Muscle Building Articles

Want to build muscle? You're in the right place. These articles will teach you how to build muscle by developing the right nutrition and workout plans for your lifestyle and goals. If you're a beginner we recommend reading our how to build muscle expert guide first.

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6 Workout & Nutrition Tips for Optimizing Lean Muscle Growth
Quit stressing over whether you're doing the right things to reach your muscle building goals by reading these 6 proven tips to optimize lean muscle growth!
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10 Unique Ways To Bring Up Lagging Body Parts
It's time to challenge body parts that aren't responding to conventional training methods. This article presents 10 effective solutions that can help you get growing again.
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The Noob Teenagers Guide To Building Muscle
Drew Stewart arms teens you with information on training, diet and supplements, so you get on the right path as quickly as possible.
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Shirtless muscular man dong single arm bicep curls.
Take your gains to the next level with these pain-producing muscle growth techniques. Plus, try these 3 sample workouts to annihilate your chest, delts, and biceps.
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5 Most Effective Exercises For Building Your Biceps
Blast your biceps with these 5 killer moves that put a twist on classic bicep exercises, making them twice as effective!
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Maik Weidenbach
Immanuel Kant asked, "can I apply it universally or is it a gimmick?" Learn how to apply this maxim to your training, nutrition and supplementation.
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What does it really take to build muscle? This article by Steve Shaw presents you with a list of five things you may not have known about the bodybuilding process.
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Chest Building 101
Matt Weik looks at the anatomy of the chest, and helps you to build thicker, more massive pecs.
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P.B.S. The Solution to Long-Term Gains in Muscle Mass
Intelligently plan your training for maximum mass with this 3-phase program. The P.B.S. model will help you build your strongest and most muscular body yet!
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Man doing pushups with dumbbells at home
Don't let the lack of weights hinder your gains! Here's a list of the absolute best bodyweight exercises that pack on the muscle without the use of dumbbells, barbells, or machines.
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Pursuit of Prodigious Pecs: Mastering Effective Chest Training
Looking for new ways to increase your overall chest growth? These 3 chest workouts are just what you need in your program to develop some unreal chest size!
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Which Is Better For Chest: Incline Or Flat Bench?
Jeremy Gray breaks down the differences between these two potent chest building exercises and helps you to decide which bench pressing variation is right for you.
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Phase 2 of the P.B.S. Model, the Build Phase, capitalizes on the groundwork done in the Primer phase and uses it as a launchpad to see radical changes in your physique.
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Shoulder Exercise Finishers To Build Bigger Shoulders
Not seeing the shoulder gains you're after? Try these 5 shoulder workout finishers that are designed to be brutal, but effective for building massive boulders!
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It's time to take your shoulder training to a whole new - natural - level. No more laterals for you! These 5 exercises are worthy of your gym time.
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Your Ultimate Physique: 13 Ways To Strip Fat & Build Muscle
You've been told the goal of losing fat while building muscle is impossible. Here are 13 tricks that will help you reach your dream body faster than you thought possible.
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Close up of lean shirtless man doing chest workout in the gym
In Phase 3 of the P.B.S. model, you'll learn training and nutrition guidelines to help you to retain all of the muscle you’ve built before transitioning to a cut.
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Does Testosterone Build Muscle?
There's a lot of science (and bro-science) out there about testosterone. Brad Borland gets down to basics to explore whether or not your body needs testosterone to build muscle.
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3 Ways You’re Making Building Muscle Harder for Yourself
Are you focusing on all the wrong things? Is building muscle hard for you? Check out these 3 ways you're making building muscle harder than it has to be.
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Alex Savve from Pharmafreak® and SD Pharmaceuticals™ reveals his arm growing arsenal: five potent bicep and tricep exercises you may have never tried.
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The Five Muscle Building Virtues
Make the right diet and training decisions and maximize your muscle building by following the 5 virtues: knowledge, persistence, resistance, simplicity and patience.
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Frontal shot of muscular shirtless man using the cables at the gym
Body recomposition is difficult, but not impossible. In this article you'll learn several tips to help you simultaneously and successfully build muscle and lose fat.
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Chest Workout With Pro Bodybuilder Roman Fritz
Get an upper-body pump going with IFBB Pro and Animal-Sponsored athlete Roman Fritz's massive chest-building routine, filmed at the world-famous Muscle Beach.
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Man doing a pull up in the gym
Called the "Honest Workout", Vince Gironda's 8x8 training system is an extremely challenging and effective old school approach to bodybuilding.
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Which Training Style is Best for You?
Body part splits, movement based training, or upper/lower splits? Which of the three main ways to train is going to be most beneficial to you & your goals?
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Muscle Building Exercises You Should Be Doing!
The low down on power racks, unique muscle building exercises, and just how many isolation lifts you should be performing in the gym.
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Bodybuilder standing in squat rack looking down
You want the truth? Maybe you can't handle the truth. But either way, it's time to learn what the research has to say and decide for yourself.
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8 Ways to Make More Muscle Gains Outside of the Gym
When people think about making more gains, they focus on what they can do inside the gym. This article gives 8 ways to make more gains outside of the gym.
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Samantha Jerring in the kitchen flipping her grilled chicken
Nutrex athlete and IFBB Figure Pro, Samantha Jerring, gives M&S a sneak peek at what her pre-workout nutrition looks like before she heads deep into her 2022 Olympia Prep!
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5 Most Effective Exercises For Building Your Calves
Are your lower legs lacking impressive size and shape? These 5 tested exercises with unique twists will add mass to your calves, so add them to your next leg day!
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Answers To 72 Muscle Building Questions
No, no and no! Next question? No! This article contains 72 common muscle building, nutrition, cardio and supplementation questions that can all be answered with "no."
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Want Bigger Triceps? Flip Your Grip!
If you've been training triceps the same way for months on end, it might be time to switch things up. Ramp up your gains with this reverse grip workout!
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Ultimate Triceps Training: Increase Your Arm Size In 16 Weeks
Dustin Elliott goes into detail about important tricep exercises, and presents effective triceps workouts that will increase your arm size in only 16 weeks.
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IFBB Figure Pro Samantha Jerring flexing in the grocery shopping aisle.
Nutrex athlete, IFBB Pro, and self-proclaimed mustard connoisseur, Samantha Jerring, gives us a rundown of what her typical grocery haul looks like during her maintenance phase.
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Outdoor Muscle Building Activities
Getting bored and looking to switch things up? Lee Boyce shows you some easy ways to take your training session outside and get the most benefit.
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These 20 tips might just be a game changer. If your gym or diet efforts aren't yielding results, it's time to try something different. Refine your training and eating so you can reach your goals.
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Bringing Up Your Biceps
Are your biceps lagging behind? Jim Brewster helps you get into the growth zone with effective bicep building workouts.
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MPP Program
Mass Performance Program is an intense 10 week muscle building plan designed to add size and strength. The program comes with instructional training videos and complete nutrition plan.
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5 Impactful Workouts to Build Your Lagging Body Parts
Do you have a body part that is noticeably lagging compared to your other muscle groups? Address it with one of these 5 workouts designed to pack on mass!
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Stimulating New Muscle Growth Using HIT
Resurrect your muscle gains using high intensity training. In this article, Dr. HIT David Groscup shows you how to decrease your volume and improve your results.
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My Top 5 Musts For Success In Bodybuilding
Natural pro bodybuilder and Scivation sponsored athlete RJ Perkins talks about the importance of passion, drive, determination, dedication and patience.
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8 Worst Exercises For Muscle Building
Are the most popular lifts the best builders? Absolutely not! Find out why exercises like squats, bench press and even rows are not good choices when it comes to packing on lean mass.
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Are Your Genetics Preventing You From Building Muscle?
Curious to know exactly just how jacked you can possibly get? Read this article and test out these formulas to get an idea of your genetic potential!
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5 Potent Tips To Beef Up Your Biceps And Triceps
Most arm training workouts are inefficient and stuffed with too much volume. Learn how to improve your bicep and tricep sessions with these 5 easy to understand arm building tips.
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How Create Shredded Hamstrings In Weeks!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 3 focuses on building the hamstrings, and includes anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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5 Brutal Calf Workout Finishers
Quit blaming your small calves on bad genes! Add any of these 5 intense calf workout finishers to your next leg day to improve your physique.
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Your Quest At Chiseling Rock-Hard Abs!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 5 focuses on building the abs, and includes abs anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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Should You Use High Volume or Heavy Weight to Build Muscle?
In this article, we break down everything you need to know about which form of training is better for building muscle mass: High volume or heavy weight?
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8 Workout Tips To Build A Beefy Upper Body
Improve your results and build a more massive and aesthetic upper body with these 8 training tips, including bonus tips for each major body part.
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How To Turn Your Puny Calves Into Bulls!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 7 focuses on building the calves, and includes calves anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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Want to build muscle? You're in the right place. These articles will teach you how to build quality lean muscle mass. If you're a beginner we recommend reading our how to build muscle expert guide first.