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Cardio Benefits
There are other benefits (such as lowering blood pressure, reducing the risk of heart disease, improving respiration and decreasing stress), but most bodybuilders do cardio to get rid of fat. Many do a small amount year-round (one to two hours a week), but almost everyone steps up the volume closer to a contest (to as much as two hours per day).
If your only motivation in the gym is to put on size, you should probably do only a minimal amount of cardio, but everybody else can benefit from at least some occasional aerobic activity to keep metabolism high and safeguard against the conversion of excess calories into fat storage. (more…)
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What can send make a big, bad bodybuilder quake with terror and frantically scramble for help? The specter of injury—a twinge that’s not supposed to be there, an inexplicable loss of strength, a pin-prick pain that intensifies through the set, or one that starts throbbing long after you leave the gym—can curtail your progress for months or even end your career. To avert such disasters, alert yourself to the real-life advice from these four pro champions; then, put it into practice, not as a casual habit but as a continuous, conscious constitutional for every workout. (more…)
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Have you ever been bored with your pec workout and wanted to liven things up a little? Here’s a quick-fire workout we like for breaking the monotony while giving the pecs all the muscle stimulation they need.
The workout involves a three-exercise 12-set combo that thoroughly pounds the chest by working all areas of this large and complex muscle group. Adding to the intensity is the triset format of this routine, wherein you do a set of the first exercise, move to the second and then the third, before starting all over again. (more…)
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Good ab training doesn’t need to be complicated to be effective. And 2007 Europa Super Show 202 and under seventh place finisher Jimmy Canyon, owner of some of the deepest abs in the business, breaks it down as he takes you through an intense ab workout.
CANYON‘S AB TRAINING TIPS
* “I like variety for abs. Too many people just do one or two exercises. I usually do four each workout.”
* “I do two leg raises and two crunches, and I‘ll include some machine exercises.” (more…)
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For Meriza DeGuzman, the 2009 IFBB California Pro Figure fourth place finisher, having great quads, hams and glutes means doing more than just one or two exercises on leg day. DeGuzman employs a wide variety of movements, utilizing varied foot stances to hit the most complex muscle group in the body from every conceivable angle for complete, all-around development.
DEGUZMAN’S LEG TRAINING TIPS
- “I’ve learned that training my legs all year helps preserve their shape during the long competitive season of the IFBB Pro Figure circuit.” (more…)
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Let us help you cure your lagging bodyparts.
Today’s Installment: Hamstrings.
If your balance and proportion are off, it’s time to pay Doc FLEX a visit and get the cure for what ails you.
In this second installment of our three-stage house call for your physique, we break down another common gym malady plaguing many a would-be bodybuilding champion and the corresponding cure. (more…)
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Let us help you cure your lagging bodyparts. Today’s Installment: Rear Delts.
If your balance and proportion are off, it’s time to pay Doc FLEX a visit and get the cure for what ails you.
Over the next week, we will break down three common gym maladies plaguing many a would-be bodybuilding champion and the corresponding cure for each. The time has come to balance things out, to doctor up lagging bodyparts. (more…)
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Pyramids power up your workouts.
Canada’s Fouad Abiad was second in the Tampa Pro on August 5 and will compete in his second Mr. Olympia on September 25-26. He uses pyramids to safely progress from lighter to heavier sets on leg day.
ABIAD ON PYRAMIDS
“Every quad exercise is pryamided except for lunges, which I take to failure on every set. Pyramids are the safest way to go heavy because the lighter, higher rep sets let you warmup and feel out the weight before going heavier. Also, my pyramids (more…)
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Try these five simple rowing moves for a bigger, thicker back
Written By Greg Merritt
It’s virtually impossible to build a great back without at least one rowing exercise in your routine. Here are five options to help you build a barn-door back.
BACKSPACE
Every type of row is a compound lift, which means it stresses numerous muscles simultaneously. First and foremost, rows emphasize your latissimus dorsi and the smaller muscles of your upper outer back: the infraspinatus, the teres major (more…)
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Goals are crucial for success in and out of the gym.
In his pro debut after nearly three years away from the stage, Southern Californian Stan McQuay won the 2009 Jacksonville Pro 202 and will be in the Olympia 202 Showdown on September 26. Successful in business as well as bodybuilding, he talks about the importance of goals and let’s us know how he’s hitting his targets in his triceps workouts.
MCQUAY ON SCORING GOALS
“Setting goals in bodybuilding is very similar to the way I set (more…)
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