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Alcohol and bodybuilding aren't the best combo. While having a drink occasionally might not completely derail your progress, excessive alcohol consumption can interfere with your fitness goals. Alcohol can affect muscle recovery, protein synthesis, and hormone levels, potentially slowing down...

Bodybuilding frequency, or how often you train, depends on several factors including your experience level, recovery ability, and overall goals. Here's a general guide: 1. **Beginners:** Starting with 3-4 workouts per week is common. Focus on full-body workouts to allow for adequate recovery...

Hitting a plateau in bodybuilding can be frustrating, but it's a common challenge. Here are strategies to break through a plateau: 1. **Change Your Routine:** Your body adapts to routine. Alter your workout program by changing exercises, rep ranges, rest times, or incorporating new techniques...

Micro weights are small incremental additions used in weight training to make gradual progress in lifting heavier weights. They are typically in the range of half a pound (or less) to a few pounds, allowing for smaller increments in load progression. Bodybuilders or strength trainers sometimes...

Changing your bodybuilding routine can be beneficial for several reasons, including preventing plateaus, keeping workouts interesting, and targeting different muscle groups. Here are some general tips on how you might go about changing your bodybuilding routine: 1. **Frequency and Split:**...

Creatine is a widely used and well-researched supplement in the field of bodybuilding and strength training. It's known for its ability to enhance performance, increase muscle mass, and improve exercise capacity. Here's how creatine can benefit bodybuilders: 1. Increased Muscle Mass: Creatine...

"Cutting" and "bulking" are two distinct phases in the world of bodybuilding and fitness, each with its own specific goals and strategies. These phases are often used to manipulate one's body composition in pursuit of different objectives. Bulking: Goal: The primary goal during a bulking...

A strong and focused mindset is essential for success in bodybuilding. Bodybuilding is not only about physical strength and appearance but also about mental discipline and determination. Here are some key mindset principles that are important in bodybuilding: Goal Setting: Start with clear and...

If you're looking to build muscle mass through bodybuilding, it's essential to have a well-structured workout routine that focuses on progressive overload and includes both resistance training and adequate recovery. Here's a sample bodybuilding routine designed to help you gain muscle mass...

I'm 56yrs young so I basically stay on Test all year long and add in additional compounds throughout. So I'm starting a new cycle of YOURMUSCLESHOP GEAR TEST TRI BLEND 400mg twice a week TREN E 200mg twice a week WINNY 20mg twice a week. So far my progress on YOURMUSCLESHOP GEAR has been...

A Comprehensive Guide to Using Clomid for Post-Steroid Cycle Therapy Post-Steroid Cycle Therapy (PCT) is an essential aspect of the bodybuilding journey, helping to restore natural hormone production, maintain gains, and minimize the potential side effects of anabolic steroid use. Clomid...

How do you track your progress in the gym?

Just this morning reading through some old posts realized one of our members earned their pro card , and funny thing is they never said jack shit. Not sure if thats pretty cool, and humble of them or just too worried their old posts come back to bite them in the ass. Anyhow, i think its pretty...

CREATING INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE ⁣ Here's how a simple breathing technique can help you lift heavier weights in a much more stronger set up. ⁣ ⁣ "Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) has been suggested to increase lumbar stability by assisting with the formation of a “rigid cylinder” through the...

We want to thank you all for such a warm welcome back to the forum world! With a successful restart to our forum journey, we have decided to get some sponsored cycle logs going! If you are interested in keeping a live journal of your progress, take a look at the criteria below to see if you are...

A study from 2017 looked at the recovery from a session of high-volume lower load (so eight sets of 10, at 70% of one rep max) resting at 75 seconds between sets, versus a lower volume, high-intensity group which was 8 sets of 3 reps 90% of a one rep max, resting 3 minutes between sets. It...

About Calves Training - Let's cover 2 exercises you can use to grow your calves long-term! With an emphasis on "long-term" since the calf muscles are known to progress slowly for most people. - The calves region consists of 2 primary muscles: the gastrocnemius and soleus [1]. The gastrocnemius...

train hard when you next go to the gym stick headphones in put a hat on wear a baggy jumper and work your ass off the gym isn’t for social gatherings nowadays very few train hard and hard I mean intensity sweat dripping today you see phones out plenty talking For me I always know what I’m...

After a great restart to our forum journey and overwhelming support from all of you guys, we have now decided to start cycle logs on the forum. Interested vets can contact us via PM. We are excited for you guys to start documenting your journeys with us! Please note the eligibility criteria...

Fatigue is probably one of my favorite topics of resistance training science, and although we know something about it, there's definitely a alot of room for new research to enlighten us here. ⁣ ⁣ In today's post, I want to talk about whether or not it's a good idea to train while experiencing...