All Posts Tagged With: "fitness"
Swedish Weight Loss Secret + Download Turbulence Training Bodyweight Workout
For years I’ve been yelling and screaming about the importance of online
social support (i.e. having Internet weight loss buddies).
And finally, after all these years, the Swedes have proven this weight loss
secret (and no, it’s not just “eat fewer Swedish meatballs”).
Researchers at the world famous Karolinska Institute wanted to find out why
some men and women succeed at weight loss while others don’t.
How To Determine If You Are a Hardgainer + Free e-book Shape up Now
The popular definition of a hardgainer is a person that works out hard with weights but has a hard time putting on muscle. Six weeks of working out can go by and no significant changes in muscle size are noted other than perhaps a bit of an increase in muscle tone.
According to this popular definition of a hardgainer, all of us are “hardgainers” because for the most part, putting on muscle is not an easy endeavor. The easiest period to gain muscle is during puberty. After that, gaining muscle becomes progressively harder as we age due to the fact that hormonal production starts declining between the ages of 25 and 30.
When to do conditioning
With summer rapidly approaching I’ve been getting lots of questions about which conditioning methods will help you get ripped and in playing shape without compromising your size or strength, and exactly when should you do them.
First of all, I recommend a strength training schedule of Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This leaves Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday or Sunday for conditioning and/or playing. To start you should be training on a four way upper/lower split. This means that you have two upper body days and two lower body days. You train three days per week rotating through the four workouts; so some weeks you will do upper body twice and other weeks you do lower body twice.
Are Abs Machines Necessary?
I’ll be honest… the average person doesn’t possess the patience required to develop a great set of abs or the work ethic to maintain it.
They lack the discipline and determination needed to achieve their goal. Many people go on “quick fix” fad diets to reduce their midsection. Others buy every
ab training gizmo and gadget advertised on TV only to end up folding them up and sliding them under the bed or using them as “expensive clothes hangers.”
Based on the amount of email I get on the subject, I know how fixated most men and women are about finding the “Holy Grail” of abdominal development in some type of machine advertised on TV.
Read on to see my answer to Are Ab Machines Needed?
Doberman Dan Barks Bench Press Pyramiding Bites!
“How You Can Add Up TO 50 Pounds To Your Bench Press IMMEDIATELY By NOT Pyramiding!”
From my very introduction to the Iron Game over 20 years ago, (geez, that makes me sound old!) all of the literature, books, and courses I’ve read or followed advocated “pyramiding” your weights on the basic exercises.
If you don’t know what “pyramiding” is, here’s an example using the bench press:
Set 1: 12 reps with 135 lbs.
How To Build Muscle Fast: 41 Ways to Gain 41 Pounds Of Rock-Solid Lean Muscle Mass in 6 Months
This article will give you at least 41 tips and ideas for gaining more muscle and getting more ripped than you can imagine.
Muscle building expert Vince DelMonte has helped over 20,000 skinny guys and consults with fitness experts all around the world on the most critical and supporting elements to build muscle mass and to experience consistent muscle growth.
In this article, Vince unmasks his own secrets that he used for building 41 pounds of steel-solid muscle in only six months – without any drugs or steroids, without bogus supplements, and while training less total hours than before.
In just weeks, you can make the same life-changing transformation. Find out his advanced muscle building strategies on how to build muscle, fast!
check this out … How To Get Ripped During A Recession!
I just got some great news via email from muscle and six-pack expert Vince DelMonte via email. His subject line was something like, “Screw the recession and get ripped!”
Until Friday night at midnight, you can now get the body needed to turn every head in the gym… on the streets… and on a hot night out – with the No-Nonsense DVD Series and supporting bonuses with RECESSION PROOF PAYMENT PLANS:
The Body Fat Solution Reviewed
Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle BFFM ?). You’ve made your plan and started out on your journey. You hold the reins of your team of horses (see stagecoach above), but somehow they keep pulling you off to the side … …
That’s because you have one horse pulling alone in the front, your Goal horse, and two behind, Workout and Nutrition. You’re missing the fourth horse to pair up with Goal in order to bring balance and keep you going forward on the chosen path.
Idiotic Mistakes Using Superset Training To Build Muscle!
By now you should know that “superset” training is the best training method for any fitness goal, whether you want to build muscle or burn fat.
Unfortunately, I see WAAAAAY too many people using this technique incorrectly…and it’s time to set the record straight!
By now you should know that “superset” training (where you perform one exercise back-to-back with another exercise) is NOT just an “advanced” training technique for the gym.
It’s actually the best training method for any fitness goal, whether you want to build muscle or burn fat.
Unfortunately, I see WAAAAAY too many people using this technique incorrectly…and it’s time to set the record straight!
Exercise Toxicity
This is an interesting topic…
Some people try too hard when they work out, not realizing they are actually sabotaging their own efforts. There is a such thing as overtraining, and it doesn’t only lead to injury. Overtraining can absolutely lead to decreased fat loss, less definition, and greater cardiac risk. I know that this sounds odd, but bear with me as I explain the 3 principles of overtraining that make exercise toxic when you do too much. These principles are:
Six Little-Known Muscle Building Tips Part 2
So you think you have heard everything there is to know about muscle building? If you have read everything, tried everything and heard everything about muscle building but still resemble the silouette of a Calvin Klien model instead of a buff fitness model than I promise these next three ‘little-known’ muscle building tips will accelerate your muscle gains immediately!
4. Never Train More Than 2 Days Consecqutively
Six Little-Known Muscle Building Tips Part 1 + FREE gifts till Friday.
So you think you know everything about building muscle? If you have read everything, tried everything and heard everything about muscle building but still resemble the silhouette of a Calvin Klein model instead of a buff fitness model than I promise these three ‘little-known’ muscle building tips will accelerate your muscle gains immediately!
1. Body Weight Training
Abs Mastery
Mastering your abs is a process that tends to either take years or seems to come from childhood… at least until now. Abs mastery comes down to three principles:
1. Burn fat around your whole body
2. Shock your system
3. Momentary muscular failure (MMF)
Do You Know How To Gain Muscle Fast?
Could you teach me how to gain muscle fast? Could you teach me how to pack on an extra ten to fifteen pounds of muscle mass before my next vacation? Could you help me get ready for my first bodybuilding or fitness model competition? Could you help you look like someone who actually lifts weights? Could you help me build a body that turns heads and demands respect?
As a skinny guy muscle building expert, I get approached these questions daily in my office. Every single hard gainer I consult with wants to know how to gain muscle fast and how to do safely and effectively.
Exercise And The Brain
If you ever needed another good reason to exercise, I’ve got one for you:
Exercise makes your brain bigger.
Actually this isn’t entirely accurate. To be more specific, exercise was found to increase brain size slightly, but far more important to increase “spatial reasoning.”
This is the ability to recognize patterns, remember phrases, numbers, and so-on. This was discovered by researchers at the Universities of Chicago and Pittsburgh.
It is also one of the most important factors to the prevention of Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Free e-book from Nick Nilsson – The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of
Just a quick note this morning.
Just got my hands on a great free e-book from my buddy Nick Nilsson “The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of” .
Nick gives you picture details of the following 5 great exercises…..
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Nilsson Curls
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Bench End Dumbell Presses
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Full Range Pulldowns
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Standing Rope Pullbacks
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Bodyweight Tricep Extensions
How Long To Rest Between Sets
A lot of my readers ask me how long to rest between sets while exercising.
The answer is: It depends on your goals.
If you are training to increase strength, I recommend resting a bit longer – up to two minutes for exercises like squats and heavy dumbbell work. But if you want to burn the most amount of bodyfat and gain lean muscle, I recommend resting for very short periods of time.
“The Iron Guru” Vince Gironda used to recommend leaving your hands on the bar between sets — now THAT is short rest intervals! He would frequently rest only 15-20 seconds between sets.
Six Pack Abs Success Formula – Miss This And You Might Blow Your Whole Program
Building six pack abs takes strategy. There are many conflicting opinions about the best method to six pack abs, but one thing that all top fitness professionals recognize is that it’s not about ab machines, ab devices, or ab exercises. For any of you who have followed Mike Geary for any length of time, he’s someone who preaches about this on a regular basis. Per Geary, the truth about six pack abs is that you need to exercise your entire body and stop wasting time with spot reduction, extreme dieting, and temporary fitness fads. I agree with Mike Geary.
But let’s take things one step further… what area of your body should you work the hardest in the beginning of your voyage to six pack abs?
The answer is easy: your legs through core-based exercise
