Category Archives: training

5 Knee Friendly Alternatives To Running

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Jogging and sprinting are productive activities only if your joints can take the impact. Below are five alternatives to running for people who experience pain. A combination of the exercises below can build endurance, explosiveness, and strength. 1.Bodyweight squats If you are using running as a form of cardio, bodyweight squats could be a great […]

When Running Sucks For Losing Weight

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Running is one of the most popular forms of cardio. Sometimes, however, it’s not an efficient way to accomplish your goals. If an individual is severely overweight, running is a harmful activity. When you are a fatso, your knees won’t appreciate your affair with the road. Consequently, seriously overweight people prefer to swim or ride […]

Tall Bodybuilders Have a Harder Time Building Muscle

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There’s no point in denying the obvious – tall bodybuilders have a harder time building noticeable muscle mass due to their lengthy frames. ”High altitude” men have to gain a lot more weight than the hobbits to fill their frames and look like they lift. Powerlifting, weightlifting, and bodybuilding are dominated by short athletes. There […]

How To Bulk as an Ectomorph?

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There are two main types of ectomorphs – skinny and skinny-fat. The skinny ectomorph is an individual who weighs little and has a low body fat percentage. Most skinny ectomorphs have visible abs. The skinny-fat ectomorph weighs little too but has a higher body fat percentage. Small to medium size guts are common for skinny […]

The Truth About Hardgainers in Bodybuilding The industry lied to you...again.

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The modern muscle industry coined the term ”hardgainer” to describe individuals who, as you can probably guess, have a hard time gaining muscular bodyweight. The term refers primarily to people who remain skinny despite lifting weights. In this post, I will clear some of the misconceptions surrounding this term. Here’s what you need to know. […]

Connor LaVallie – Natty Or Not?

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Connor LaVallie claims that he is a natural bodybuilder. But in this day and age, you can’t trust anyone. The truth never comes to you. You are the one who has to find it. Always do your own research. Let’s investigate. 1. Connor LaVallie has unreal conditioning and looks composed in PhotoShop The physique presented […]

Biceps Training – Dumbbells Vs. Barbells

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Many wonder what’s more effective for biceps growth – barbell or dumbbells. To come up with an answer, we have to examine the benefits and disadvantages of both methods. Barbells allow you to lift the heaviest weight possible – a property that has earned them the name “mass builders”. However, it’s not that simple. You […]

Mike Chang Is a Scam Artist

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Mike Chang has been spamming the Internet for years with six-pack videos. Besides the endless amount of online advertisement, there are also hundreds of sites purposely created by Chang and his crew to craft an illusion and sell shady supplements, and training routines. The whole phenomenon can be summarized in two words – whore marketing. […]

Building Big Arms With Bodyweight Exercises

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Bigger arms can be acquired through bodyweight training. If you train intelligently and follow simple progressions, you can get pretty close to your maximum natural arm size by doing solely bodyweight exercises. One of the better bodyweight exercises for the biceps are pull-ups on rings. The rings allow your wrists to rotate freely, which reduces […]

Myths About The Bench Press

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Myth 1: The bench press sucks as a chest exercise I used to believe that the bench press is the worst chest exercise in existence. This was a wrong notion. The bench press is a fine pectoral movement that can be programmed very methodically. We make it inefficient by cheating to lift more weight. The […]

Using Straps For Pull-ups and Deadlifts?

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Professional bodybuilders love their equipment. They constantly wear weightlifting belts, gloves, and straps. The beginners imitate. Monkey see, monkey do. As a result, it’s not uncommon to see unaware individuals using straps for every exercise. Straps are a valuable training equipment that gives you an opportunity to increase your workload when your hands are the […]

Natural Bodybuilding and Overtraining

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Natural bodybuilders recover slowly in comparison to steroid users. If a steroid-free lifter was to follow the routine of a professional bodybuilder or weightlifter, overtraining will occur because the organism will fail to recover adequately. Steroids speed up the recovery process and allow enhanced lifters to train harder and more frequently. The famous weightlifting coach, […]