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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 …
Question: I’m a little confused about the frequency of my weight training workouts. How many times should I work out each muscle group per week? I’ve seen a lot of people recommend working each body part as often as 3 times per week, 2 times per week, and just once per week. What’s the real answer, and which one will …
One of the most common questions I USED to get had to do with the frequency aspect of workout plans and weight training programs. Specifically, how many times per week should you work each muscle group? So, I wrote an article about workout frequency that I think does a pretty good job of answering that very question. If you read …
Ah yes, the best workout routine. Spend 5 minutes in any weight lifting related forum and you’ll come across dozens and dozens of posts from people interested in finding the very best workouts that have ever existed. It’s a nice idea, I guess. We all want the best results in the shortest amount of time possible, so it would only …
*UPDATE* One of the first articles I wrote for this website years ago was a complete walk-through of my weight training program at the time. It included the full details of how that weight training program was set up, what muscle groups were trained on what days, what exercises were done for how many sets and reps, and why I …
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 …
There are dozens of different workout related goals a person can have (building muscle, losing fat, increasing strength, etc.), and probably a thousand different ways to set up a workout routine geared towards reaching those goals as quickly and effectively as possible. There’s a ton of ways to split up muscle groups and body parts and set up your weekly …
When a person’s primary goal is to build muscle, they often have a secondary goal to lose a little bit of fat and maybe maintain cardiovascular health as well. For this reason, they typically want to keep doing cardio workouts (jog, ride a bike, etc.) in addition to the weight training they’re doing to build muscle. The problem of course …
There are hundreds of different workout routines you can do, and as long as they are set up intelligently and followed correctly, they will work. Even still though, of those hundreds of possible workouts, a few sometimes stand out as being better, more popular, and more proven to work than others. The total body workout is definitely one of those …
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, …