Nope, that’s a useless machine for babies and little girls only. Squats on the other hand are the king of building big legs and all leg workouts should be built around them. …
So you wanna know how to get big arms? Of course you do. It’s usually the very first question on the mind of every single guy who starts to workout. Sure, they want to lose fat and get a 6 pack. And yes, a huge chest and shoulders is probably on their to-do list as well. But above all else, …
Readers such as yourself email me diet and workout related questions all the time, and I often turn my answers into articles. Well, here we go again. A reader just sent me the following question… “I have reached a plateau on the flat bench press. I’ve been stuck bench pressing the same weight for weeks now. I’m literally benching the …