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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 John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 3 Over the last two installments of this series, I have shared some basic and intermediate training protocols with you. |
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 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 September 6, 2001 Ian Lee |
Break Your Plateau Cycle When you first started bodybuilding, you gained mass, you had your initial growth spurts, but now you just can't seem to gain muscle mass no matter how much you work out. If you have been bodybuilding for a while, you know I'm talking about what every bodybuilder dreads: plateaus... |
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 Jeff Bayer |
Get The Perfect Beach Body If you follow this workout program, you will help increase your muscle strength and get a great-looking upper body that you will be confident to show off during the summer months. |
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 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 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 Vince Del Monte |
Why You Don't Need A Gym Membership No gym? No problem - these techniques will show you how to make the most of what you've got, so you have no excuse not to train, anymore. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Building Bigger Calves Building bigger calves is certainly possible if you take the right training approach. |
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 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 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 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 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 |
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 April 5, 2001 Ian Lee |
Bodybuildinng For Beginners The following is a review of some of the fundamentals for a successful weight training routine... |
AskMen.com Evan Campbell |
Top 10 Effective Weight Training Tips Whether you've been working out religiously for years or have recently jumped on the workout bandwagon, the following tips will help you reap the maximum results from your weight training sessions. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Build Bigger Shoulders To truly create a muscular image, you will need to focus on increasing the size of your shoulders; doing so will help you develop the tapered V look, which is created by having broad shoulders and a narrow waist. |
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 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 19, 2000 Ian Lee |
Lift Heavier Weights In 3 Months Many of our readers expressed their anger in regards to lifting the same puny weights every time they perform their weightlifting routines. We feature a strength-training program designed to increase power and mass in a mere 3 months... |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Specialization Routines After you develop a weightlifting base, you can start looking into specialization routines that will really zero in on one or two particular body parts. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Timeless Exercises Some exercises never go out of style, and are so beneficial they should always be included in your program, no matter what your goals are. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
Workout From Home Or The Office: Part II This workout is designed to help you tone each major muscle group in your upper body without spending the time and effort of going to the gym. |
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 Jeff Bayer |
Smash Your Biceps If there's one muscle group on a man that says you workout, it's your biceps. |
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 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 August 28, 2015 Anthony Yeung |
Exercise Tweaks Transform your workouts with these game-changing exercise tweaks. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
5 Moves For A Strong Back We're confident that you'll find the following five moves for a strong back beneficial. |
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 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 Vince Del Monte |
Muscle Contractions One of the biggest misconceptions about lifting centers around the idea of "lifting" weights, when, in fact, muscle contractions do far more for you than that, and effective training has to take this into account. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Super Slow Sets A lot of men look to super slow sets when toying around with creating a new strength-training regimen. The idea is that by applying tension over a greater duration of time, you will spark new muscle growth that you were unable to achieve with your regular training rate. |
AskMen.com August 23, 2001 Dwayne Hines II |
Training Outside The Lines Many guys get into a training rut not long after the initial phase of growth, during the first few months of training. How do you get out of this nasty situation? How can you start moving up to a new level of muscularity? Variety... |
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 Pete Sisco |
5 Effective Chest & Arm Workouts |
AskMen.com February 5, 2004 Tamar Schreibman |
9 Cardinal Sins Of Weightlifting We're always being told what we should be doing at the gym: go faster, harder, slower; use a medicine ball; buy a band; and the list goes on. But perhaps more important are the things we shouldn't do during a workout. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Celebrity Workout: Edward Norton Get a body like Edward Norton's in American History X. |
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 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 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 Ian Lee |
Lifting Weights Burns Fat In general, people will practice cardiovascular activities and forget about weight bearing exercises when it comes to burning fat. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
Colossal Chest Learn how to properly exercise your chest. |
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 October 5, 2000 Ian Lee |
Tone Up For Rock Hard Triceps Don't get me wrong; building bicep muscles does contribute to achieving huge arms, but it is even more crucial to build your triceps in order to get big and well-defined arms... |
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. |