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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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Shirtless man sitting in the gym holding dumbbells
This article moves beyond the same old pec-hammering exercises and presents you with 5 highly effective chest building movements that you've likely never tried.
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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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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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Muscular Man Doing Pullup For Muscle Building
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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3 Ways to Increase Your Strength With Resistance Bands
You can add resistance bands into your workout plan in many different ways & you should! Check out these tips on how to incorporate them into your workouts.
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Destroying Arms At Diamond Gym With Roman Fritz
Build monster-sized biceps, massive forearms, and bulging triceps with IFBB Pro and Animal-sponsored Roman Fritz's arm-destroying routine!
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7 Advanced Bicep Muscle Building Hacks
Have you hit a plateau in your bicep muscle growth? It might be time to implement some new training hacks - check out these 7 advanced strategies.
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How To Optimize Fat Loss & Muscle Building
This article provides specific advice on how to approach the fat loss and muscle building process for individuals currently carrying around some unwanted body fat.
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11 Tips To Spark New Arm Growth
Arms not growing? Get your growth back in gear with these 11 arm building tips. Article includes an effective workout structure as well as bulking advice.
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6 Landmine Exercises for Explosive Results
Some just aren't built for barbell variations; that's where the landmine comes into play. Learn the 6 best landmine exercises to do for explosive gains!
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The 3-2-1 Resting Method w/ Workout Program
Learn about optimal rest times to increase your gains in the gym. This fool proof 3-2-1 method may be the key to your muscle building success. Check it out!
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Akim Williams' Detail Back Workout During Arnold Classic Prep
IFBB Pro and MHP athlete, Akim Williams, takes us through one of his back workouts while on prep. This workout is focused on building muscle detail.
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Man Doing Pull Up Back Muscle
Build a massive back with this advanced training technique that's designed to deliver awesome muscle gains while saving you some time at the gym!
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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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5 Potent Shoulder Building Exercises
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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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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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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Man Ripped Abs Fat Loss Muscle
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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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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Add Exercises That Stretch Your Muscle for More Gains!
Can't seem to bust your muscle building plateau? Stretching might help... stretching exercises that is. Perform these stretching exercises for more gains!
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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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Big Biceps Without Curls
Bored with barbell and dumbbell curls? Author James Chan shows you how to train your biceps for bigger gains using 4 non-isolation and unconventional exercises.
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7 Compound Exercise Workouts to Promote Greater Muscle Growth
If you've got a lagging muscle group or a weak link, try out one of these 7 compound exercise workouts that will help you maximize muscle size and strength!
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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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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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Do Partial Reps Build Muscle More Effectively?
Partial reps: bodybuilders use them, powerlifters use them, but should you use them? Learn the pros and cons of using partial reps with and without lockouts.
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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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5 Tips for the Best Shoulder Pump of Your Life
If you want to grow your shoulders, it's going to be extremely beneficial for you to achieve a pump during your shoulder workouts. Try out these 5 tips!
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Shirtless muscular man doing barbell chest presses in the gym.
Eccentric training is more than just a burnout technique. You can use heavy negatives in your daily routine to see big strength gains in the gym.
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Cardio And Muscle Building - Mutually Exclusive?
Does cardio impact the muscle building process, or is this a myth? Learn about the 3 forms of cardio: HIIT, LISS and MISS, which is best, and how much you should do.
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Complete Guide To Increasing Workout Recovery
Don't let proper workout recovery be an afterthought. This complete guide teaches you the benefits of proper sleep, nutrition, supplementation, meditation and more!
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Why Does Every Workout System Seem To Work?
Here's the great muscle building mystery: why is it that so many workout systems appear to work, yet 90% of lifters are struggling to make decent gains? Find out...
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Another 4 Reasons Why You're Still Small & Weak
Find out how to improve your gym results by learning the art of patience, properly managing your bulks, evolving your training and setting down your cell phone.
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6 Resistance Training Myths That Never Die
You head the myths before: weight lifting stunts growth, women who lift get bulky, higher reps are better for toning. Set aside the nonsense and find out the real truth.
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Bulk of 2016: 5 Tips to a Successful Bulking Season
It's bulking season which is the best time of the year to make gains. Before you start your bulk, you should read these 5 tips to make sure it's successful.
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Is Training To Failure Necessary For Building Muscle?
A clear divide between those who believe failure is the only way, and those who oppose the idea of failure being the definition of hard work leaves the question: to fail or not to fail?
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Lee Haney's Tips to Building an Enormous Chest
8x Mr. Olympia winner Lee Haney knows what it takes to build one of the greatest chests in the world. Read his tips to build a massive chest yourself!
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4 Big Bicep Workouts for #FlexFridays
Build bigger biceps and get bicep pumps like never before using these 4 advanced and unique bicep workouts from Team Allmax's Coach Eric "Merlin" Broser.
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Unconventional Arm Workout To Spark New Muscle Growth
If you're not seeing steady arm gains, its time to break away from traditional arm exercises and spark new muscle with unconventional training.
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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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Does High Volume Training Build More Muscle?
Everyone is doing bodypart splits so they must be best for muscle building, right? Jason Ferruggia says no. Find out how you can benefit from lower daily volume & greater training frequency.
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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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10 Forgotten Bodybuilding Exercises You Should Try
Bored with the same old workout grind? Inject some new life into your training and build old school muscle with these 10 forgotten, but potent bodybuilding exercises.
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7 Tips to Building Stronger Hamstrings
Build stronger and better-developed hamstrings with these 7 advanced training techniques. Check them out and include them during your next leg workout.
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5 Tips to Go from Average Joe to Swole (Plus Workout)
Most fitness articles out there are for already elite athletes, but what about the average Joe? Check out these 5 tips and workout for ordinary people.
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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.