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Why You Shouldn't Train Abs To Failure |
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Written by David Grisaffi
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Aug 22, 2007 at 08:05 PM |
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Smart trainees know that progression is the name of the game in fitness and strength training. However, as you continually test your limits of accomplishment, whether that’s reaching a new level of leanness, increasing your muscle mass or obtaining a new strength maximum, you often fall prey to the belief that you must push yourself to the point of complete “failure.” This is the point where you reach a level of fatigue and exhaustion that causes your muscles to literally give out (“fail”) and you can’t complete another rep. Training with progression and intensity is important, but unless you’d like to trade a nice set of abs for a bad lower back, I’d strongly urge you to re-evaluate the concept of training to failure, especially when it comes to core and abdominal workouts and especially if you’re not a bodybuilder.
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How to Gain Muscle & Lose Fat |
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Written by Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
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Aug 12, 2007 at 08:08 PM |
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Are you ready for my famous "gain muscle or lose fat" chart? I know this is going to make a few people mad, but it's the truth about whether a guy should lose fat or gain muscle. If he doesn't stick to my recommendations, he won't get the ripped abs and muscles he wants. |
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Pay Your Bodybuilding Dues With Deadlifts |
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Written by The "Muscle Nerd", Jeff Anderson
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Aug 07, 2007 at 09:14 AM |
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Hardly ANYONE uses deadlifts at the gym…and with good (though arguably "wimpy") reason. For one…they’re TOUGH…a real leg and back mass builder that requires nerves of steel and a sadistic craving for pain. The other reason some people ignore this exercise? Done incorrectly, they’re a lower back KILLER! Lifting with a barbell piled on with weight forces the body into a position that makes it difficult to center the body properly to avoid overextension of the lower back.
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How To Master The Mother Of All Hormones: GH Training For Fast Muscle |
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Written by The "Muscle Nerd", Jeff Anderson
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Aug 07, 2007 at 09:04 AM |
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The epic war movie “300” is out on DVD now and I can’t walk into a single Walmart without being bombarded by an army of posters depicting washboard abs and swords. Hell, I practically have to snap my fingers in front of my wife’s face to break her out of her trance as we walk by the giant cardboard displays of the ripped and shredded ancient soldiers! And judging from the mop and bucket I saw stationed next to the display, it must be getting quite a bit of female attention. (“Herb...time to clean up the drool puddle on aisle 6...AGAIN!”) |
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Last Updated ( Oct 11, 2007 at 08:23 PM )
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Fat Burning Bodyweight Circuit Exercises |
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Written by Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
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Jul 23, 2007 at 10:33 AM |
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When you travel, you worry about missing your workouts and eating
poorly...So you must plan ahead for both (apples and almonds for
planes, trains, & automobiles)...and bodyweight circuits for "no-equipment fat burning".
And while I have bodyweight exercises that are just as hard as the
bench press and barbell squat in one of my bodyweight workouts, today
we'll focus on replacing intervals with bodyweight circuits.
To do a bodyweight circuit...
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Fat Burning Bodyweight Circuit Exercises |
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Written by Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
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Jul 16, 2007 at 08:19 PM |
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When you travel, you worry about missing your workouts and eating poorly...So
you must plan ahead for both (apples and almonds for planes, trains, &
automobiles)...and bodyweight circuits for "no-equipment fat burning".
And while I have bodyweight exercises that are just as hard as the bench
press and barbell squat in one of my bodyweight workouts, today we'll focus on
replacing intervals with bodyweight circuits.
To do a bodyweight circuit...
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