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Ben Affleck`s Workout and Diet Plan

Hmm did you see the new movie "The Town"? Well you should see it because it`s a really nice one with some good action in it :). Ben Affleck got some ripped muscles and a impressive physique when playing the role of a ex pro hockey player Doug "Dougie" MacRay, a longtime thief that tries to manage his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists... so the plot begins :D but nevermind the movie, let`s talk about Ben Affleck`s Workout and even a little bit about Ben`s Diet Pl...

Goals around Body Perfect Fitness and Muscle Health

These are S.M.A.R.T Goals around Body Perfect Fitness and Muscle Health: S- Specific- Please make sure you know exactly what you are trying to accomplish. Lose 20 pounds, Get body fat percentage to 16%, etc. M- Measurable- How are you going to track it. A scale, a tape measure, or a special instrument. Also keep in mind how often as well. Daily, weekly,etc. A- Acceptable- Does it make sense? R- Realistic- Can you reach this goal in the time you set in the amount you want.Like losing 20 ...

Dental Caries or Tooth Decay in Bodybuilding

Dental caries (tooth decay) can affect your heart if you keep them untreated and can destroy your dream to become the best bodybuilder, so goodbye bodybuilding. If you have dental caries (tooth decay), the gums become more sensitive, they bleed and bacteria reaches the arteries. Once bacteria from the dental caries (tooth decay) gets into the blood, it weakens the heart and lead to diseases like endocarditis or myocarditis and if you get one of these diseases from the dental caries (tooth dec...

Beer, Muscle and Bodybuilding

Let`s talk about beer and the damages of it on muscles in bodybuilding. First of all, if you occasionally drink a beer, don`t worry it won`t affect your dreams to get buffed up with big hard rock muscles! Still you know Arnold Schwarzenegger`s line about drinking soda? That line can also apply in the case of beer (alcohol) or even steroids and junk food and it is: "Why take something the body doesn’t need right now?" Although beers are among the best alcoholic beverage choices in bodybu...

Jay Cutler`s Big Calves!

Till the year 2000 Jay Cutler finished lower than second at the Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition and he was beaten by his friend, Ronnie Coleman and Dexter Jackson.From 21 bodybuilding competitions Jay Cutler won with his own muscles :D 13 (including three Mr. Olympia’s and three Arnold Classics). Jay Cutler has a perfect and complete physique but you know what Jay`s got beyond perfection? Wrong! His big muscle calves! Jay Cutler`s Tips for Big Calves “It’s not about the weight. Calf...

Gerard Butler`s Workout and Diet Plan

In my personal opinion, Gerard Butler is a great scottish actor with charm and a funny person.. After filming the movie "300", Gerard got famous i might say for his shredded body with well defined muscles (great physique), and now recently after filming "The Bounty Hunter" he also got a new girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston. I think they look nice together but Gerard Butler is picky with his girls and now he was seen with a french 29 year old lady named Laurie Chloewa. All the muscles you see on G...

Muscle Atrophy

What is Atrophy?Well when you refere to it as an illness you`re probably right because in many cases atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body and it`s caused by mutations, poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support but it also appears when you don`t exercise your muscles and it`s called muscle atrophy.Muscle AtrophyMuscle atrophy as i`ve said earlier, appears when you disuse your muscles and it`s followed by loss of mass and strength. For example if...

Dorian Yates`Secret Workout For A Big Back

Dorian Yates, a six time winner of Mr. Olympia was known by his high-intensity training methods: low volume and maximum effort, pushing working sets to failure and beyond. Dorian Yates` Back Training “If I have a secret for width, it's Nautilus pullovers. I really feel these in my outer lats. I alternate doing these one workout and Hammer pulldowns the next.” “During barbell rows, I keep my body at 70 degrees to the floor. Staying more upright places less strain on the lower back and ...

Dorian Yates Has A Short Workout!

Dorian trains for only 45 minutes, but it's Intense! You can feel it ! He uses three exercises per bodypart, three sets each. The first two sets are short of failure, while the last one is an all out effort to failure with assistance from his training partner. High Intensity Training (HIT) is a form of strength training popularized in the 1970s (first by Arthur Jones of Nautilus and Medx fame). Its principles are: -progression (the trainer adds more weight to the bar/machine session each se...

Big Biceps mistakes:Too much isolation!

I think I speak for every man when I say we all want big biceps. Even guys who have big biceps want bigger biceps!The first big biceps mistake is too many isolation exercises.Compound and IsolationCompound exercises move the body through more than one joint movement, while isolation exercises only move the body through a single-joint movement. The king of all compound exercises is the squat. The squat uses many major muscle groups and bends at you ankles, knees, waist and hips. A big bicep compo...