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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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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Start building the massive arms you've always wanted by implementing these 10 unconventional exercises made to work and grow your biceps!
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You hear a lot of crazy and conflicting information in the muscle building and fitness realm. The following article will help you separate fact from fiction.
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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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Venom Training System
Welcome to intensity and more muscle mass! The Venom training system is science-backed and utilizes both very low and high rep ranges to maximize hypertrophy.
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The Blastoff Bodybuilding Training System
Bored? Looking for a training system that will rocket your body into new gains? Then fasten your seat belts, because it's time to blast off!
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Cory Gregory explains how you can get massive chest growth like Arnold by performing one of The Austrian Oak's favorite lifts, the wide-grip incline bench press!
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5 “Laws” of Muscle Building You Should Forget
If you're going to break a law, break one of these 5 muscle building laws. The logic behind them is faulty and not helping you reach your goals any faster.
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Back vs. Front Squats: Which Builds Bigger Legs?
Ask two seasoned lifters which squat variation is best for overall leg mass and you'll likely receive conflicting opinions. Find out which movement is best for you.
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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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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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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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99 Facts About Building Muscle You Should Know
School is back in session. Gains school! Check out these 99 muscle-building facts and tips that will up your gym game. After all, knowledge is power!
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Barbell vs. Preacher Curl: Which Is Better?
Want bigger biceps but not sure which movement is the best for mass? Brad Borland takes a look at 2 major bicep exercises and helps you to decide which is best.
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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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In this article, you'll learn 25 valuable lessons on training, nutrition, and recovery to help you become your best self. These tips are backed by science and over 25 years of experience.
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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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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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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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Stop worrying about finding the perfect workout and start maximizing your current program. Learn the 5 pillars that create gym success regardless of your program choice.
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Beginner's Guide To Building Your Arms
Alex Stewart details the anatomy and function of the biceps, triceps and forearms, and presents you with 5 killer workouts to pack on arm size.
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Guide To Smolov Squat And Bench Press
Smolov and Smolov Jr. are incredibly intense but effective approaches for improving your squat and bench strength. This guide helps you to maximize these routines.
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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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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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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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5 Crazy But Effective Shoulder Building Exercises
Brace yourself. These shoulder exercises might seem crazy, but they could be just what you need to develop big, wide boulder shoulders!
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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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Build Your Chest: Two Things Holding Back Growth
MusclePharm's Cory Gregory answers these two questions: how deep should I be taking my bench press reps, and why are my dumbbell flyes not building mass?
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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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How To Pack On Slabs Of Muscle To Your Chest!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 8 focuses on building the chest, and includes chest anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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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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5 Reasons You Can't Get Past Your Training Plateau
Don't get caught in that muscle building plateau and lose out on the chance to make even more gains. Address these 5 things and right the ship today.
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How To Build King-Sized Boulder Shoulders!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 2 focuses on building the shoulders, and includes shoulder anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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7 BS Facts About Muscle That Everyone Thinks are True
Do magazine headlines and tips from fitness gurus leave you scratching your head? Be wary of these BS muscle "facts" that everyone thinks are true.
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5 Tips To Help A Bench Press Plateau
Break through a bench press rut by tracking progress, establishing proper expectations, improving form, increasing calories and training the bench frequently.
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Maik Wiedenbach helps you to view workout structure in a whole new way. Learn the value of targeting each muscle group with a stretch, power and contraction exercise.
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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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Why Broscience Works: Muscle Building Art Versus Science
Who wins: art or science? Take a look at 3 of the hottest science versus broscience topics: frequent feeding, post-workout nutrition and fasted morning cardio.
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Natty Lifter's Guide to Training: Build Quality Gainz w/out Steroids
In this four part series, we break down everything natural lifters should know about building muscle without steroids. Up first, how should you train?
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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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6 Easy Muscle Building Tips For Hard Gainers
Are you the scrawny guy in the weight room who can't gain a single pound no matter what you eat? This article contains 6 strategies for the “hardgainer”/ectomorph.
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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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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.