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Paralysis By Analysis: 10 Reasons You're Not Making Gains
Think less, lift more. Words to live by if you're the type who thrives on details but never makes progress.
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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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barbell wrist curls to build forearm muscle size
Are your forearms feeling (and looking) neglected? Learn how to perform these three exercises that will give you massive, powerful forearms.
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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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Build Shirt-Busting Biceps With These 3 Exercises
Don't just train your biceps; blast your guns into better growth! Learn how to improve results by hitting both the short and long head of the biceps with these 3 proven exercises.
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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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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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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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Common Bench Press Mistakes
Beef up your bench press by improving your set up, rep stroke, assistance exercises, warmup protocol, training program and your mental strength.
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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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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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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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5 Must-Do Exercises To Shock And Grow Your Arms
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 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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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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 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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10 Bodypart Training Series Main Page!
A 10 part muscle building super series that focuses on muscle building for every major muscle group, and includes anatomy, exercises and workouts.
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How To Quickly Build An Impressive Back and Lats
Seeing a big back in the gym is rare. Bodybuilder Maik Weidenbach wants to help you change this. Here are 8 beefy back building tips to get you that amazing barn door.
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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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How To Build A Massive Barn Door Back!
A 10 part muscle building super series. Part 1 focuses on building the back, and includes back anatomy, exercises and workouts for every need.
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5 Best Bodyweight Triceps Exercises
Taking a break from the iron? You can still blast your triceps with these bodyweight moves that use minimal equipment. Perfect for travel and home gyms!
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Build Bigger Biceps: Curls With A Twist
Take your bicep development to the next level with this simple but potent tip from Cory Gregory. Get your twist on during incline dumbbell curls and build bigger arms.
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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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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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12 Bodybuilding Lies That Won't Die
We've each been given advice from well-meaning lifters that we later find out to be untrue. This article explores false muscle building beliefs that continue to be passed around.
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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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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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Favorite Back Building Exercises
Natural bodybuilder Frank Gigante tells you how to build a wide, thick and impressive back, traps and lats using these 5 muscle building staples.
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The Complete Working Man's Guide to Building a Workout Program
Does life seem to continuously get in the way of your fitness goals? Utilize this complete guide to build the perfect workout around your busy schedule.
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12 Curl Variations to Grow Monster Biceps
Need some new ideas to take your bicep training to the next level? Check out these 12 bicep curl variations & begin adding them to your arm training!
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Build a Bigger Chest in 3-4 Workouts or Less
Tom Venuto explains how you can get a bigger chest in under four weeks using his chest workout.
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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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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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The Ultimate Guide to Building Massive Legs
Say goodbye to your skinny legs forever with this ultimate guide to building massive legs. This guide covers exercise selection for the quads & hamstrings.
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No Pain, More Gain Shoulder Superset
Shoulder pain should not be the norm. Learn why your shoulders hurt and what you can do to remedy this issue. This feature includes a sample superset warmup workout
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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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muscular man doing bicep curl
This evidence-based article explores the relationship between mind-muscle connection and muscle growth. Learn what the latest research shows and when to apply it to your training.
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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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Build a Big Back!
Jim Brewster explains the anatomy of the back, and provides you with 5 sample routines that will help you build a bigger back.
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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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3 Loaded Carry Variations to Build Total Body Muscle
Loaded carries are some of the most versatile exercise variations and can be used to help you accomplish a number of fitness goals. Read on to learn more!
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Increase Intensity
Bodybuilder and contest coach Cliff Wilson explores the concepts of training load and volume, helping you to optimize your training and maximize results.
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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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Defeating the Desk Jockey: Tips, Tricks, & Workout to Fix Posture
Is your desk job holding you back from crushing your goals and making gains? Check out this article for tips, tricks, and a workout to defeat a desk bod!
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Work Out Smarter: 3 Keys to Maximizing Muscle Growth
If you want to maximize your ability to grow muscle, you better make sure these 3 key principles are in every single one of your workout routines!
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Max Reps vs Percentage of 1 Rep Max: Find The Proper Weight for High Volume Training
Get more out of high volume training by ditching %1RM and picking a more challenging weight for max reps. Check out the 3 sample workouts for training ideas.
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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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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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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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6 Exercises Needed to Boost Chest Growth
Build a big, wide, and muscular chest with these 6 simple movements. Sprinkle them into your chest workouts and experience the gains for yourself!
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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.