Muscle Gaining

Maximize Grip Strength

When you`re starting to lift heavy weights, your grip strength increases enough as the rest of your body but sometimes it doesn`t so you should consider some exercises to maximize your grip strength: first of all grip and squeeze the bar as tight as you can and hold through your set because this activates more muscles and you will see that you have more strength and better form at the gym, rub your hands with chalk it will maximize your grip take your normal deadlift posture and grasp the bar wi...

Dexter Jackson Thinks Negative

Dexter Jackson turned negatives into positives after starting competing as a bantamweight. He turned pro at light-heavy category some years ago. Dexter Jackson didn`t win a pro show for four years but Dexter has done a lot of winning since then and a lot of muscles. He is focusing on the negative half of reps and does slow and controlled ones. In an interview Dexter Jackson said that he wasn`t made for being a big guy and the way he built his muscle mass was by lifting heavy year-round. H...

Bicep injuries

A bicep injury can take you by surprize when you work your bicep too much, strain it too hard or another way to make a bicep injury is when you`re using poor form. There are two types of bicep injury: a tear of the bicep tendon around the shoulder area a tear of the bicep muscle around the elbow A tear of the bicep tendon around the shoulder area-this type of bicep injury is common in older men and is caused by arthritic changes. A tear of the bicep muscle around the elbow-this bicep ...

Tricep injuries

A tricep injury is likely to occur when the tricep muscle is placed under pressure it's used to or not prepared for. A tricep injury can also be caused by repetitive movements (like throwing). Bodybuilders will usually get a tricep injury from lifting to heavy or not warming up correctly.Warming upWarming up fills your muscles with blood and prepares them for the workout. You're triceps should be fully warmed up before attempting to start the heavy exercise.Try to warm up for 5-10 minutes using ...

Jargon Used In Bodybuilding

Steroids: 1.Cycle: A period of steroid use often 8 or more weeks in length, followed by a similar period of disuse. 2.Pyramiding: This is when users build up to their heaviest dose on a cycle. Though prevalent in the early days of steroid use, this method was found unnecessary and is virtually no longer practiced. 3.Stacking: The process of combining drugs, or using more than one drug within a cycle. 4.Tapering: This is the opposite of Pyramiding. Users begin with their highest dose and ...

Killer Shoulder Workout

You must be at an intermediate level in order to try this workout.This shoulders workout is a 3 weekly cycling workout designed to pack some mass on your shoulders and traps. The routine comprises on 3 individual workouts, one for each week. Muscle shocking techniques like drop sets, slow reps and supersets are also used. Remember this: 1. 5-10 min warm up and stretch before each workout. 2. Strict technique on all exercises. (see shoulder exercises) 3. Aim to improve at least one aspect of ...

Weight Training for Women

Diet "The more muscle you have, the more fat you burn!". Quick weight loss from dieting can cause a quick loss in muscle tissue. This is not the best way to receive the best proportions. Since women have less muscle mass then men, extreme dieting is more damaging to the female physique then to the males. When you cut back a lot on food intake, it deprives the female body of energy, and the body usually becomes weak. A loss of two pounds or more a week, means you are loosing muscle mass as you a...

Proper Form of Exercises to Get Sore the Next Day

Squats:This will be your hardest exercise most likely, so put it at the beginning when you can throw everything you can at it. Lifting to failure on squats means almost falling down on your last rep. Be sure to go all the way down and have a partner or rack there to help you if needed.Leg Extensions: Use a full range of motion. Go all the way up and all the way down.Leg Curls: Use a full range of motion and do not "jerk" the weight up.DB Pullovers:Be sure to do a good warm up set so you do not i...

Principles to train effectively and safely

WARM UP and COOL DOWN: Most workout-related injuries can be avoided by proper warm-up and cool-down. Your muscles need a 5 to 15 minute warm-up as well as a brief cool-down. This is true for all weight training workouts! START AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL: If you begin weight training at high levels you risk serious injury. You will also develop poor form, which will hinder your efforts and discourage you.If you cannot lift the weight your working with 12 times with proper form, the weight is ...

Amino acids

Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and unlike the two other basic nutrients – sugar and fatty acids, amino acids contain nitrogen – about 16%.Amino acids are used in most body processes from regulating the way the body works to how the brain functions - They activate and utilize vitamins and other nutrients.Proteins are chains of amino acids linked together, bound together with peptide bonds and there are about 29 amino acids commonly referred to in human health. The liver manufac...