Stopping Your Sets Short Of Failure…
Should You Train To Failure or Not? Many guys believe that lifting to failure is the best way to build muscle and I used to feel the same way when I started training. No Pain, No Gain, was my training motto. But there is a fine line and sometimes the risks outweigh the potential rewards.
How Old School Bodybuilders Got Big & Strong!
The Old-School Bodybuilder’s from the 1960’s and 1970’s had some of the most impressive muscular physiques the world has ever seen. The classic physiques from the Pumping Iron days were a completely different breed compared to the monstrous behemoths which take to Mr Olympia stage today.
The Best Muscle Building Exercises
What Are The Best Exercises For Building Muscle?
to a certain degree all strength training exercises that you do can be beneficial. But there is a specific way to rank exercises from those that provide the lowest level of muscle stimulation, to the those that provide the highest level of muscle stimulation.
Back To The Basics – Mass & Power Barbell Workout
A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle (and vice versa). When you are at the gym just look around at the regular members. I’m willing to bet that the guys who are the biggest and the most muscular are also the ones who are lifting the heaviest weights
20 Rep Squat Routine
One of the fastest ways to gain size and strength in the entire body is by following the squats and milk program. This is an old time routine that has been around for over 75 years, but it works awesome for fast gains. Even if you are a hard gainer
How To Customize YOUR Workouts for Maximum Gains
If you blindly copy someone else’s workout program it may not work as well for you as it does for them. Knowing what your pre-dominate muscle fiber type is will allow you to determine how your body is going to respond to different weight training programs, because Not Every Workout Program Works For Every Body
Vince Gironda’s 8 Sets of 8 Reps Workout
Vince Gironda’s 8 sets of 8 might be the most effective set and rep combination ever developed for rapidly building muscle fiber size while simultaneously shedding body fat
4 Day Bodybuilding Workout Plan
In this blog post you’re going to get a complete 4-Day Bodybuilding Split Routine that focuses on building size and strength throughout all your major muscle groups. This workout routine can be used by intermediate to advanced lifters
The #1 Muscle Building Mistake…
Ok, before I get into this blog post I’ve got a confession to make… “The #1 Muscle Building Mistake” could cover A LOT of different factors; from training – to nutrition – to mindset – to being consistent, etc… But this particular blog is a guest post from IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Ben Pakulski and it…
Cycle Your Workouts For Size & Strength
When it comes to muscle and strength. You can’t really build one without the other. A bigger muscle is a stronger muscle vice versa. In this blog post you’re going to learn how to get the The Best of Both Worlds with Power Bodybuilding Training
4 SHOCKING Tricks for BIGGER Arms!
21 Days To Bigger Arms. Are you tired of busting your butt only to see your arms the same size as last month? Well this is the same workout that allowed Ben to pack TWO INCHES of solid muscular mass on his arms! Heck, I would be happy with just 1/2 an inch
Push / Pull Workout Split Routine
The PUSH / PULL workout program is a way of organizing your workouts so that you do pushing or pressing exercises during one workout, and pulling or rowing movements in the next workout. This is a great workout routine because it allows you to work your muscle groups based on similar movement patterns
What’s the BEST Workout?
If you knew the Best Workout Routine to follow you could skip all the BAD workouts, and only do the BEST Workouts.
This would prevent you from wasting your precious time and speed up the whole muscle building process
The Power-Bodybuilding Method
There seems to be an accepted notion that aesthetic bodybuilding techniques can’t be integrated within the structure of an empirical powerlifting workout program. I firmly believe otherwise. It has been my observation upon viewing the iron game there are two types of people. First there are those who are pumpers and toners and secondly there are those who concentrate on the brute power of heavy lifting alone.
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German Volume Training – 10 Sets Of 10 Reps
If you are at a plateau in your training or would just like to try something different, you should give the German Volume Training method a try. This is a great program for packing on muscle mass quickly. This was used as an off-season workout to help Olympic Weightlifters gain lean body mass and shed excess bodyfat.
Time Under Tension Workout
For this workout we are going to use timed sets to change up your training tempo and focus on doing high quality workouts with very strict and controlled form to help maximize muscle stimulation. The goal is to get that mind muscle connection going so you can isolate your targeted muscles and feel them growing from workout to workout.
The 10-8-6-15 Rep Workout
If you are looking to add some variety to your workouts and stimulate some new muscle growth, then you should give the 10-8-6-15 rep workout a try for yourself. This was a popular workout routine that Vince Gironda (aka the Iron Guru) came up with back in the Golden Era of Bodybuilding, the Pumping Iron days, back in the mid-1900′s in Venice California
Do you SUCK at pull ups & chin ups?
It’s no secret that the key to building a huge V-shaped back is mastering pull ups and chin ups. Show me a guy who is really good at pull ups and you’ll show me a guy who has a HUGE muscular back!
If you struggle with performing pull ups and chin ups then you need this
The BIGGEST New Years Resolution Workout Mistake!
Here we are at the start of a brand new year, and the gym is going to be packed with people who are all committed to whipping their lazy butts into shape in a hurry. Now while I appreciate their enthusiasm and desire to get in shape, it’s generally short lived. Do you know the BIGGEST mistake that these people make?
Your New Year’s Muscle-Building Program!
To help kick off your New Year on the right track I want to give you 2 FREE e-Reports that will show you how a simple cycle-diet trick can help you pack on as much as 12 pounds of rock solid fat-free muscle mass this January. Don’t even think about starting a new muscle-building workout or nutrition plan in 2012 until you read this info! It’ll change the way you build muscle – Forever!
12 Week Workout Program
How many days per week should you workout?
How many exercises should you do for each body part?
How many sets and reps should you do?
There are countless variables that come into play when designing a workout program. So in this blog post I’m going to clear up some of the confusion about working out and provide you a complete workout program that you can follow.
Top 5 MASS Building Tips! (FREE e-Book)
Yesterday I sent out an e-mail sharing my Top 5 Fat Loss Tips to help you stay lean and ripped this Holiday Season. Note: If you missed that one you can watch the video right on my YouTube Channel by clicking here. Today I’m going to do a full 180 and share 5 Killer Mass…
Vince Gironda “Old-School” Bodybuilding Methods…
If you are a fan of “old-school” bodybuilding, then no doubt you are also a fan of Vince Gironda. And if you are not, then you should be! Vince Gironda – The Legend & Myth He was known as the Iron Guru and a lot of today’s effective training methods have developed from the basis…
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Just the other day I posted up free copies of 2 killer muscle-building reports: The Death Of Bulking & The Anabolic Amplifier Effect ———————————— Note: If you never downloaded them yet, you can do so right now at: https://leehayward.com/blog/gain-7-pounds-in-21-days ———————————— These 2 reports outline a unique cycle-diet & training plan that competitive bodybuilders have been…
FREE Hardcore Muscle Building e-Book!
Happy 4th of July to all my American friends and a Happy belated Canada Day to all my Canadian friends… 😉 In celebration of these 2 National Holidays I thought I’d do something interesting and GIVE AWAY 100 FREE GIFTS right here on my blog! The First 100 People Who Comment To This Blog Post…
Extra Workouts = Extra Muscle!
As we get more advanced in our workouts we tend to look “Outside The Box” for unique methods for building muscle, increasing strength, and improving our athletic performance. Now chances are if you’ve been working out for any length of time then you already know (and hopefully follow) all “The Basic” stuff like: Working out…
No time to get ripped? Try this “Short-Cut”…
Summer is just around the corner and this is the time of year when “Everyone” wants to have a lean ripped physique. Let’s face it when you are lean it’s a lot more fun to hit the beach, pool party, or what ever and feel confident with how your body looks. Rather than feeling self…
“Blast Your Biceps” & Help The Japanese Tsunami Victims
As I’m sure you are already well aware, on Friday March 11 an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan. And this has triggered a massive tsunami which totally devastated the nation’s east coast, leaving thousands of people dead and many thousands more missing or injured. The last I heard there are over half a million people…
Blast Your Bench Program
