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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A Complete Road Map to Building a Thick Muscular Back
Look no further for guidelines on building a big and thick back. Our road map to building a well defined & complete back covers everything you need to know!
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Strongman Training, Equipment & Events
Everything you need to know about strongman, from contest prep to dealing with injuries. This guide takes a detailed look at all 9 major types of strongman events.
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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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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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Bust Through Muscle Building Plateaus
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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Strong man doing standing dumbbell press
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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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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Inside Look At 12 Common Bodybuilding Gym Habits
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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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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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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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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Get a chest and back pump like never before with these 5 chest & back supersets inspired by the G.O.A.T himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger! Check it out!
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3 Point Muscle Building Method For Better Results
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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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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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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5 Secrets to Gains Your Trainer Isn't Telling You
Are you working hard but still not getting any bigger? Here are 5 secrets to gains that even fitness professionals aren't willing to share.
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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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Build Bigger Legs: 4 Training Tips for Massive Quads
For truly massive quads, you've got to hit them hard in the gym. Try these 4 training tricks to start packing on more size and strength!
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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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12 Ways To Instantly Power Up Your Workouts
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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8 Hypertrophy Lessons from a Veteran Lifter
In an interview with veteran lifter and personal trainer Barry Fritz, Barry shares muscle-building tips from his 40+ years experience in strength training.
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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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Top 10 Deadlift Variations to Build Muscle Mass
If your want to maximize your muscle growth, you should perform some variation of deadlift during your workouts. Read this article to learn which are the best!
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10 Reasons Why You Will Never Build (Much) Muscle
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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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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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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Learn How To Deadlift Using Correct Technique!
Learn how to deadlift with correct technique. This article provides information on how to choose between conventional and sumo deadlifts based on body type.
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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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10 Best Shoulder Building Exercises of All Time
Building broad shoulders will complete your physique & make you look strong. Learn which exercises are the top 10 all-time best for targeting your shoulders.
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A Science-Backed Lean Bulk Supplement Plan
Take your lean bulk to the next level by implementing an intelligent and effective supplement plan. This complete guide looks at the science behind all major bulking supplement choices.
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Maximize Your Workouts By Focusing Your Goals
Do you want a great beach body? Who doesn't! But that isn't a specific goal. Learn how to change your workouts, maximize body parts, and create your dream physique.
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Muscle Building Articles Tips & Advice

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.