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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 John Romaniello |
Drop Sets For Strength In part one of this article, I introduced a technique called Mechanical Advantage Drop Sets. Also known as MADS, this is a type of drop set in which the variable is not the weight but the exercises you perform with that weight. |
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 October 16, 2003 Pete Sisco |
14-Day "Jump Start" Program Here's a great routine that will trigger the muscle growth stimulus in your body, improve your aerobic conditioning, and burn a lot of calories. This program is fun because you'll feel new growth in your chest, arms and legs and, because it's only 14 days, it's easy to stick with. |
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 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 February 6, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Heavy vs. Light Workouts Ever been in the gym and heard someone say, "I'm taking it easy today; yesterday was my 'heavy' day"? Those words point to a plethora of misconceptions and false premises that thwart maximum muscle growth and can even lead to a loss of strength and mass. |
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 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 May 16, 2012 Vince Del Monte |
15-Minute Workout This is a workout designed for individuals seeking maximal muscular development and leanness by trashing all the critical growth fibers in one insane 43-rep set on the same body part. It's called the 16-12-25 workout. Yikes! |
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 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 December 12, 2002 Pete Sisco |
One-Minute Workout For Skiers & Snowboarders Whether you're a skier or a snowboarder, I have some good news for you: There is a very easy and effective way to increase muscle strength exactly where you need it most. |
AskMen.com March 3, 2005 Jim Carpentier |
7 Weight-Training Methods To Break Plateaus Methods that have been used in the weightlifting world for several years and are guaranteed to help you escape that rut, overcome future plateaus, and energize your workouts. |
AskMen.com June 14, 2001 Curt Pedersen |
Summer Shape Up Contrary to popular belief, losing body fat does not have to be a boring task that takes months to produce results. If you want to shed body fat fast and see the results of your efforts just as quickly, then have I got a workout for you... |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Drop Sets When you're training to build muscle, you learn quickly that everything works but that nothing works forever. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Squat Alternatives If including squats in your workout program is impossible, there are squat alternatives you can turn to. |
AskMen.com October 3, 2002 Pete Sisco |
A One-Month Static Contraction Workout The following is a simplified program that will work for everyone, from those who are new to weightlifting to the more experienced lifter. But make no mistake; this method of training quickly ramps up to ultra high intensity and the effects can be startling. |
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 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 October 31, 2015 Myles Worthington |
30-Minute Workouts If you are pressed for time, these 30-minute workouts will leave you breathless. |
AskMen.com Jim Carpentier |
Switch To 3 Weekly Total Body Workouts Even if your New Year's resolution to get in shape and transform your physique went south back in February, it's still not too late to maintain or add some serious muscle in time for summer beach and pool outings. |
AskMen.com June 26, 2003 Pete Sisco |
The Skateboarder's Workout As the popularity of skateboarding soars as a means of both recreation and exercise, questions about how to increase strength specific to this sport naturally arise. |
AskMen.com May 31, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Get Ripped Muscles In 10 Weeks If you're in the gym trying to develop thick, powerful arms or a thick, powerful chest, why are you grinding away for hours? Why not perform the minimum dose of exercise that will deliver the highest possible intensity? |
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 |
Circuit Training: What Can It Do For You? The purpose of circuit training is to keep you moving by only allowing you to take minimal breaks between exercises. Circuit training works -- for men, as well as women -- because it causes you to keep pushing your body aerobically, while still challenging your strength. |
AskMen.com January 22, 2004 Declan Connolly |
Get Maximum Results With Short Circuits During circuit training, you perform a series, or "circuit," of weight-training exercises (or "stations") using low weights and high repetitions with minimal rest between sets, in order to keep the workout intensity -- and your heart rate -- up. |
AskMen.com Pete Sisco |
Your 10-Minute Holiday Workout Staying in shape throughout the holiday season is doubly challenging because not only does your normal schedule get disrupted, but offerings of fattening food also become much too hard to resist. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Create An Effective Home Workout Program Cutting back on is your gym membership doesn't mean you must give up your workouts. It's possible to get a fantastic workout at home -- with a bit of planning and creativity. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Building Bigger Calves Building bigger calves is certainly possible if you take the right training approach. |
AskMen.com January 23, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Work Out With Your Woman Here is the real magic bullet that women are missing by staying on the aerobic mats instead of pumping iron: Body transformation through new muscle growth. |
AskMen.com January 21, 2015 Brett Hoebel |
Shorter Workouts Sometimes less is more - how shorter workouts can deliver better results. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Fast Workout Fixes The fast workout fixes presented here will help to spark growth in your muscles, making them stronger and changing the way your body looks. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
6 No-Crunch Exercises For 6-Pack Abs There are a number of exercises men can perform that will recruit all of the muscle fibers deep within the tissue without requiring any type of crunching action. |
AskMen.com August 28, 2015 Anthony Yeung |
Exercise Tweaks Transform your workouts with these game-changing exercise tweaks. |
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 Jeff Bayer |
Weight Training Without Weights Can it be done? You bet. With a variety of body-weight and plyometric exercises available, you can create a very effective workout that's short on time, but high on results. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Kill Workout Boredom With These Lunge Variations To help increase your results, try to add one of these variations along with your squats next time you're doing a leg workout. |
AskMen.com November 9, 2015 K. Aleisha Fetters |
Quick Workout Fixes Ten ways to get more out of your workout. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Forgotten Exercises That Deliver Big Gains These exercises will revive a stagnant workout regiment while building muscle. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Maximum Muscle Definition In One Week While you aren't going to make dramatic changes in such a short period of time, enhancing your appearance is possible if you follow these steps over the course of a week. |
AskMen.com Pete Sisco |
5 Effective Chest & Arm Workouts |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Create a Home Gym for Under $400 If the membership fees at your gym are muscling into your finances, why not create your own total home workout? Here's a home-based gym you can assemble for only $360. |
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. |