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Functional training and traditional bodybuilding represent two distinct approaches to fitness, each with its own focus, goals, and methodologies. **Functional Training:** - **Focus:** Prioritizes movements and exercises that mimic real-life activities and improve overall functional abilities...

Free weights and machines both offer unique benefits and can be valuable additions to a workout routine. Here's a breakdown of their characteristics: **Free Weights:** 1. **Stabilization and Core Engagement:** When using free weights like dumbbells, barbells, or kettlebells, your body has to...

The triceps brachii, often referred to as the triceps, is a muscle group located on the back of the upper arm. It plays a crucial role in bodybuilding and overall upper body strength development. Here are some of the key reasons why the triceps muscle is important in bodybuilding: 1. Arm Size...

The phrase "never skip leg day" is a popular saying in the bodybuilding and fitness community, emphasizing the importance of including leg exercises in your workout routine. Many bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts prioritize training their upper body but neglect their lower body, particularly...

Compound weightlifting refers to a style of weight training that emphasizes exercises that engage multiple muscle groups and joints simultaneously. These compound movements are contrasted with isolation exercises, which target a single muscle group and involve only one joint. Compound...

Bodybuilding is a form of resistance training and physical conditioning that primarily focuses on increasing muscle size and definition, often for aesthetic purposes. There are various approaches and types of bodybuilding, each with its own principles, training methodologies, and objectives...

A functional workout is a type of exercise routine that focuses on improving your ability to perform everyday movements and tasks effectively. It emphasizes movements that mimic activities you do in your daily life, such as lifting, pushing, pulling, bending, and reaching. The goal is to improve...

Resistance training and free weight training are two popular forms of strength training that have their own unique characteristics and benefits. Let's compare them: Resistance Training: Machine-Based Resistance Training: This type of training involves using machines that provide a controlled...

Determining the "most important" muscle to exercise can vary greatly depending on individual fitness goals, overall health, and specific needs. Different muscles serve different functions in the body, and the importance of exercising a particular muscle group often depends on what you want to...

Background: Albuterol is a beta-2 agonist that has been demonstrated to increase muscle strength in studies in animals and humans. Based on a pilot study of extended-release albuterol Repetabs in children with dystrophinopathies, the authors conducted a randomized, double-blind...

CORE STRENGTH . 📚 The core is not only the rectus abdominis and oblique muscles, but rather muscles that attach to the hip that aid in stability. These isometric variations do not change length during the contraction, but still produce force in the muscle. This can aid in more postural and...

The hamstrings are right around a 50-50 split between fast twitch and slow twitch muscle fibers. This means that a wide variety of repetition and rest period ranges should be used to train the hamstrings. In addition, remember to include BOTH knee flexion-based and hip extension-based hamstrings...

by Matt Weik Each year we see different trends in the industry and this year seems to be the year where we saw things trending back towards the basics. There really hasn’t been much innovation or excitement thus far in 2018 which is unfortunate. With that being said, below are the trends we’ve...

Machines Or Free Weights: Structure Vs. Function! One of the most heated debates in the world of fitness today is the battle of free-weights (low-tech apparatus) versus machines (high-tech apparatus). Each side has an argument with both sides having some merit to their claims. One of the...

Let's not kid ourselves. The vast majority of us want bigger arms. Whether you're an athlete, a bodybuilder or a regular guy, you understandably want to fill out your sleeves. Large arms aren't that important outside of aesthetics. But they make it readily apparent that you put in work in the...

The old cliché goes that bodybuilders are too busy rubbing their bodies in baby oil and squeezing themselves into a thong to build any real, functional strength while powerlifters are fat, lazy morons who are to dunderheaded to understand how to eat properly. <ins id="aswift_0_expand"...

​​Prior to 1993, the weight-room catchphrase “How much do you bench?” was loaded with subtext. It was actually a measure of how tough someone was. If a guy had a big bench, you did not mess with him. Then along came Royce Gracie in the early iterations of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a...