By Mike Berg

“I’m so frustrated! I cannot get any bigger and I’m not getting stronger!” Sound familiar? Maybe you’ve said it yourself. You go to the gym religously, spend hour after hour doing bench presses for your chest, rows and pulldowns for your back, barbell curls and tricep extensions for you arms yet nothing is happening. Or at least not what you were hoping for when you started bodybuilding.

Here’s a true story: Some years ago I was approached by a gym buddy who asked me what my thoughts were on his training. His frustration was over the fact that in over 3 years of working out and lifting weights, his physique had changed only minimally and his lifts were not much better than when he had started. Read more »

By Tony DiCostanzo

It�s truly incredible when one considers the great lengths at which most bodybuilders will go in order to acquire a pound or two more of muscle�particularly natural bodybuilders. Tell them that there is some new African herb that runs down the bark of a forbidden tree in the middle of a lion�s den, and off they go to become a ringleader. It doesn�t matter if it tastes like dung and smells horse manure. If it will grow muscle, then it must be consumed. Digestion at all costs. I literally read of a bodybuilder that became so sick from a supplemental drink that he vomited some of it up and then swallowed it once again. That may sound crazy and disgusting, but it gets much worse than that. Read more »

By Zach Bashore

Many bodybuilders think that by doing hundreds of bicep curls that they will build great arms. Doing so will not create large arms, instead, it will cause you to overtrain. In fact, only a small portion of your arm is your bicep, the larger part of your arm is the tricep muscle. You are going to learn what the tricep muscle is and common exercises you can do with your bodyweight, or with dumbbells. Read more »

By Ash Trivedi

So what is the perfect bodybuilding exercise or workout routine? READ ON. Most people, when they plan out a workout routine, don�t take into consideration the implication of each exercise on other areas of the body. Almost every individual exercise performed effects more than one group of muscles and therefore, is obviously more practical to design the workout that compliments only those areas. Read more »

By Zach Bashore

Let`s face it, a body with chicken legs looks awful and is the cornerstone of all bodybuilding jokes. There is nothing worse than going to the gym and seeing a bodybuilder with a huge upper body and legs that look as if they`ve never been trained before. Prior knowledge dramatically influences a person`s decision to train legs and if they don`t know how to properly train them, then what is the use of doing it? This article is intended for readers who are interested in improving their knowledge of the quadriceps muscle and learn proper exercises to make them bigger and more toned. Read more »