We live in a world of excuses. Most people don't want to accept that when something goes wrong in their lives, they're at least partly to blame.
If you want to build huge muscles, you must continually challenge them by placing a greater demand upon them. If you stick with the same stress level month after month, you'll quickly reach a point where your body is used to the stress and won't need to adapt (i.e. grow) anymore.
Sticking points are much like those really talkative, naked old men in your gym's locker room: you'd rather avoid them! Nothing's more frustrating than making good progress overall but failing to improve on the "big lifts" (bench press, squat, deadlift, military press, etc.)
To reach the modern physique ideal, you'll need muscle mass, strength, power, endurance, speed, and flexibility. This program has it all.
"Bodybuilding training? No way! Not for me! I'm training only for strength and function," said the huge sumbitch after deadlifting a load that was roughly equivalent to a Sherman tank.
Big Numbers for the Mechanically Disadvantaged Lifter
Everything you need to know about choosing the right weight and loading schemes for your lifting goals.
Understanding Various Strength Training Continuums for Optimal Conjugate Design
Understanding Various Strength Training Continuums for Optimal Conjugate Design
Bodybuilding is full of colorful descriptions of various physique types.
Muscle mass secrets from the old countries
When you think of science, the first thing that probably comes to mind is images of atrophied, goggle-wearing weaklings in white coats. Bulging muscles and inhuman strength are certainly not part of your mental image!
High intensity vs. volume training. Olympic lifting vs. powerlifting. High intensity cardio vs. low intensity cardio. The list of debates and disputes in this field goes on and on, and perhaps the most disputed area is abdominal training.
You get gains by balancing training stress and recovery. Here’s how to recover faster so you can train harder.
Most people, even lifters, have weak hamstrings. Here’s why and how to get them bigger and stronger.
A bench press specialization cycle that'll drastically improve your max bench.
Everything you need to know about advanced band training for size and strength.
Ecto-mesomorphs: the lean and lanky guys who've built muscle. Here's what they can do to stay on the gain-train.
In the dawn of the bodybuilding era, back in the 1940's, 50's and 60's, muscularity was basically only a matter of having a lot of size and mass.
Christian Thibaudeau lays out his seven most effective tips for getting big, getting strong and performing better.
Most strength coaches will categorize an athlete or client into one of three classes based on their responsiveness to training: easy gainer, hard gainer and average gainer. Let's take a look at each category.
A test for know-it-alls and those who think they do.
Band training for accommodating resistance, variable resistance, and max acceleration.
My bodybuilding training includes a bit more heavy lifting than most "regular" bodybuilding programs, and as such will lead to some significant strength gains.
In this last installment of this series, I want to give you a quick three-week physical peaking routine designed to help you gain some more muscle while increasing muscle density. You should also be able to lose more fat in this stage.
