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AskMen.com July 24, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Does "Cycling" Your Workouts Work? When you understand the false premises underlying this type of training, you'll want to "recycle" it, or just throw it in the trash bin. |
AskMen.com October 2, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Getting Back To The Gym What time is it? It's time to get back to the gym after your too-long absence. And when you return to the gym after a long absence, it's important to pay special attention to a few things. |
AskMen.com May 15, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Set A Personal Record In Any Exercise Personal progress provides its own motivation. Few things in the gym provide more positive feedback and personal motivation than setting a personal record on a favorite exercise. |
AskMen.com June 12, 2003 Pete Sisco |
4 Ways To Stay Motivated The greatest workout routine in the world is useless if you don't have the motivation to actually follow through with it. Here are some tips to help you avoid the pitfalls that lead to a lack of motivation, missed workouts and stalled progress. |
AskMen.com April 3, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Training When You're Over 40 There's no good reason to deplete ourselves by performing more exercise than necessary to achieve our goals. |
AskMen.com December 11, 2003 Pete Sisco |
3 Secrets To Explosive Workouts No two strength workouts should ever be exactly the same. Every exercise should involve a higher intensity of muscular output than the time before. That means you should always be reaching new personal records of heavier weight, more reps or an extra set. |
AskMen.com October 31, 2002 Pete Sisco |
3 Common Bodybuilding Myths: Part II Myth #1: You need high reps for definition and low reps for mass... Myth #2: New muscle gains diminish after 48 hours... Myth #3: For best results, you need to train "instinctively" |
AskMen.com August 21, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Train Efficiently, Build More Muscle All you have to do to gain muscle mass is make sure that you lift more weight per minute than you did the last time. Even if that maximum stimulus lasts only five seconds, it will trigger growth in the muscle. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Bodybuilding Myths Take note of these common body-building myths and truths so that you can integrate the positive ones into your workout and avoid letting the negative myths hurt you. |
AskMen.com August 7, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Top 12 Ways To Improve Your Workouts It's amazing how knowing one or two little workout tricks can energize a stale routine. Your next trip to the gym will be filled with enthusiasm once you know you'll be using a new technique to squeeze more muscle building efficiency out of each exercise. |
AskMen.com May 16, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Train Less & Develop Bigger Muscles Want to know what the #1 mistake made by people lifting weights is? This single mistake inevitably causes long training plateaus and frustration that saps their motivation needlessly. It's training with the wrong frequency... |
AskMen.com July 25, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Bodybuilding Q&A How often should I train?... Isn't Static Contraction Training the same as the old Isometric Training? |
AskMen.com September 4, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Top 3 Exercises For Adding Muscle Fast As a general rule, it's the exercises that allow you to lift the most weight. These three exercises use the largest muscles in the body, and I'm going to give you some tips on how to make sure you lift the maximum weight possible without even risking injury. |
AskMen.com May 2, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Gain Muscle & Avoid Injury There are simple ways to avoid injury and one of them can effectively build muscle simultaneously... |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Shock Your Muscles With Supersets One of the biggest reasons you reach a plateau in your workout is that you are doing the same thing over and over again. Surprise your system with "supersets." |
AskMen.com November 13, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Training Opposing Muscle Groups Stretching and strengthening muscles on both sides, sometimes referred to as antagonistic or opposing muscle groups, is of utmost importance. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Training To The Limit Advanced trainees who push themselves to the verge of overreaching can show significant benefits when the method is used wisely. |
AskMen.com February 20, 2003 Pete Sisco |
A "Natural High" Workout One of the easiest ways to get your body to release large doses of endorphins into your system is by engaging in relatively intense exercise. |
AskMen.com June 27, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Build Ab Muscles Fast Here's how you can rationally train your abs to their absolute maximum limit of development using everyday gym equipment. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Building Strength Without Bulk If you've resolved to get stronger this year, there are certain things you should be doing in the gym to maximize your results. |
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Muscle Growth Hacks You should follow these 6 muscle growth hacks in order to get the same results with minimal effort and in the smallest amount of time -- while keeping your body and muscles healthy and safe. |
AskMen.com November 14, 2002 Pete Sisco |
The Best Forearm, Chest Exercises & More What are the best forearm exercises?... Is it possible to gain lean muscle mass while losing body fat at the same time?... When I exercise my chest, I don't really feel a burn in my chest area. What's wrong?... etc. |
AskMen.com August 22, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Muscle Definition, Workout Plateaus & More Muscle definition, or "getting ripped," refers to having your muscles appear more visibly and dramatically. Muscle definition is a function of two factors: 1) percentage of body fat and 2) muscle size. If you want better definition, you have to work on both elements. |
AskMen.com January 4, 2016 Eric Bach |
Training Principles To Build An Athletic Body Here are five training principles to build the strong body you've always wanted. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
How Fitness Theories Have Evolved - Part II In the first part of this article, the author addressed several theories that have evolved over time. This article explores a few more. |
AskMen.com August 8, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Add One Inch To Your Arms In 3 Workouts Every guy wants bigger arms. There really is no body part that says "big and powerful" as clearly and obviously as a big pair of python arms. |
AskMen.com September 19, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Build More Muscle In Less Time For the guy who wants maximum results with minimum time invested, an ultra-brief but ultra-intense workout will be performed about as often as he gets a haircut. Anything more is just lifting weights as a busy work hobby. |
AskMen.com March 6, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Burn More Fat With Aerobic Exercise Aerobic training and strength training are the yin and yang of the exercise world. They are two fundamentally different concepts that meet in a "harmony of opposites." |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Avoid Boredom at the Gym Battling gym boredom is something that almost every man faces at one time or another. Here are some great techniques you can use to beat it. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Prep Your Body For Winter Muscle Building Unless you have a plan you're not going to have anything to show for all your hard work come spring. |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 2 Here are what I consider to be two of the best methods for full-body training. |
AskMen.com October 30, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Getting Back To The Gym After Injury If your doctor has cleared you to return to the gym and begin lifting weights, here are some very useful tips that will help you avoid re-injury and minimize the discomfort of getting back into the shape you were in before. |
AskMen.com Jim Carpentier |
11 Excuses For Not Training & Solutions You say you want to get in shape and start training, but you never get around to it? Here are some solutions for those so-called "reasons" you give yourself (and others) for not working out. |
AskMen.com Alyssa Shaffer |
6 Muscle Myths Six muscle and fitness myths are expored in this article. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
8 Reasons Why we Fall Off the Workout Wagon Lost the will to workout? The key to overcoming this problem is to figure out what your reason is and to identify ways to combat it. |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 1 When guys attempt to decide on a training program, one of the first questions they ask is: "What's the best set and rep scheme for gaining muscle?" |
AskMen.com October 17, 2002 Pete Sisco |
3 Common Bodybuilding Myths There's a ton of free advice being dispensed in gyms that, if taken as gospel, can really set back your progress. That can lead to the kind of frustration that makes guys think they are "hardgainers" or need to resort to the needle to get the physique they desire. |
AskMen.com June 13, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Strength Training For Boxing & Martial Arts One of the secret keys to incredible punching power is knowing how to train your muscles to deliver huge power in the exact range it's most effective: the last inch. |
AskMen.com January 9, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Q&A: Getting Ripped, Working Out Less What exercises can I perform to get ripped and toned with some muscle mass gain, but without becoming too bulky?... Is there a way to work out with relatively little weight, using your principles?... etc. |
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Bodybuilding Don't believe everything you hear in the gym's locker room. We expose some common workout myths. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
The 5-Day Workout For someone who wants to achieve quicker results (whether it's for mass or general fitness) and who is willing to spend more time at the gym, the perfect regimen is a 5-day routine. |
AskMen.com Pete Sisco |
Precision Training - What's Your Power Factor? High intensity and progressive overload, the two indispensable conditions of muscular hypertrophy, can be measured mathematically. |
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Muscles Will a few beers with the guys after work affect your muscles? And once you build them up, how can you keep them? Let our experts answer your questions. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
9 Fitness Myths Popular myths unmasked. The sooner you learn the truth about exercise, the closer you'll be to achieving your desired results. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
Easy 3-Day Routine One of the benefits of this 3-day workout is that it can be scheduled on any day of the week depending on your availability and what days you feel like going to the gym. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout If you haven't had a chance to pick up his book, here are the basics of the Arnold Schwarzenegger workout to get you started. |
AskMen.com September 5, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Train Your Legs For Bigger Overall Muscles Want a bigger, more powerful chest, biceps and triceps? Want "barn-door lats" and "cannonball delts"? Want "six-pack abs" and "bowling-pin forearms"? Proper high intensity leg training can take all of those muscle groups to the next level. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
10 Rules For Building Mass Follow Chris Cormier's 10 basic mass building rules when training to gain real mass. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Fake A Beach Body Guys, even if you haven't worked out all winter, all hope isn't lost: As long as you know a few quick tricks, you can get yourself looking fully beach ready in time for summer. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Squat Alternatives If including squats in your workout program is impossible, there are squat alternatives you can turn to. |