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Compete as a Bodybuilder?
You Want to Compete as a Bodybuilder?
Of course you want to compete because you have spent months, may be even years training to build your body to perfection.
Why keep it hidden?
Most likely you have heard that bodybuilding competition involves a maximum level of physical and mental control unlike most other sports. Yes, it is very, [...]
Bodybuilding Principles to Follow
Bodybuilding takes dedication and persistence without ever cluttering the mind with the idea of doubting one’s ability to make it to competition. The bodybuilder knows that he or she needs to train intensively. You need to be aware as you go through your training sessions that your workout is intense to the degree that you [...]
Some Bodybuilding Principles
Building a magnificent body is the goal of every bodybuilder who sets her or his eyes on winning the next competition. Building that magnificent body requires, of course, dedication, but also some key body building principles that need to be followed in order to achieve the desired results without great hardship on you mind and [...]
Jumping Rope Livens Up Bodybuilding Routines
Bodybuilders know the importance of keeping their bodies in physical shape. It takes commitment and perseverance just like keeping relationships healthy and happy. One neat trick to keeping a body in shape is jumping rope. Many benefits can be experienced. Some bodybuilders may believe that it is tedious or boring, but that’s not actually true. [...]
Stretching before Exercises Reduces Strength and Results
Stretching before exercises is a ritual which athletes have been following for many years now. Surprisingly enough, it turns out that stretching is not as beneficial as we think. Several recent studies showed that pre-exercise stretching takes away 15-30 minutes of muscle strength and explosive muscle activity in such exercises as jumps.
Protein Overloading Tactics
Every serious bodybuilder should aim to overload his diet with protein. Commonly, it is recommended to consume 1 gram protein per every pound of body weight daily. This can be easily achieved if you follow the tips below, which will help you efficiently use the protein you consume. Generally speaking, those tips advise to train [...]
Cycle Interval Workout
Undertraining is better than overtraining. It is a mistake to think that harder training will pay off immediately. Instead, you’ll get nothing but bodily discomfort and the idea to skip yet another session in a gym. Keep it in mind if you want to try the training plan you’re going to read about below. The [...]
Top Lower Back Exercises
Straight, toned and muscular lower back is one of the basic body parts a bodybuilder needs to form. Here are top three exercises for lower back muscles every bodybuilder should do: hyperextensions, Stiff Leg Barbell and Deadlift. Find out what muscles work while doing these exercises and how to do them correctly.
Grill Your Meat with Caution
Food related diseases are often contracted through consumption of undercooked or raw meat. Such disease can easily affect the bodybuilder’s lifestyle by bringing about vomiting, fever, diarrhea, etc. Any bodybuilder must be cautious about the bacterial pathogen Campylobacer found in poultry. The most widespread food-related diseases in the US are commonly caused by this pathogen. [...]
Diet Strategy for Bodybuilders
A body builder must follow some strategies in order to successfully gain muscle mass and at the same time lose body fat. It is a no-brainer what we need to do in order to lose weight but gain muscle at the same time. On the other hand, the question of what not to do is [...]
Protein in Bodybuilder’s Diet
Protein is essential for recovering and building up muscle tissues. Amino acids, provided by proteins, form building blocks for all cells in our body. Our internal organs, hair, immune system and all other systems in the body can’t exist without proteins. Bodybuilders have to get as many proteins as it’s needed for both supporting body [...]
Cholecystitis – a Threat to Bodybuilder’s Health
Extensive training often leads to development of various infectious diseases. Every bodybuilder needs to be well-informed about them in order to ensure prevention and proper treatment. As an infection travels through the body it often finds gall bladder as a perfect refuge environment. Which causes cholecyctitis. The bladder gets inflamed and aches. However, the pain [...]
Bodybuilder’s Daily Calorie Intake
Caloric value is what all kinds of food have in common. Over the past years this was the hottest topic among dieticians. High-calorie and low-calorie diets were alternatively in favor. The same is true about proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Experts often change their views and we have to put up with it.
Mental Tips for Bodybuilders
Nobody is perfect. So don’t be too much concerned with your possible physical imperfections and use what the nature has given you effectively. If you cannot have the best, make the best of what you have. Here are 9 top mental tips for bodybuilders. Following them you will be able to achieve your gym goals [...]
Joe Weider’s Training Principles for Advanced Bodybuilders – The Continuous Tension Principle
The key bodybuilding principle goes, maintain continuous tension on muscle to maximize its growth. Muscle mass growth depends on increasing workout load. It is actually what the athletic training is all about. In fact, before Joe Weider took over, the increase in workout load was understood merely as increasing weights. Joe brilliantly discovered that muscles [...]
Lower Back Pain – Questions and Answers
It is commonly considered that lower back injury and pain are caused by overtraining. Yet, pain in the lower parts of the spine is more often a result of our regular activities. Sitting is the major cause of the difficulty. Sitting puts even greater strain on the spinal column than standing. The increased force is [...]
Dexter Jackson Is Mr. Olympia 2008
Everybody has been looking forward to this great event, and, finally, we know, who became Mr. Olympia 2008 – it is Dexter Jackson. In the previous article about Mr. Olympia 2008 it is already mentioned, that his form was even better than it ever used to be. He could be only the best or, at [...]
Mr. Olympia 2008
September, 27, 19 top bodybuilders from around the world gathered on the stage at Orleans Arena to compete for the title “Mr. Olympia 2008“. It turned out, that the results of preliminary evaluation not only did not support some of the forecasts made before the contest, but also presented a number of surprises.
Toney Freeman Placed First at PBWC
Pro Bodybuilding Weekly Championship has taken place on August 9, in Tampa, Florida. As expected, the top five were tournament favorites:
1st place – Toney Freeman
2d place – Dennis James
3d place – David Henry
4th place – Darrem Charles
5th place – Fouad Abiad.
Nutritional Tips for Bodybuilders
Your nutrition should be one of your major priorities when your goal is to raise your muscular development. What you eat and how you eat has greater importance than the training scheme itself. Gym takes about an hour of your life a day, while the other 23 hours have much greater effect on how fast [...]
