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Midlife Muscle
Full-range pushups can be a good substitute for bench presses. They’re more ergonomically correct and can help those with low neuromuscular...
Steve HolmanFebruary 15, 2009 -
Workout Stress Test
When scientists look at factors associated with longer life span, stress is always one of them. In the brain, lifetime release...
Jerry BrainumFebruary 15, 2009 -
Training Past 40
Decreasing muscle response and increasing skin elasticity also take their toll, we’re told, so look for other benefits. Don’t expect to...
Dave DraperFebruary 12, 2009 -
Fire in the Whole
The body responds to injuries, infections and irritations with inflammation. In an acute stage, inflammatory processes aid healing. Uncontrolled, or chronic...
Jerry BrainumFebruary 11, 2009 -
Twig to Big
Q: I’ve been weight training for about a year. I’m a small guy—138 pounds, 5’ 7” with a 38-inch chest and...
John HansenFebruary 9, 2009 -
A Bodybuilder is Born Episode 43
It was chest day. I love chest day, but not for the reason that most guys do. They look forward to...
Ron HarrisFebruary 6, 2009 -
X-Only Mass Blast?
We do a full-range movement, or very close to it, because we believe it better strengthens the muscle at all positions...
Steve HolmanFebruary 6, 2009 -
Vibration for Muscle Mass?
It would appear that strength training could be made more energy efficient through the addition of vibration.
Jose Antonio, Ph.D.February 6, 2009 -
The Grimm Brothers
Two days later the Grimm brothers were back in the gym. Their backs were still bothering them, but they weren’t planning...
Stuart McRobertFebruary 3, 2009 -
Enhancing Endurance Part 1
Nearly every coach and athlete knows the value of strength in sports that involve a great deal of contact: football, lacrosse,...
Bill StarrFebruary 2, 2009 -
Overcoming Injury
Often when bodybuilders with poor leg development offer up excuses, knee injuries are at the top of the list.
Ron HarrisJanuary 31, 2009 -
Wintertime Mass Training
If you train hard from spring to fall but then fail to stay on track during the winter months, you’ll lose...
Eric BroserJanuary 28, 2009 -
A More Efficient GH Response
Using extended-set techniques—such as X Reps, supersets and drop sets—is one of the ways I have continued to improve my physique...
Steve HolmanJanuary 28, 2009 -
40 is the New 20 – Part 2
By the time you read this, it should be just a few weeks before my 40th birthday, which will occur on...
Eric BroserJanuary 19, 2009 -
Around the Worlds
I credit Milos Sarcev for bringing these back, as he’s had Dennis Wolf, Hide Yamigishi, Silvio Samuel and others add them...
William LitzJanuary 16, 2009