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20 Big…Solid…Mass Gaining Tips

Posted by muscled1 on 31st May 2008

20 Mass Gaining Tips for the Bodybuilder

If you are struggling to gain muscle mass or you just want to know how to stay on track with your bodybuilding program, here are 20 solid tips to help you. Apply these to your daily routine and watch your body grow.

For the complete list, please…..CLICK HERE 

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Muscle Men – Do You Want To Become One?

Posted by muscled1 on 27th February 2008

When starting from scratch and you have no idea about gaining muscle let alone training we realize its hard to get a general point of view on how to achieve that great muscle body. This article provides a general overview on what you need to consider achieving such a goal.

For the complete article…..CLICK HERE 

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How famed strength coach gained 84 pounds naturally without drugs!

Posted by muscled1 on 21st February 2008

While most of the questions we get center around fat loss, many are looking to simply pack on lean body mass…and while meal plans 101 can be used for whatever your goals, we also never hesitate to turn you on to the best of the best.  And Jason Ferruggia’s Muscle Growth Secrets is the exact tool you need if you want to pack on mass fast, safely, and legally!

I have yet to see a more comprehensive program that takes you step by step into the world of a man who took himself from 147 to 231 DRUG FREE!  Seem impossible?  The only way you’ll know is when you follow his program.  And because Jason of course understands packing on muscle takes more than just smart training, which he lays out for you exactly, he enlisted the help of Meal Plans 101 Team Member Dr. Chris Mohr to create SIXTY THREE MEAL PLANS that go all the way up to 6000 calories a day for you to meet your true mass building needs.  While magazines pay Dr. Mohr thousands of dollars for this information, this is actually just one of the seven F.R.E.E bonuses that Mass Building Genius Jay Ferruggia has included with his program.

But only buy this program if you’re serious about packing on muscle.

It is NOT for you if:

You think the reason you can’t gain weight is because you’re not taking the right supplements (he confesses to spending $60,000 on worthless supplements to gain size).

You believe the reason you’re not gaining weight is because you’re not training enough

You’ve given up on the hope of packing on lean mass and decided only steroid users can pack on muscle.

If you’re serious about gaining strength, size, and power–Muscle Gaining Secrets is for you!

Click Here to Read more about Jason’s Muscle Gaining Secrets.
The Meal Plans 101 Team
Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS
Chris Mohr, RD, PhD
http://muscled1.jaysonrd.hop.clickbank.net/

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Insulin and HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup)

Posted by muscled1 on 20th February 2008

Insulin and HFCS
Christopher R. Mohr, PhD, RD
http://muscled1.jaysonrd.hop.clickbank.net/

Unruly insulin levels can royally screw up your physique. Specific foods affect insulin levels. However, what may be more important is knowing what specific ingredients in foods mess with insulin. You can lift all day until you are blue in the head, but eating specific foods and food ingredients could be holding you back from resembling the chiseled Statue of David.

First a Little Background…..CLICK HERE

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Secret Training Tip #964 - Side-To-Side Barbell Shoulder Presses For Building Shoulder Width and Explosive Power!

Posted by muscled1 on 14th February 2008

By Nick Nilsson

If your shoulders need a change of pace…if standard barbell or dumbell presses
just aren’t doing it for you anymore…you have GOT to try this exercise.
A simple change in how you hold and lift the bar will set your delts on FIRE!

If you’re like me, shoulders are one of your toughest bodyparts to develop. So I’ve to develop effective ways to really hit my shoulders HARD and get the best results possible.

This exercise is one of my favorites for building strength and explosive power in the shoulders. I’ve found it to be VERY effective for hitting the lateral delts as well, which is critical for building shoulder width.

How To Do It:

To perform this exercise, you’ll need a barbell and a power rack. That’s it!

Instead of pressing the barbell from inside the rack, though, and taking a “traditional” grip on the bar, you will be standing OUTSIDE the rack on one side, facing in. You’ll be pressing ONE END of the bar, using the other end as a pivot point.

** Don’t worry! ** I’ll have a link to pictures and video of this exercise in action at the end of the article so you’ll know EXACTLY what you’re doing before trying it out.

First, you’ll need to set one of the safety rails up near the top of the rack - about forehead level is good. The other rail should be set at just about shoulder height.

Set an Olympic barbell across these rails so that it’s sloping down to one side. Load the high end of the barbell with at least one weight plate (45 or 35 lbs) to counterbalance the end you’ll be pressing.

Load the lower end of the bar with weight - start with a weight that is fairly light (if you can do dumbell presses with 50 lb dumbells, start with just a 45 lb plate on the bar) until you get an idea of how the exercise works. THEN you can start adding plates. Also, be VERY sure you’ve got good collars on BOTH ends of the bar - you don’t want any plates sliding off.

Now you’re ready to start the exercise.

Stand at the low end of the bar (outside the rack) facing in towards the rack. Grip the end of the bar with both hands (not overlapping but butted up so they’re right BESIDE each other on the end of the bar). One will be closer to the end than the other - you can switch that grip on the next set to keep things even.

Stand a little off to one side to start with here. When you do the exercise, you’re basically going to be doing a press with one hand (using the other hand for guidance and balance), bringing the bar up and overhead then lowering it down on the other side. Then you’ll repeat, going back over to the other side.

This is why I call it the “Side-To-Side Shoulder Press.” You start with, for example, a left-hand one-arm press, bringing the bar overhead and across then performing a right-hand one-arm press. You go back and forth until you’ve done as many reps as you can.

When you’re doing the press (especially at the bottom of the movement), be careful to use the other hand primarily for guidance and balance, NOT to try and pull up on the bar for help. That other shoulder will be in an awkward position to exert force and you don’t want to risk injury.

If you want to REALLY finish off the shoulders (I like to do this on my last set), when you’re done with the side-to-side movement, you can continue with a two-arm press directly to the front.

Overall, this exercise is an excellent alternative to barbell and dumbell presses. It’s a novel yet EXTREMELY functional shoulder exercise that has the potential to build excellent power and strength in the shoulders.

The positioning of the bar, the side-to-side movement and the fact that you’re gripping on a MUCH thicker portion of the bar all contribute to the overall effectiveness of the exercise.

I think you’re going to like it!

To see pictures and video of this exercise in action, click on the following link:

http://hop.clickbank.net/?muscled1/betteru&l=1132

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Nick Nilsson is Vice-President of the online personal training company BetterU, Inc. He has a degree in Physical Education and Psychology and has been inventing new training techniques for more than 17 years. Nick is the author of a number of bodybuilding eBooks including “Muscle Explosion! 28 Days To Maximum Mass”, “Metabolic Surge - Rapid Fat Loss,” “The Best Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of,” “Gluteus to the Maximus - Build a Bigger Butt NOW!” and “The Best Abdominal Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of” all available at (http://hop.clickbank.net/?muscled1/betteru). He can be contacted at betteru@fitstep.com.

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“Muscle Explosion! 28 Days to Maximum Mass.”

Posted by muscled1 on 13th February 2008

You go to the gym to build muscle…

You’re not there to “tone up” or waste your time at the juice bar…

You bust your tail at the gym to load PILES of muscle onto your body…thick, meaty pecs, a back so wide you
could show a movie on it, biceps that jump out in eye-popping peaks, legs like tree trunks…

For the complete article…..CLICK HERE 

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Exercise of The Day: Wide Grip Pull Ups

Posted by muscled1 on 13th February 2008

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Starting Position: - Grip the overhead handles wider than shoulder width apart, with your palms turned away from you and hang with your ankles crossed.

Execution: - Exhale as you bend your elbows and pull your shoulder up towards the handles. Inhale as you slowly lower yourself back down to the starting position.  Repeat as required.

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Bodyweight Strength Training: Recommended For All-Purpose Strength

Posted by muscled1 on 11th February 2008

by Eddie Lomax

Mention strength training, and weight lifting or using machines immediately comes to mind.  But there are many types of strength, not just “maximum” strength.  I want to show you how bodyweight strength training is excellent for increasing each type of strength and why you should use your own bodyweight first and as an ongoing part of your strength training.

So, what is strength?

For the complete article…..CLICK HERE

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Daily Fitness Tip

Posted by muscled1 on 18th January 2008

Fitness Tip: Hire a personal trainer or fitness coach - It is proven that having a motivating and positive support system will help you stay with your goals long term. How many times have you started and exercise program and stopped? Remember those New Year’s Resolutions? How many have you kept? Was losing weight or eating healthier part of those resolutions that are now on a shelf collecting dust? Do you have multiple pieces of exercise equipment that you bought on an infomercial late at night that you now hang your clothes on collecting dust? Get motivated and use a Fitness Coach or Personal Trainer to help support you in your life long mission to Permanent Weight Loss and Better overall Body Perfect Fitness and Health.

PHIL’S ONLINE FITNESS PROGRAMS

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Muscles A Precious Possession

Posted by muscled1 on 14th January 2008

Muscle yes the word mesmerizes.  It is a wonderful tissue of our boxy. It is through this part our body we exercise our control over others.  Our brain feels paralyzed without the chunk of muscles to execute the brain directions. Also it constitutes a part of our defense system. It keeps the joints, bones both physically and metabolically, and protects them from outer dangers that come in our way.  Let me make all these points clear point by point.

Protection yes, it is the protection factor that strikes our mind, whenever we talk about the benefit of having muscles in our body.  Muscles are the significant cushion of our bones and joints.  Protection is the first area to mention when discussing why you should gain muscle and is true in so many different ways. Muscles are major protectors of the joints and bones in our body. Muscles are like buckles that keep different parts.  It works as buckles while keeping the bones and joints in their proper place.  And it is true with the muscles that support long bones.  Muscles work as shock absorbers protecting from outside shocks otherwise we might be fighting with breaking apart of bones everyday reducing us to our bed.  In fact the activities that promote muscle building are the very same activities that increase bone mineral density, which is especially significant for women after menopause.  Muscles also keep our postures in tandem and keep us away from falling.  As far as our blood pressure is concerned Muscle tissue work as a regulator and indirectly protect many of our major part like heart, kidneys, brains and eyes.

Muscles maintain a healthy weight at the same time absorbing the damaging effect of typical American diet.  Don’t think that after growing rich muscles and maintaining healthy weight you’re free to nibble on anything that come your way.  It also does not mean that those people who frequent gym and do some weight lifting exercises are prone to diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart diseases and atherosclerosis.  All these are byproducts of obesity and muscle is an amazing metabolizer of the extra calorie that we consume every day in our traditional “unhealthy diet.”

In fine I want talk about the significance of doings things that only strong muscles allow one to perform.  Yes, I am talking about your mental health.  If you are not stout you might not feel spree as these two go hand in hand.  Similarly, if you’re indifferent and inactive you’re more likely to be attacked by things like inactivity and mental tension.  Believe it I’m serious.  So follow me and start lifting weights to gain muscle one of the valuable things to possess by any human being.

Article source: http://colossalquest.com

PHIL B’s ONLINE FITNESS & PERSONAL TRAINING

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