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Deadlift “One must train the deadlift in a multiyear plan. An 8 or 12 week cycle won’t work. For example, it may take 6 months to raise your hamstrings up to acceptable levels.” Deadlift records have made little progress in recent years. I believe it is easy to add pounds to a squat or bench...

by Anders JP Eskilsson It seems to me that when people of today finally buy gym memberships they often do it for the wrong reasons. It strikes me at times that new members are there for the purpose of either filling out their Instagram accounts or because they forced themselves to go there...

Here we are, the year 2011, and it’s stunning to me that myths surrounding weight training and women still exist, and worse yet, it’s the same myths I was hearing a few decades ago! It seems I can dispel these myths ’til I’m blue in the face, and yet, they persist! In addition to the myths, it...

Many training principles preach the tune “you’re only as strong as your weakest link”. While this is true and focus does need to be put on bringing up weaknesses, the big picture as a strength athlete is to make the competition movement as strong as possible. I see it everywhere about how in...

As gym newbies, intent on building a pair of massive, sleeve-splitting arms, it's only natural that the first exercises we gravitated to in the gym involved every variation of elbow flexion and extension we could find. However, despite weeks of intense curling, our guns grew very little and...

This is a two-pronged topic: Not sure if anyone else has experienced anything like this, but for some reason as I train arms/biceps, I seem to hit the brachialis more than the biceps themselves. Doesn't matter the exercise, preacher curls, standing barbell curls, etc., the next day I find my...

QUESTION You’re known for using the same basic heavy free-weight exercises as when you began bodybuilding, yet I’ve read that you sometimes include cables in your biceps workouts. Why bother? ANSWER I only use exercises that build mass. That should tell you that I include cables in my...

HARDCORE BULKING INTRODUCTION – PART II by Gavin Kane In the first article of the series we attacked hardcore dieting and how to gain maximum mass without maximum fat gains. There are two more pieces to this puzzle, training and cycles...

Often a good training partner is a good friend, or will become one. I met my last training buddy when I changed gyms, I knew him from a powerlifting team we both competed in. For many years he came to my house with his car to pick me up for our work-outs. When one us of us didn’t feel well or...

Q: I'm trying to add mass but have very limited time to work out. How can I structure a good mass building workout program that won't keep me in the gym all day, every day? A: Your problem of limited time is, in a way, an advantage in that it will prevent you from succumbing to the one factor...

As summer approaches, many fitness enthusiasts will switch from muscle building routine to doing light weight high reps routine to cut away their body fat and to reveal their ripped muscular body. After all, it is shirt off time for the beach and poolside parties, isn't it? Well, I am about to...

Training Secrets of the Mr. Olympias - Part 2 The Mr. Olympia title represents the pinnacle of achievement in the sport of bodybuilding. Beginning in 1965, one man was chosen to represent the absolute best in muscular development in the entire world. It’s only natural that bodybuilders around...

Rich Gaspari Discusses the Difference Between Modern & Classic Bodybuilding IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Rich Gaspari discusses the differences between current-day bodybuilding and classic bodybuilding. He also demonstrates a few of his favorite exercises for building a classic physique. <iframe...

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Power/Mass Training by Gene Mozee Why can’t you build muscle mass and density? Is something stopping you from getting bigger and stronger? Maybe you need a dose of power-mass training! When I first began training many years ago, my goal was to get bigger so that I could play football and, of...