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July 2, 2020
Creatine is a well known and popular supplement in the fitness industry and for good reason too. Not only does it provide fantastic benefits when you’re trying to build muscle and get strong, but it has also been thoroughly tested, proven safe and is easy to take and cheap to buy. In this article, we explore how creatine helps you build more muscle and the best way to supplement with it.
June 25, 2020
Knowing whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced lifter helps you figure out what type of training plan will be the most effective for your goal. It also lets you know when you need to advance your workout to continue seeing the best results. In this article, we look at the usual way of figuring this out, why it doesn’t work very well and what to do instead.
June 11, 2020
The upper/lower workout split is fantastic for building muscle. It’s also very flexible which means you can use it to train 2, 3, or 4 times a week. When doing this type of workout split you train your upper and lower body separately across the week. In this article, we’ll look at how to create your own workout before providing a sample training plan and possible training schedules so you can plug and play your fitness.
June 4, 2020
Getting enough protein in your diet is an important part of being able to maintain or build muscle when also strength training regularly, but how much protein do you need and when should you eat it? Is it better to have it before your workout, or after? How much do you need and where should you get it from? These questions and more answered in this article.
May 28, 2020
How fast can you really build muscle as a natural weightlifter? In this article, we explore how fast you can build muscle, how much you can build total as well as look at exceptions to the norm and exactly how to eat, train and track your progress to pack on lean mass.
May 21, 2020
A superset the name for when you perform one exercise immediately followed by another exercise with little to no rest in between. They can be performed using opposing muscle groups, separate muscle groups or the same muscle group. In this article, we look at the pros and cons and when you should and shouldn’t use them if you want to build muscle.
May 14, 2020
The Bulgarian split squat is a unilateral leg exercise that trains the entirety of the lower body and the core. It’s fantastic for building lower body strength and size, fixing muscle imbalances and increasing athletic performance. In this article, we look at how to do it, the muscle it works and mistakes you to need to avoid for the best results.
May 7, 2020
The smith machine is a staple piece of equipment in gyms the world over, so much so that’s it’s not uncommon to see people banging out sets of squats, bench press or shoulder presses on it, but is this the best way to get results? In this article, we look at what the smith machine is, the advantages and disadvantages, what the current research says and more.
April 30, 2020
The triceps are responsible for two-thirds of your total arm size which means if you’re looking to build an enviable set of arms that fill your t-shirts and look powerful you cannot neglect them. Training them properly comes down to suitable exercise selection and then doing 4 key things consistently. In this article, we breakdown all of this down to show you how to build big triceps and bigger arms.