By Vince DelMonte
The “Guns.” The “Pythons.” “Thunder” and “Lighting.” The “Rockweillers.” There is no other muscle group that has earned more nicknames than when describing a bulging and huge set of bicep! Bulging biceps – every guy wants them. Count me in this group.
The days are far from gone when you walk into the gym [...]
Will Smith, Gerard Butler, Christian Bale, Ryan Reynolds and Robert Downey Junior-five guys who have gotten super buff for movie roles. Will Smith got ripped for Ali and I Robot; Gerard Butler for 300; Christian Bale for Batman Begins; Ryan Reynolds for Blade: Trinity; and Robert Downey Junior for Iron Man. Each one of these [...]
When it comes to constructing the ultimate weight training program to build muscle, exercise selection is a very important component. You build muscle fastest with compound weight training exercises. Any bodybuilding program that focuses on machines and isolation weight training exercises is a complete waste of time.
Below are the worst weight training exercises to avoid [...]
The holidays are approaching with Christmas leading the way followed by New Years not too far behind. During this time of joy and happiness unfortunately most people, including some of us bodybuilders, tend to forget about their bodybuilding workouts and nutrition plans. If thoughts of dumping your fitness and bodybuilding program have crossed your mind, allow [...]
Training the body to put on more muscle size is really tough business – and there is no way to get around it. If you get to see the photographs of the champion bodybuilders working out (an actual workout, not an easy “staged” photo shoot as some magazines employ) you will quickly notice one primary [...]
Using the resistance bands to sculpt the body, one can conveniently select the different phases or levels of the resistance in order to meet the body shaping or fitness goals. As per the experts, if one spends about 10 to 20 minutes and thrice a week using these resistance bands, the users will surely increase [...]
What time of the day should you perform your muscle building workouts?
A lot of people say that you should workout as soon as you wake up because you’re still fresh from a long night’s rest.
Some suggest working out a bit later in the day once your body is fully awake.
Frankly, the best time for your [...]
Do you truly know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly?
If you knew how to build muscle then the skinny jokes would have ended long ago. If you knew how to gain weight quickly then the blank stares would stop when you tell someone you work out with weights. And if you knew how [...]
Do you mind if I be frank and ask you a honest question? If you had to transform your body which required you to know how to build muscle and gain weight quickly, and you only had a few weeks, could you step up to the challenge?
Let’s say your wanted to enter a fitness model [...]
If you don’t have any knowledge of carpentry, can you build a house?
Of course, you can’t.
More powerful than any weapon you will have is simple knowledge, and to accomplish anything satisfactorily, you need to have at least some rudimentary know-how of the task in question.
At the gym, adopt a new mantra: “Work smart, not hard.”.
Unfortunately, [...]
