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Bodybuilders often rely on various support equipment to enhance their training, protect themselves from injury, and optimize performance. Here are some commonly used support tools: ### Weightlifting Belts: - **Purpose:** Support the lower back during heavy lifts, reducing the risk of injury. -...

When gyms are closed or inaccessible, there are plenty of effective exercises you can do at home or outdoors to maintain your fitness. Here are some quick exercises: 1. **Bodyweight Exercises:** - **Push-Ups:** Work on different variations to target different muscle groups. - **Squats:**...

Improving your bench press involves a combination of strength training, proper technique, and targeted exercises. Here are some tips to help you increase your bench press: 1. **Focus on Form:** Ensure your technique is correct. Your grip width, foot placement, back arch, and bar path all...

In bodybuilding, there is no single "most important" muscle to train, as the goal is to develop a balanced, symmetrical, and well-proportioned physique. Successful bodybuilders focus on training all major muscle groups to achieve a balanced and aesthetically pleasing appearance. However, the...

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100 Rep Leg Presses, Every Training Day – Start every workout (not just leg workouts but all of them) with 100 reps on the leg press. Use a very light weight. You might even want to start with the empty sled and try to get all 100 reps unbroken using a moderate speed and tempo. Don't go slow...

Beach Body or Bodybuilder? How Men Should Train and Eat for Each Not all training is the same. Bodybuilders train with heavy weights to create a large, balanced physique. If you're after a beach body, you're looking for a leaner look, so you need to eat and lift a little less. But there's...

This study found that using dumbbells during the overhead press was more effective than a barbell for increasing shoulder muscle activation. This effect was seen in all three heads of the deltoid and was further increased by performing overhead press while standing. Dumbbells appear to be a...

Axial loading is top-down loading – meaning the weight during the lift is moving vertically instead of horizontally. Examples include back squat, cleans, deadlifts, and overhead presses. And as you get older, it'll be wise to reduce the amount of axial loading you perform in the gym. In small...

For any given lifter at any given time, some exercises are better than others. By "better" I mean a more optimal benefit/drawback ratio. What makes an exercise "better?" Lots of things: . • Exercises you can perform safely and effectively are better. If bench presses hurt your shoulders and you...

Time to Shrug Off Shrugs? In all your DVDs and video clips that I’ve watched, I’ve never once seen you do any shrugs. Obviously, you aren’t lacking in trap development, so I was wondering if you do something else for traps, or if it just comes naturally from all your back and shoulder...

Bustin' Ass 101 Don't Think You're a Beginner? You Could be wrong! by Dave Tate Square One Being a father is one of the biggest challenges I've ever had in my life. Don’t get me wrong, this is still the best thing that's ever happened to me. It's just that there are so many things I've been...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Take a good, hard look at your pecs, then use these tips to improve them. People always seem to mention my chest when discussing my bodybuilding physique. You might say it was my best bodypart. You could also say that I’m something of an authority on the subject...

Shoulders Overhaul From coat rack to refrigerator in 8 weeks! by Christian Thibaudeau I've had very narrow and unimpressive shoulders for a big part of my life. Call it genetics if you want; the fact is that my biacromial width was...

Basic Chest Training Every man wants a thick, strong chest for the ladies to rest their heads on in bed, as well as to look more masculine in general and fill out that T-shirt. Building a powerful set of pectorals may seem like child’s play, as most of us have been bench-pressing since...

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...

Training Secrets of the Mr. Olympias - Part 1 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...

Go to any gym these days and you see most trainees doing an endless number of reps all in the hopes of attaining the oh-so elusive and fleetingly short pump. Blame it on Arnold who, years ago in the movie "Pumping Iron," said that getting a pump was as good as coming, or, in Arnold-ese, comink...

Does Phil Heath Train Like a Wuss? If you frequent the MD No Bull Forum, or any bodybuilding discussion board really, you have no doubt heard numerous complaints, accusations, and insinuations that the reigning Mr. Olympia Phil Heath 'doesn't train very hard.' That's odd on face value alone...

In an attempt to somehow try and make my biceps more impressive I have came up with the idea that I will do 5 sets of concentration curls with a 25lb dumbbell at home every night before I shower other than my actually arm day. Has anyone done this type of thing before? I have heard people like...