Muscle Gaining

Bodybuilding calluses or corns, removing tips!

I guess as a bodybuilder that you're working hard in the gym to gain pure muscles and you need sheer force for pumping those muscles of yours. You need sheer force even when you grab a dumbbell bar or pullup bar but besides the forceful grasp of the bar you'll always get those nasty bodybuilding calluses or corns and they're painful i know and if you work out with them you can rip them off and bye bye gym for a week thus removing a big part of time from your essential workout. :D. What are...

Is Michael Strahan in Shape During his Retirement?

Michael Strahan spent 15 years chasing quarterbacks and tackling running backs but now after his retirement everything got a little boring i guess.. he`s a broadcaster with the FOX NFL Sunday crew and his life is very quiet. Former NFL Star Michael Strahan is still working out to maintain a healthy muscular physique. What did you think? That Michael would stop? Well.. NEVER!!! :) Now though Strahan has a new workout routine and a different meal plan because he doesn`t train as intense as h...

Barbell and Dumbbell Rows to Build a Bigger Back

Row Row Row your boat, let`s go down the sea.. what am i talking about here? Do you want a bigger and thicker back? Try implementing some "rows" to your routine because building a great back without at least one rowing exercise in your routine it is not possible! Every type of row is a compound lift, which means it stresses numerous muscles simultaneously. Chin ups, pull downs and pullovers force you to do the former, and rowing emphasizes the latter. Due to the mechanics of these motions, t...

Scott Adkins: Serious Muscle Workout

Yeah i think you all know Scott Adkins that played the role of Boyka in the series "Undisputed". In the prison, Scott Adkins (Boyka) is a tough russian that kicks ass a lot but his muscles are something that you only get through resistance training and supersets as you can see in the video of him training for the movie "Undisputed 3" and i guess that i don`t have to explain anything because the video speaks for itself. Scott Adkins, in order to gain that size in muscle mass did something like th...

Mickey Rourke`s Muscles: Steroids or Not?

Let me begin today with a very short version of the movie "The Wrestler" that has love, pity, sadness, muscles, brute force and lots of injected or oral steroids: Years have passed since the glory of "The Ram". The splendor, fame, fortune and applause have all faded away. Only the man behind the masked personality remains. Randy Robinson’s personal life is clouded with hard luck, personal demons, and the troubles of his past and present. Not all his battles are contained in the ring. Mickey R...

Stretch marks in bodybuilding

Stretch marks are a form of scarring on the skin with reddish or purple lines. They are caused by tearing of the dermis, and over time can diminish but not disappear completely. Stretch marks are often the result of the rapid stretching of the skin associated with rapid growth (common in puberty) or weight gain (muscle building, bodybuilding) or in some cases, severe pulling force on skin that overcomes the dermis's elasticity. In our case here where we discuss about bodybuilding, stretch ...

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...

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...

Ups `n Downs in Bodybuilding Part 3

As you have seen in the photos from part one and two i`ve put some muscle mass.But i was greedy and wanted more and more. People at school really started to annoy me with their foolishness.I hate people that talk from heard abouts when they see that you got some muscle mass.For example people usually asked me something like: "hey man, do you take proteins (supplements)?" Like proteins are some kind of steroids or something, i mean you get proteins from eating regular meals! Some people are so du...

Gym Behaviour

Hey guys, do you know those persones that just spit in the gym or talk trashy words? The trashy words don`t bother me so much as the bad behaviour of some people in the gym. When you go in a gym and want to lift some weights, you need proper concentration, some music to get you pumped up, water(for hidratation) and a towel don`t you? A towel or two, are needed in the gym as my last coach said:" You can catch two rabbits in one shot" and the meaning of that is: you protect the gym equip...