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  • How To Supplement Creatine For Maximum Results

    If you’re following an intense training regimen for strength gains, physique improvements, or sports performance, then you’re likely taking creatine. This...

    LatestIron Man MagazineAugust 6, 2015
  • Pump Up The Volume For Beginners

    When it come to lifting weights, is more always better? That’s what a study published in The Journal of Strength &...

    Beginning BodybuildingIron Man MagazineAugust 6, 2015
  • How Many Sets For Small Muscle Groups?

    Researchers from Japan studied the effects of training volume—one versus three sets per exercise—on muscular strength and hypertrophy (muscle growth) in...

    Beginning BodybuildingIron Man MagazineAugust 5, 2015
  • Strength Training Might Be Better For Getting Ripped

    New research suggests that the barbell might be a better tool for getting ripped than the treadmill. Just a few weeks...

    AbsIron Man MagazineAugust 4, 2015
  • Can you lift light and still make muscle gains?

    A long-standing tenet in bodybuilding is that if you want to promote muscular hypertrophy, or muscle size gains, you need to...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumAugust 12, 2010
  • A blast from the past

    This is an excerpt from an article that I wrote 19 years ago that illustrates many of the popular bodybuilding practices...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumJuly 15, 2010
  • Maximizing anabolic hormones during training

    Few would argue that testosterone helps to build muscle. Proof of this exists throughout the existing medical literature. One study, for...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumJune 17, 2010
  • Is this the cure for stubborn calves?

    In 1990, I had the occasion to meet Dorian Yates. Yates was making his American debut at the Night of the...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumJune 10, 2010
  • Jones Justified

    Arthur Jones, the late inventor of the Nautilus and Med-ex exercise machines, had a very acrimonious relationship with most exercise scientists....

    Blog PostJerry BrainumMay 17, 2010
  • Occlusion training boosts muscle gains in older men

    Occlusion training involves restricting blood flow to working muscles by way of a cuff or tourniquet. Originally developed in Japan, this...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumMay 16, 2010
  • Aerobics and myostatin: an odd couple?

    The thought of doing aerobic exercise is anathema to many bodybuilders. According to bodybuilding dogma, doing aerobics will melt muscle faster...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumApril 17, 2010
  • Single versus multiple sets: which is best for increasing muscle size?

    Traditional bodybuilding training involves using several exercises with multiple sets to increase muscular size and strength. The majority of successful bodybuilding...

    Blog PostJerry BrainumMarch 26, 2010