Beginning Bodybuilding

Without doubt, the bench press is the most popular weight-training exercise in North America. Anyone who asks, “How much do you...

On Tuesdays, immediately after a work set of squats, one guy would rush to the nearest flat bench and do a...

Wrist straps are common in any heavy gym. They enable trainees to handle more weight on big movements—shrugs, deadlifts, dumbbell rows,...

It was Saturday, four weeks since I’d seen Arnie. I dropped by the gym while he was working out. After we...

Our enthusiasm and desire to build our physiques often makes us want to train as long and as frequently as possible....

We’ve been seeing more abdominal injuries over the past 10 years. The term that came out of them—sports hernia—really doesn’t tell...

One of the secrets of bodybuilding, especially for beginners and intermediates, is to find the level of hard but not hardest...

Intensity in training can be described as giving 100 percent of your mind, body and soul to every repetition, every set,...

I’d seen Arnie a few times at the gym. Although a beginner, he was on a three-day-split program: three days on/one...

The reality is that far more people than anyone will ever know about have achieved success—not necessarily “in” bodybuilding but “through”...

When training for muscle definition, I don’t change my workout program. I still train as heavy as I can with the...

We train for many reasons, and that fact has led to many styles of training. The choice of training method is...

Q: What’s your take on using the preexhaustion method that Arthur Jones touted so much? A: It’s a valuable training method....

Although I was obviously overtraining, I still gained 20 pounds of muscle in that first year. I was only 135 pounds...

The bottom line is that you cannot overlook the unique, innate qualities of the individual when designing resistance-training programs. Some will...