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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Mission Impossible: Build Muscle And Burn Fat At The Same Time
Is it possible to build muscle without gaining fat and burn fat without feeling scrawny? Read on for the secret weapon that helps you get a shredded physique!
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2019 Post-Summer Lean Bulking Guide
As your summer shred comes to an end, you may be switching to a bulking mindset. Before you start you should check out this post-summer lean bulking guide!
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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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Why You Need to Have More Leg Days (Workouts Included)
Everybody hates leg day, but the truth is you should probably be doing more of them. Check out why and take advantage of these two sample leg day workouts!
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Look And Train Like A Bodybuilder
Dustin Elliott provides you with information and exercises that help you to get the broad shoulders, wide lats and thick arms of a bodybuilder.
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5 Brutal Hamstring Workout Finishers
Take your leg day to the next level with these 5 brutal hamstring finishers. Learn how to blast your hamstrings for maximum muscle growth!
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5 Reasons Your Bulk is Doomed to Fail
Are you making these 5 muscle building mistakes? If you are, your bulk is doomed to fail! Learn what these mistakes are & what you can do to avoid them!
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When gains start to slow it's time to take control. These 11 tips and suggestions will help to turn things on end, confuse your body, and get your muscles moving again.
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33 Experts Provide Their Most Important Tips on Building Lean Muscle
You've got a goal to build lean muscle mass, and we've got experts to help you. 33 experts to be exact. Check out their most important tips in this article.
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6 Steps to Getting Jacked this Fall with Kris Gethin
Fall is as good of a time to get jacked as any time of the year, and Kris Gethin's 6 steps to getting jacked will get you pointed in the right direction!
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Quest On Building Steel-Forged Forearms!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 4 focuses on building the forearms, and includes forearm anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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10 Best Exercises for Building Lean Muscle Mass
If you're trying to put on as much lean mass as possible, you better be incorporating these 10 mass building exercises into your workout routines!
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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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How To Turn Your Puny Quads Into Tree Trunks!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 6 focuses on building the quads, and includes quads anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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10 Things You've Been Doing Wrong Since You Started Lifting
Do you recognize any of these common lifting mistakes? Even experienced lifters are guilty of these! Read on to learn how to right your wrongs.
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7 Crucial Tips to Grow Lagging Muscle Groups
Got a lagging body part that just won't grow? Don't let it fall too far behind your other muscle groups. Use these 7 tips to catch it back up to speed!
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9 Workout Mistakes That Limit Muscle Growth Potential
If you stop seeing results, it's time to examine your current lifting routine. Look for these 9 signs that your workout is limiting your muscle growth.
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8 Sure-Fire Ways To Build A Bigger Chest
These unique chest-building tips will help you get growing again. Fear not! This article is not just another ineffective waste of Internet space full of empty promises.
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Your Quest To Building Mountain Peak Biceps
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 10 focuses on bicep building, and includes bicep anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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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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5 Simple and Effective Ways To Lose Muscle
Warning: your own bad habits may be costing you muscle growth. Learn how to reverse your mistakes and start seeing results again.
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4 Ways to Overcome Your Plateau with Workout Variation
Has your progress stalled while on your quest to put on lean muscle mass? Check out these 4 tips to bust through those plateaus and put on more muscle mass!
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Focus Your Warm-ups And Maximize Your Workouts
Do you know the real goal of a warm-up session? In this article Maik Wiedenbach helps you to improve your results by focusing your warm-ups and pre-workout nutrition.
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Varying Protein Sources & Muscle Building
Leucine, mTor, and muscle protein synthesis (MPS). Find out how the protein foods you eat impact the muscle growth process for the better - and for the worse.
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 Maximize Your Gym Time
John Matulevich helps you to improve your results by incorporating non-competing supersets, standing exercise variations, HIIT cardio and (more) potent compound movements.
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Muscle & Strength’s 2011 Transformation Guide
Reach your goals in 2011! This guide provides you with tools, articles, workouts and motivation to change your body and life! Get started today, and create the body of your dreams.
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Maximize Muscle By Tracking Your Rest Periods
Are you paying attention to every minor detail of your training routine except rest between sets? Find out about the six benefits of tracking time between each set.
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This is not the same old rehashed tips article. Brad Borland presents 12 muscle building workout tweaks that can help invigorate your training and improve gains today.
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Animal Instincts video series main page, featuring Team Scivation athlete and WNBF pro bodybuilder Kurt Weidner.
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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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Improve Your Strength With Conditioning!
Jeremy Wood tells you how to improve your strength totals via the integration of conditioning work such as barbell complexes, hill sprints and more!
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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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Revamp Your Routine With Whole Body Training
Dustin Elliott provides rut-busting approaches to both training and diet. Train whole body, eat more nightly carbs and get the results you want.
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This Workout Just Might Kill You...Or Make You Grow - You Decide
1 hour. 1 body part. 50,000 pounds. Are you up for the ultimate high volume workout challenge? This is NOT an ordinary workout, so proceed with caution!
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Top 5 Workout Program Assistance Exercises
If you're like most lifters you've been using the same assistance exercises forever. It's time to infuse your training with 5 potent exercises you're probably not doing.
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The Best Trap Exercise You've Never Tried
Tap into your trap muscle's growth potential by learning about the different fibers the muscle is composed of and the best exercise to hit those fibers.
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Intensity Is Everything: Part 2 - Rest Periods And Failure
Natural bodybuilder Cliff Wilson explores the impact of rest periods and training to failure, helping you to train better and maximize your time in the gym.
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The Real & Basic Muscle Growth Science Broken Down for Bros
Learn everything you need to know about the basic science behind building muscle! Then, apply it to your own training and begin building bigger muscles.
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Training At Home? Don't Sacrifice Your Technique!
Training at home and having a hard time improving your exercise form? Here are 7 practical tips to help get you on track and hitting your goals.
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9 Tips For Growing Your Shoulders Into Small Melons
Think you've heard it all when it comes to shoulder training? Think again! This article from Maik Weidenbach contains 9 delt destroying tips you may never have seen before.
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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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Build More Mass: Use Chains for Strength Gains
How effective is loading the barbell with chains instead of plates? Learn the benefits of utilizing chains in your workouts and how to incorporate them!
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7 Ways To Build Muscle Faster
Not building muscle fast enough? Stop looking for complicated solutions and get back to the basics. These 7 tips will turn you from a "no gainer" into a huge gainer.
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10 Tips for Better Arm Day Pumps (Plus Workout!)
Do arm day the right way with these 10 tips to maximize arm workout pumps and this 3 week sample bicep and tricep workout designed to build bigger arms!
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Train Insane, Improve Your Gains
These 9 battle tactics aren't easy, but they can help you win the war in the gym. It's time to get raw and crazy with these anything but conservative approaches.
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Rep Quality: A Detailed Look At Effective Repetitions
Everything you need to know about reps - from negative training to partial reps to time under tension. Learn how to focus and amplify your workouts.
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7 Exercises For Stronger Abs With No Back Pain
Build stronger abs without punishing your lower back. It's time to try a new abdominal training approach; one that sets aside spinal flexion without sacrificing effectiveness.
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How You Can Get More Gains Out of Every Single Set
We're all guilty of wasting precious time while in the gym. Read how these 3 intensity techniques will help you get more gains out of every single set!
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3 Quick Pool-Side Workouts to Get Pumped
Suns out, guns out for summer! Get your swole on pool-side with these 3 quick pump-up routines. Pump based, core-focused, or HIIT - the choice is yours!
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5 Most Effective Exercises To Build Back Muscle
Maximize your back muscle by giving traditional exercises a twist that takes full advantage of their motions, making them twice as effective.
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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.