Aug
12
Filed Under (Fitness) by admin on 12-08-2008

Is any weight lifting exercise as good for muscle building as the back squat?  Maybe not, but these sure do come close.

The back squat is known as the classic weight lifting exercise.  No other exercise works as many muscles as efficiently as the back squat.  With this one weight lifting exercise you train your quads, hamstrings, calves, glutes, lower back, upper back, and abs.

Using all of these muscle groups with heavy weights creates a positive hormonal response that can cause muscle growth throughout the rest of your body as well.  Because of this the back squat rightfully deserves its place as the king of weight lifting exercises.



Aug
12
Filed Under (Fitness) by admin on 12-08-2008

Post-workout nutrition has been an extremely well researched topic in the fitness industry.  The studies have shown that ingesting simple carbohydrates with whey protein (in the form of a shake) assist in muscle building, recovery and in body transformation in general.  Let’s take a second to evaluate if these shakes are effective for everyone to use.  

Post-workout nutrition has been an extremely well researched topic in the fitness industry.  The studies have shown that ingesting simple carbohydrates with whey protein (in the form of a shake) assist in muscle building, recovery and in body transformation in general.



Aug
03
Filed Under (Health and Fitness) by admin on 03-08-2008

(*) Proper bodybuilding exercises technique.

First steps in muscle building training are easy. Spend the first few weeks in gym knowing the exercises. During the first few weeks of muscle building training, the muscles react to the stress put on them, even with relatively light weights, with important increase in strength and muscle tension.

(*) Train whole body on one workout.

Every major muscle group should be trained and developed to prevent muscle imbalance on muscle building training. The major muscle groups include legs, calves, chest, shoulders, back, arms and abdominals.

(*) Muscle building exercises.



Feb
11
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by admin on 11-02-2008

Way back when I was in high school, one of my peers in the campus weight room had a peculiar reply to a claim from a buddy of mine. My friend was saying that a person could derive benefit from splitting rep motions in half on barbell curls. This essentially entails making sets out of moving the barbell from the hips to the halfway point – then doing a block of sets from the midway point to the fully curled position. The guy’s reply: “I’ve heard you shouldn’t perform split reps like that because it can make you too bulky.” My friend and I looked at each other and agreed that we were both hoping to have such a burdensome “problem.”



Feb
07
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by admin on 07-02-2008

Do you remember when medical personnel would say you do not need to take any vitamins or supplements, because when you eat, you get them in your food”? I heard this as a child and the wise advice continued into adulthood! Now I get recommendations from medical personnel to take a good multi vitamin and other nutritional supplements will certainly help you to remain healthy.



Feb
04
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by admin on 04-02-2008

Unfortunately, America ranks to be one of the highest
competitors on the list of obesity. It kind of makes you
wonder if Americans are getting used to the idea of
being fat, or has their perception of what fat is, changed
in the past couple of decades.

I mean, honestly, think about it. Everywhere you go, you
see that extra spare tire and man boobs on people
passing by, and the sad thing is, that we see this so
often, that it has become acceptable in our society and
we hardly think twice about it, and sometimes don’t
even notice it.



Dec
11
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by admin on 11-12-2007

When we start out body building we all want to see great results as fast as possible, it’s only natural to want to reap the rewards for those grueling workouts in the gym. But being over anxious can waste a lot of your time and effort. You’re going to be using up a lot of time and effort if your plan is building muscle fast so stop, look around and take the advice of people who have done it and have taken the time to organize their successes and failures into a body building program that’s scientific and has been proven to work over and over again and will give you the quickest possible results.



Dec
03
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by admin on 03-12-2007

A large well known fitness facility company has a “no grunting” policy. Last year, they made news in the U.S. when they called the police to escort a member out of the gym for grunting. What’s the deal with that?

Ok, ok. Aside from being drama queens and a bit annoying, what are these grunters really doing wrong?

And how does the gym staff decide what is a grunt and what’s just normal exhalation of air upon exertion?

Do they hire “Grunt Monitors”?