By: James Villepigue CSCS No doubt you have already tried to begin a weight training program and sought the advice of someone you hoped had a real good idea how to do it. Most likely you were told to do 3 sets of 10 reps of a basic set of exercises. 30 years ago, [...]
By: Lee Labrada As you probably already know, losing body fat has to be one of the most challenging , if not most misunderstood, endeavors that any bodybuilding aficionado can undertake. Losing body fat is not rocket science, although in our society you’d think it was, with the legion of rip-off infomercial shape-up gizmos, [...]
Bodybuilding is one of the best things you can do to help prevent sarcopenia or slow it’s onset. This makes sense right? You want to prevent muscle loss. Here are the myriad ways that bodybuilding can help… Many people believe that as we get older we automatically lose muscle. Its part of aging just like [...]
Written by Robbie Durand Shock Muscles Into Growth: Change Your Routine! Hormones such as human growth hormone (GH) and testosterone have been shown to play a role in muscle hypertrophy and strength gains. One of the core training principles for muscle hypertrophy in bodybuilding is short rest— less than [...]
by Dr Clayton Hyght DC CS I’d be willing to bet that you don’t spend too much time stretching. Do you? First of all, let me state that I, myself, have never been mistaken for Gumby (or Stretch Armstrong for those of you who are a bit older). And no, time for stretching is [...]
By: John Giljum In this article I will discuss which muscles to train with each other and in what order for the best results. Rest is a very critical part of bodybuilding- at any level. Actually, rest is where the actual “getting bigger” takes place. So it is very important to organize your program so [...]
Sleep is commonly viewed as a restorative process that influences the nervous, neuroendocrine and immune systems. Sleep is considered critical for the maintenance of health; abnormal sleep patterns are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, mood disorders, chronic pain and a shortened lifespan.11 In a lot of ways, sleep is like sex— you can [...]
by Rehan Jalali, CPT Let’s face it, thin is in. Everywhere you look, there’s a new gadget or program to help you lose weight. Since obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide, there sure are a lot of ideas on how to combat it. It’s time to review some of the top ways to [...]
By:Lee Labrada “What goes up, must come down.” When ‘70’s music sensation Billy Preston immortalized those words in his catchy tune, he must have been thinking about some of the professional bodybuilders gracing the posing dais these days. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s in vogue again to “bulk up” or should I say, “pork [...]
Combining Cardio and Resistance Exercise Disrupts Anabolic Gene Expression Breaking News: In this month’s Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers reported that if you are trying to gain muscle mass, combing resistance exercise and cardio in the same session may disrupt genes for anabolism. Previous research has observed only modest hypertrophy with endurance training combined with [...]
