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How to Build Muscle Olympic Style: Part 2

28. Aug, 2008 14 Comments How to Build Muscle

In part one of this series we discussed how to build muscle like the always-jacked-big-biceps-and-triceps sporting male gymnasts. In part two we are going to address the other most muscular athletes at the summer Olympics, the sprinters. If you took a survey of most average guys I am willing to bet that 99.9% of them would choose to look like an Olympic sprinter over just about any other physique option you gave them. Lean muscular and athletic looking; what could be better than that? I would even [...]

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No Excuses

27. Aug, 2008 4 Comments Motivation, Videos

10 Reasons Why I Don’t Do Aerobics

26. Aug, 2008 7 Comments Fat Loss

This is a great article by a colleague of mine and I guy I have the utmost respect for, Steve Maxwell. It reinforces what I have always said about doing sprints, strongman conditioning, playing sports, etc to get in shape instead of just mindlessly pumping away on the stair climber. To see that Steve practices what he preaches check out his pic to the left and take note of the fact that he is FIFTY FIVE years old!

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By Steve Maxwell

One morning, while observing a female endlessly running [...]

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Muscle Building Q & A

25. Aug, 2008 10 Comments How to Build Muscle

I just came across this interview I did for Craig Ballantyne (that’s an old picture from the 70′s of Craig and I to the left, he’s in black ;) ) a couple years ago and figured I would reprint it since many of you may not have read it…

By Craig Ballantyne

Today I’m giving you a mini-interview with the “strength coach to strength coaches”, Jason Ferruggia. When he talks, I listen. So does Mike Boyle, as does Alwyn Cosgrove.

Jason has great muscle-building advice from years running his own gym, so let’s [...]

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The Next Level of Core Training- Dynamic Planks

24. Aug, 2008 1 Comments Strength & Conditioning

By Jim “Smitty” Smith

When you think about the most basic abdominal exercises, the first one that pops into your head is probably planks.

Planks are where a person lays out into a push-up position but instead of being on their outstretched hands, they rest on their forearms. In this position, the athlete or lifter will remain for a specific length of time. If the time exceeds one and a half minutes that is considered pretty good.

The benefits of planks include rehabilitating a back injury, glute activation, developing proficiency for bracing the [...]

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A Muscle Building Program For Huge Legs

23. Aug, 2008 9 Comments How to Build Muscle

If you have been around the Iron Game for a while, there is one name that comes instantly to mind when people discuss leg training. That name is Tom Platz. “The Golden Eagle” is widely regarded as having the most massively muscular legs in the history of bodybuilding. His thighs measured a whopping 35 inches and were shredded to the bone. Tom’s muscle building program that created those unforgettable wheels revolved around one exercise and one exercise only; the barbell squat. If you want to add some serious mass [...]

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Natures Perfect Sports Drink

20. Aug, 2008 5 Comments Nutrition

Not a lot of time for a long post today but I just wanted to share something with you guys that has made a difference for me and my athletes this summer, and that is coconut water. I am not talking about coconut milk, but the actual water inside a coconut. It is great for rehydrating and replenishing electrolytes, not to mention that it tastes great and is an awesome thirst quencher.

By now most of us know about the benefits of coconut oil but until recently not too many people [...]

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How to Gain Weight Fast- 5 Powerful Tips

18. Aug, 2008 10 Comments How to Build Muscle

Let’s face it; nobody wants to be skinny and weak. Deep down everybody desires the ripped, muscular physique of a UFC fighter or an NFL running back. That’s the kind of look that attracts the ladies and earns respect from the guys. But the question that perplexes many of you is “how do I get that look?” Well search no more because I am about to teach you how to gain weight and build muscle at break neck speeds and finally achieve the head turning physique you have always [...]

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How to Build Muscle- Olympic Style

12. Aug, 2008 34 Comments How to Build Muscle

While watching the summer Olympics the last few days you would be hard pressed not to notice the great physiques possessed by many of the athletes. But by far and away the most muscular bodies always belong to the gymnasts and the sprinters. These guys certainly know how to build muscle more effectively than most average gym rats.

For years now I have been extolling the virtues of moving your body through space when you train, as opposed to simply moving your limbs around a fixed object. When you [...]

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Another Reason Your Muscle Building Program Sucks

08. Aug, 2008 18 Comments How to Build Muscle

One of the most popular, faulty and dangerous myths espoused in nearly every muscle building program is that you must use a full range of motion on every exercise in order to achieve maximal growth. Supposedly you have to take each movement to the fully stretched position and then finish in the fully “peak” contracted position. If you don’t you will never get huge… or so they say.

Without getting all technical and scientific let’s just look at a few real world examples to see if this advice makes [...]

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