Muscle Gaining

Shake Weight is a Piece of Crap and a Lie!

When i saw the commercial for shake weight i was just saying to myself: "It`s just a joke!!!" i mean.. that thing the shake weight thing looks and behaves like a big dildo with stupid vibration that makes other people laugh, how the heck can someone do that shake weight instead of jogging or anything else? Women are just lazy and want to be beautiful without exercise and proper nutrition!!! In the ad for shake weight there is something like this:"If your arms aren’t on fire after just 6 minu...

Hot Massage for Muscle Relaxation

Hot massage can be done with the help of stones and special oils. Stone masage fights against headaches, muscle cramps, articulation, rheumatic and spine pain. Hot masages are effiecient for people that suffer from arthritis or arthrosis and they can reduce anxiety, depression but in a bodybuilders case.. a hot massage can make him feel brand new and full of energy. So, hot massages relaxes the muscles and increases the efficiency of a bodybuilders movement!

How to Decline Bench Press Video Tutorial

The decline bench press is a variation of the standard bench press. The difference is, that bodybuilders perform the decline bench press with the bench at an approx 30 degree decline (how to decline tip). This puts more emphasis on your lower chest muscles and triceps. The decline bench press is usually performed after the flat or incline bench press. How to do this variation of the bench? With both dumbbells or a barbell in order to increase muscle size and strength. Remember not to use decl...

Dave Tate`s quotes about Reason in Squats

"Very few movements require the same degree of dedication, desire and determination as heavy squats. Squats are more than a physical strength builder and may be the only movement that builds a person’s character. Life is about standing up AFTER a heavy load takes you down.” – quote Dave Tate“It's a great excuse to wear a big ass belt that makes you look less fat when doing squats.” -quote Dave Tate“Light squats need to be treated as though they are heavy and heavy squats as if they are light.” –...

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...

What can you eat for Easter?

Easter is a good occasion to live moments of holy joy. Every year when Easter comes you have a table full of goodies: roast lamb, Easter eggs ( be carefull with the cholesterol), sponge cake etc. Those goodies are tasty but unhealthy too if you eat them in excess.Don`t fill your plate! If you want happy holidays don`t eat that much no matter how delicious and appetizing Easter foods are! Help your diet! Eat from each of the tasty foods but don`t be greedy.Eat small portions at least the first d...

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...

Kettlebell Exercises

You should perform a throrough warm up before any exercise session. And with these kettlebell exercises it's doubly important. Do 5-10 minutes of light aerobic activity followed by stretching exercises to all the major muscle groups. Kettlebell Cleans 1. Keep torso straight but bent forward at the hips slightly. 2. Explosively raise the kettleballs by extending the hips, knee and ankle in a "jumping action". 3. Keep your elbows out and shoulders directly above the kettleballs as long as ...

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 ...

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...