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Many trainers and coaches preach the importance of the lowering portion during lifting as they believe it to be more important for growth. The reality is that many of the studies that show this to be the case used greater loads during eccentric-only training compared to concentric-only training...

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How To Train All Muscle Fibers TRAINING FASTED MAY IMPROVE POST-WORKOUT Muscles are made up of long cells known as muscle fibers, innervated by a nerve cell (neuron) which stimulates the muscle to contract. Stimulating the right type of muscle fiber can impact your physique! One nerve cell...

I know my weekly movie reviews have become more like monthly lately but this one I needed to take a minute and Post Review for right after watching it! Movie title is BIGGER and its the Weider Brothers Story, with BIG TIME Actors, for the record as I know a lot of our fitness genre movies are B...

The Dumbbell Side Bend is for Dummies . A common exercise that doesn't make biomechanical sense is side bends performed while holding a dumbbell on each side. Of course, the weight of the dumbbell offsets the weight on the other side, making this exercise ineffective at sufficiently loading the...

The Recovery Intrusive Deadlift . The deadlift is a "takes more than it gives" movement. It's recovery intrusive, possibly more than any other compound movement. No lift causes a greater degree of "workout hangover" than heavy and hard deadlifting. Why? Most coaches say it's because of the...

Is this true: "an average person can build a max 5-6lbs of muscle a year when using anabolics". If not, how to build more muscle (with fat is fine)? What is the best roid to help with this? Just test, good diet and lifting heavy? Money isn't an issue, I am just fed up of how I look, really...

For hamstring size, do both a heavy load, lower-rep range and a higher rep range. . 1 – Heavy, Low Reps: Your hamstrings are primarily fast-twitch dominant. This may contribute to the massive hamstring development in sprint athletes. In the gym, this means you should incorporate heavy...

Drop sets are a muscle building tactic where you do a heavy set, decrease the weight, and continue training until you reach failure. One approach is called the halving method, or 50% drop sets. After your final heavy set of an exercise, strip off 50% of the weight. Give yourself only 15 seconds...

ebtofficial For those of you who don't know, I completely ruptured my bicep tendon doing preacher curls. Since then, watching anyone really push themselves on preacher curls makes me cringe and I have to look away. It is common for people to go very heavy. You will notice they are unable to...

Countdown sets (10-1 method) are performed at the end of your workout to maximize workout density and push yourself past your limits. Here's an example using a dumbbell row: . • Pick a weight you can row for 12-15 reps. Do 10 reps with your right arm, 10 reps with your left arm. . • Now do 9...

Can DNA-tests really predict performance? This first-of-its-kind study tries to answer this question! It let athletes take DNA-tests from their saliva and used 14 gene variants to classify them as either “endurance” or “power” athletes, based on their DNA. Without letting them know which type...

There are a lot of strength tests out there, many unrealistic. But here's one that you and everyone else should be able to pass. . Barbell Squats: Bodyweight Equivalent for 6 Reps Minimum: Front squat, back squat, you name it. I don't care what variation you choose, if you can't squat to your...

For years we've known about the benefits of something called "post-activation potentiation." Get warmed up, then do a heavy, low-volume squat or deadlift. Afterward, do a jump or sprint. What happens? Explosive jumping and sprinting performance increases after the heavy lift. Put another way...

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Galantamine functions as an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, meaning it's blocks the enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and is normally used to treat Alzheimer's disease. As a nootropic, it also allosterically(not the main binding site) binds to nicotinic receptors, which...

Chasing the pump is no longer bro-science, it's science-science. Muscle researcher Brad Schoenfeld found three major components to building muscle: • • Mechanical tension (heavy strength work) • Metabolic damage (the pump) • Muscular damage (soreness) • Mechanical tension is covered with heavy...

Similar to “cutting up”, bulking requires a specialized diet, which takes much discipline to follow through. Bulking is defined as the process of trying to build as much muscle as possible of a period of time. Bulking diet requires a simple equation - eat more calories than you expend. Muscle...

Max-OT for Dummies Max-OT (Maximum - Overload Training) is one of the most popular routines out there, and it can give great gains in strength and size. This article will put in simple and short terms what exactly Max-OT is, what the training looks like, and what to expect from it. I've seen...

I know you’ve been using a lot of machines for your chest training because it’s easier on your elbows. I’ve only been training for a few years and don’t have any elbow pain yet, but I’m wondering if maybe I should be using mostly machines to avoid having problems in the future. Or am I being...