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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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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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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Top 3 Exercises to Build a Bigger Chest (w/ Example Workouts)
When it comes to building a massive chest, these 3 exercises are key to have in your workout program. Learn which ones they are and start using them today!
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Flat Bench Press vs. Incline: Which Is Better?
Which press variation is the king of pec builders? In this article Brad Borland compares incline and flat bench presses, and helps you to decide which is right for your goals.
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How To Build Giant-Sized Horseshoe Triceps
A 10 part muscle building super series by bodybuilder Brad Borland. Part 9 focuses on building the triceps, and includes tricep anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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Top 10 Exercises For Back Training: Who’s Number 1? Deadlifts Or Pull-Ups?
Dustin Elliott ranks the best exercises for building a massive back, listing pull ups as number one. Included in the list are several major surprises.
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Get Crazy Ripped With These 8 Tips
Eight tips and tricks to get your cutting diet headed in the right direction. This article also include bonus hot tips that are proven to work.
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Build A Bigger Deadlift With These 5 Tips
I didn't attempt a deadlift until the age of 40. Now it is my favorite lift. In this article I present some of the keys that have helped me draw close to an 800 pound raw pull.
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The Best Muscle Building Exercises
A detailed look at the most potent muscle building exercises, as well as a bodypart by bodypart breakdown. Stop wasting time in the gym and start getting results!
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5 Exercises to Make Your Lats Flare (Plus Workout!)
Ditch your flat back for good and develop lats that flare using these 5 key exercises. To jump-start your progress, we even put them together in a workout!
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You're 6 months into training and making no gains. Turn things around and start making progress with these 3 important muscle building tips.
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6 Quad Building Hacks for Larger Legs
Stop neglecting your legs and start building massive quads. These 6 quad building hacks and exercises are exactly what you need to spark quad muscle growth.
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Build The Perfect Body: A Pocket Guide For Men
This reference guide provides quick answers on how to build the physique of your dreams. Learn how to build muscle, lost fat, get in shape and improve your health.
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Developing & Showcasing Eye-Popping Abs
It's time to build and show off your six pack! This article discusses abs training frequency, abs workout structure, training technique, the use of weight and more.
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Supplements for Muscle Growth
What supplements are best for muscle growth, and how do I take them? Build the foundation of your supplement program for optimal results.
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The Savage 4x4: Strength/Hypertrophy Hybrid Workout
This powerbuilding routine may just turn your life around, and unleash something beastly! Workouts cycle between hypertrophy training and strength training.
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Effective Leg Training Made Simple
Set aside unbalanced training habits and ineffective half squats and build powerful, well-built legs and calves. This article includes a sample leg building workout.
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Athletic Man Shoulder Pressing Dumbbells
The rear delts are small in size but big in importance when it comes to training. Complete your physique and get stronger by training these muscles effectively with the help of this article!
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Training For Muscle: Lifting To Maximize Mass
Build more muscle by learning about muscle fibers, the physiology of muscle growth, and hypertrophy training parameters. Article includes a sample 10x3 workout.
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Ok, so you are lifting a lot of heavy weight...but are you building muscle? Learn how to stop the sloppy training and improve your gains by fixing these 10 key exercises.
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The Primer Phase: Part 1 of the P.B.S. Model
Phase 1 of the P.B.S. model, the Primer Phase, is designed to create the greatest window of opportunity for you to make muscle-building progress long-term.
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Sprinting for Lifters: A Guide to Muscle Building Cardio
Sprinting seems easy right? It's actually a pretty common exercise to mess up. Read this article & learn how to properly use sprinting in your own workouts.
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Run The Stack: Build Muscle Using Machines
Maximize your machine training and build more mass with this intense rest-pause protocol. Exercises focus on 5 reps sets and rapidly build to max weight & muscle failure.
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5 Best Squat Variations for Building Leg Muscle
The squat is the king of the exercises. And with these 5 variations, everyone will have a version of the squat to choose from so they can build big legs!
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Split image of a man doing pushups and a female doing kettlebell swings
Improve your metabolism, burn calories, and increase your heart rate with these workouts. Plus you'll be able to improve skills that will help you improve your overall athletic ability.
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8 Tips to Help Build Back Muscle and Definition
If you want to maximize your back muscle development, you better be training it right. Read these 8 tips to develop a bigger and more defined back!
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Ultimate Arm Blaster: Add An Inch In 90 Days
The Ultimate Arm Blaster routine has you performing 15 intense arm workouts in 90 days, cycling between strength, volume and rest-pause training.
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Man Doing Bench Press
If you're spinning your wheels, odds are you're making one of these 5 mistakes: abs and biceps overkill, eating low fat, ego training or following the "Champ's" workout.
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Ultimate Chest Training: Bigger Pecs In 16 Weeks
Chest training in a rut? Dustin Elliott provdes you with advanced pec building tips, tricks and routines to get you back on track and growing.
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Increase Training Frequency Build More Lean Muscle
Currently torching a body part once a week and not seeing results? Learn how to increase your training frequency and improve the amount of muscle you build.
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Practical Progression Approaches for Muscle Building
Take your muscle building to a new level by learning when and how to add weight for the many different rep and set schemes featured in popular workouts.
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5 Crazy But Effective Back Building Exercises
Bored with your back training? Here are 5 unconventional exercises that are sure to spark some growth and keep things interesting!
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Building Muscle & Strength Without A Barbell
Is training without a barbell blasphemy? Learn how unilateral lifting can bring up weaknesses, help to balance your physique and work towards reducing injuries.
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Shirtless man with abs flexing biceps
Tired of people telling you to "eat more." In this article James Chan provides specific nutrition and training advice to help skinny guys get on the road to muscle gains.
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Elliot Reimers helps you to make sense of common and sometimes crazy gym practices. Grunting, belts, international chest day and muscle confusion. It's all here!
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4 Dirty Bodybuilding Tricks for Advanced Lifters
Think you're too advanced for the basics? You might be and if so, that's why you need to read this article...
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Vince Gironda
He will forever be known as the "Iron Guru". Learn about Vince Gironda's old school bodybuilding philosophies, nutrition recommendations, & sample workouts!
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Progressive Overload, A Complete Guide
A workout without a progression approach is like a car without an engine. This article takes a look at various ways of adding weight using common set and rep schemes.
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The Ultimate Guide to Building a Massive Back
Learn everything there is to know about back training and how to build a massive back. This article covers back exercise selection and training frequency.
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Man Pumped Muscle Dumbbell Row
The research is in and muscle pumps are legit. Find out just how much they can help you improve muscle gains. This feature includes a complete pump-inducing workout plan.
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Optimizing Insulin Sensitivity for Muscle Gain and Fat Loss
There's more to insulin sensitivity than eating 6 meals per day. Learn how to fully optimize insulin sensitivity to build muscle and lose fat.
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Muscle Building 101: Sets, Reps & Workout Splits
Learn workout fundamentals. Everything you need to know about set & rep schemes, body part splits and full body workouts is explained in this article by Steve Shaw.
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Top 10 Deadlift Variations to Build Muscle Mass
If your want to maximize your muscle growth, you should perform some variation of deadlift during your workouts. Read this article to learn which are the best!
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Front shot of a muscular man doing cable bicep curls.
You can learn a lot about how not to build muscle by paying close attention in any gym. This list not only states the most common mistakes, but how to fix them as well.
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Maximize Your Workouts By Focusing Your Goals
Do you want a great beach body? Who doesn't! But that isn't a specific goal. Learn how to change your workouts, maximize body parts, and create your dream physique.
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Cory Gregory Mix Of Methods Video Trainer
Cory Gregory and M&S present a free 8 week program to help drop bodyfat and increase strength. This feature includes a downloadable PDF trainer, instructional videos and a diet plan.
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Train Like Your Favorite Avenger!
Select from workouts inspired by your favorite Avengers. Each workout is designed for specific goals and inspired by the training styles of the heroes.
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All-Out Sets
Is one "all out" set training really viable for building muscle mass? Learn how to maximize each set through the use of rep tempo, time under tension and more.
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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.