By Jim O’Neill

Weight training has long been known to improve health, improve strength, step up vigor, and improve the physique. Men have been taking advantage of this fact for many years now, but many women have avoided weight training and continue to do so because they see it as a masculine thing meant to bulk up muscle.



Many women have abstained from training with weights because of some misconceptions associated with women and weight training. If you have never given any thought to working out with weights before, it is probably because one or more of the common myths about women’s weight training is stopping you.

Let’s take a look at some of these myths and let’s find out just what the real truth is and why you should not let them stop you from taking advantage of all the benefits weight training has to offer. Read more »

By Mike Berg

One of the most impressive muscle groups for a bodybuilder has to be the pectorals. There is nothing quite as intimidating and imposing as that armor plated look that a seasoned bodybuilder has who has trained his chest muscles correctly. From the upper pecs that almost look like armor plating, down to the lower sweep of the muscle where it attaches to the lower shoulder, a complete chest will definitely turn heads when you take off your shirt.

So how to get that look? Well, first remember that as in all aspects of bodybuilding, nothing happens overnight! You have to train with intensity, regularly and intelligently. Proper rest and diet are probably as important if not more important than your actual training so do not neglect those!
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By Jim O’Neill

Weight training has long been known to improve health, improve strength, step up vigor, and improve the physique. Men have been taking advantage of this fact for many years now, but many women have avoided weight training and continue to do so because they see it as a masculine thing meant to bulk up muscle.

Many women have abstained from training with weights because of some misconceptions associated with women and weight training. If you have never given any thought to working out with weights before, it is probably because one or more of the common myths about women’s weight training is stopping you.

Let’s take a look at some of these myths and let’s find out just what the real truth is and why you should not let them stop you from taking advantage of all the benefits weight training has to offer. Read more »

By Mike Berg

One of the most important pieces to the muscle/bodybuilding puzzle is nutrition. The sooner you realize the importance of not only what kind of food you eat but when you eat it, the sooner you will see increases in both strength and muscle density.

One of the biggest problems I see when trying to train novice bodybuilders is their idea of what proper nutrition is. The fact is that if you want to grow large amounts of muscle it takes hard training, proper rest, time and more food than you can imagine. You simply have to eat enough quality food at the right times. For example, you are working out consistently and yet you wake up in the morning and have maybe a banana, or some cereal. If you’re lucky, it’s oatmeal. Then, 4 hours later you might have some lunch. Consisting of what? Maybe a sandwich of lunch meat, some chips etc. You hit the gym after work or school and then you eat a huge dinner. Read more »

By Mike Berg

Chest Day! Your ready to start banging. Slam down your pre-workout drink, maybe gobble a few amino acid tablets to get your protein levels up, grab your gym bag, jug of water, and you head to the gym to hit it hard.

You know the routine: Flat bench, incline, pec deck, dips. The same routine you’ve been doing for the past year. Day after day after day.

How about changing up your training routine once in a while? If you believe the principle that your muscles adapt to stimulus as I do then it also might follow that your muscles will become used to the same movements done in the same pattern over time.

Let’s take your chest training. If you’re like a lot of people, you’ll start off by walking right to the flat bench and get started with some bench press training. Then, after having fatigued the muscle considerably, you might go over to the incline. Read more »