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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Vegan Muscle Building - Can It Work?
A vegan lifestyle can create special challenges when it comes to muscle building. Article includes a sample eating plan and tips to help you maximize growth.
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5 Muscle Building Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
Some mistakes are unavoidable, others can easily be learned from and corrected Read this article & learn how to avoid these 5 common muscle building errors.
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How To Build Great Calves
Set aside the notion that you have "bad calf genetics" and get proactive. These eight muscle building tips are designed to help bring up your weak and lagging calves.
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Athletic Man Preparing to Do Shoulder Workout
Take your shoulder training to the next level with these advanced shoulder exercises! Swap out basic movements for boulder shoulders and breathe new life into your delts.
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Bench Press Big Chest
Floor presses, flyes with a twist, and the pump! Maik Weidenbach presents you with seven unique chest building tips that aren't centered around the bench press.
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10 Unique Ways To Bring Up Lagging Body Parts
It's time to challenge body parts that aren't responding to conventional training methods. This article presents 10 effective solutions that can help you get growing again.
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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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Maik Weidenbach
Immanuel Kant asked, "can I apply it universally or is it a gimmick?" Learn how to apply this maxim to your training, nutrition and supplementation.
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5 Things You May Not Know About Building Muscle
What does it really take to build muscle? This article by Steve Shaw presents you with a list of five things you may not have known about the bodybuilding process.
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Man doing pushups with dumbbells at home
Don't let the lack of weights hinder your gains! Here's a list of the absolute best bodyweight exercises that pack on the muscle without the use of dumbbells, barbells, or machines.
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Bicep Curls
We all know what drop sets are, but do you know what a mechanical drop set is? Find out how to use this technique to build both muscle and strength.
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Pursuit of Prodigious Pecs: Mastering Effective Chest Training
Looking for new ways to increase your overall chest growth? These 3 chest workouts are just what you need in your program to develop some unreal chest size!
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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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Beginner Muscle Building Essentials
Are you a beginner and want to get on the right track and build muscle? This article presents the simple keys to muscle building success.
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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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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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Q&A With Brad Borland, Volume 2: A Beginner Training Program
Natural bodybuilder Brad Borland lays out a beginner training program, and talks about the effectiveness of the creatine/beta-alanine stack.
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Chest Workout With Pro Bodybuilder Roman Fritz
Get an upper-body pump going with IFBB Pro and Animal-Sponsored athlete Roman Fritz's massive chest-building routine, filmed at the world-famous Muscle Beach.
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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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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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Shirtless muscular man doing bicep curls in the gym
Whether you want to add size or develop shape, these advanced movements will help you maximize your arm-building potential. Sample workout is also included!
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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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Want Bigger Triceps? Flip Your Grip!
If you've been training triceps the same way for months on end, it might be time to switch things up. Ramp up your gains with this reverse grip workout!
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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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Outdoor Muscle Building Activities
Getting bored and looking to switch things up? Lee Boyce shows you some easy ways to take your training session outside and get the most benefit.
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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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Luck of the Draw: Get Jacked with a Deck of Cards
It's time to take a risk where the inevitable payout is solid gains! Check out Coach Myers' Luck of the Draw workout, with two variations to get you swole!
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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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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 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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Is Bodybuilding A Narcissistic Activity?
Muscle building is more than just some mindless activity that involves staring into the mirror. There are many positive reasons to build bigger muscles and change your physique.
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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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Training The Posterior Chain: Barbell Good Morning
Is your lower back and core a weak link in the chain? Cory Gregory presents you with several barbell good morning variations that will help you build strength and muscle.
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Stimulating New Muscle Growth Using HIT
Resurrect your muscle gains using high intensity training. In this article, Dr. HIT David Groscup shows you how to decrease your volume and improve your results.
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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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8 Worst Exercises For Muscle Building
Are the most popular lifts the best builders? Absolutely not! Find out why exercises like squats, bench press and even rows are not good choices when it comes to packing on lean mass.
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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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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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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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Big On The Basics: Bench Press With Powerlifter Garrett "Gunz" Griffin
Powerlifter Garrett "Gunz" Griffin is famous for his big bench. He shares his start-to-finish tips on having your biggest bench ever!
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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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Thrash Your Triceps Using These 9 Training Methods
Don't just work your triceps, thrash your triceps! These 9 tricep building methods from Brad Borland are designed to help you pack on arm size and bust out of your t-shirts.
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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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 Lessons From Lifters: 4 Mistakes You Don't Want To Make
When you're new to lifting, you want to get huge right away. But many new trainees make these common mistakes. Learn how to build size the right way!
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Man Gain Muscle Mass
Are you really a hardgainer? No, probably not. Most lifters who have trouble packing on muscle mass are making these 5 mistakes. Start building muscle size today!
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8 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Gains
Self-sabotage is wreaking havoc on your ability to gain muscle mass. Make sure you're avoiding these 8 mistakes and build muscle faster than ever before!
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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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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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9 Intense Ways To Challenge Your Biceps
When it comes to bicep training, think you've heard it all before? Think again. Brad Borland presents 9 new and effective ways to blast your biceps into new growth.
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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.