Years ago I had a friend that was selling Electrical Muscle Stimulators for your abs or any other muscle group you wanted to use it on. The way that is worked was that you could put it across your stomach and it would send electric pulses through your muscles and help you lose or get a six pack or make you huge. The claims were not very well proven then and are still somewhat suspect. I do … [Read more...]

Great weight workouts can be tough and you may be wondering what you can do so that you can get the most out of your workouts. The last thing that you want after working so hard is to not get all of that last bit of muscle from the workout. When doing training it is very important to make sure you are doing the following 10 things to get the most out of your workout. Before Your Great Weight … [Read more...]

I have been asked before how to gain fast. Most people that are lifting weights at one time or another, usually in the winter, try to bulk up and gain a lot of muscle for the summer, of course there is the diet down afterwards but we can deal with that later. How to gain fast is a question that many people that are dieting to lose weight think is insane but I know from personal experience that … [Read more...]

I have had a question that is interesting about the difference between different muscle fibers and tried to get a good answer. Here is the differences between fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers and the difference that they make to your workouts and fitness level. One slightly confusing area of exercise is the idea that a muscle can do both push a lot of once or move many times. Look at … [Read more...]

The Transverse Abdominis are a part of your abs that controls a lot of your core strength. As we are all aware you need to work your upper and loser abs to get a 6 pack but behind all of that six pack muscles is your Transverse Abdominis and these muscles are what keep your gut in as well as helping you stand upright. One of the problems with working the Transverse Abdominis muscles or TVA … [Read more...]

Getting a big chest is a big deal. For most people lifting weights and getting ready for summer there are a few big priorities. One of the things that most guys want is a big chest. There are a few exercises that are key to increasing chest size but also there are a couple of important facts to remember. I think that if you follow all of these you will have huge pecs in no time. Getting a Big … [Read more...]

There are lots of exercises to get six pack abs and I think it is important to vary them always. As you are probably already aware there is good reasons besides just a great looking six pack to build your abs. The benefit to that 6 pack is also to get stability in your core. To do your exercises and work your abs properly you need to work various areas and build muscles that you may not have … [Read more...]

There is always a lot of confusion over how to do a proper workout so I will try to explain what I think is important. There are five parts to your workout; the warm-up, stretching, workout, cool down, and post workout meal. Warmup and Stretching First when you walk into the gym or basement it is always important to warm up and then stretch. If you think about how you are doing a workout and … [Read more...]

I just watched this great video from Jeff Cavaliere from Athlean-X. This video shows a sample set for incline bench and give a lot of tips that the fellow, Jesse, is doing wrong. When you look at the video you will see that the actual motion of the exercise is great and that there are other things at play here, like weight set length. https://youtu.be/vKDYfRtfqng There are a few things to … [Read more...]