“I can’t do pull-ups, I’m just too big!”

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In most sports, being tall is quite an advantage. In football, you can see over your competitors and make plays nobody else can. In basketball, it means you’re first to the rebound and your shot isn’t blocked. Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world and one of the tallest sprinters in history. Tall tennis players have a reach that leaves others with twisted ankles trying to reach the ball. In other sports, height can be a curse. Tall soccer players aren’t able to cut and move as quickly on the field. In bodybuilding, having a great deal of height can be a curse or a blessing, depending on where you are in your overall development. In the beginning, it will be a curse. However, if you overcome years of being the lanky man onstage and manage to fill out your physique, you can win a lot of trophies by out-muscling everyone around you – and never being overlooked by the judges!

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Many bodybuilding articles are going to blow smoke up your can by telling you tales of how easy it is to change your currently pathetic thighs into the thickest hamhocks this side of Mustafa Muhammad. The reality is that many of these articles are designed to sell bodybuilding supplements and give hope to people who, unfortunately just aren’t destined to have thighs this large. Here are some questions to ask yourself which can help you to most accurately gauge your potential for making leg mass gains.

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Calves are some of the hardest body parts in which to instill new growth. For many bodybuilders, the calf size and density you achieve in your early twenties is about as far as you will go. Others will find ways to boost growth later in life, when shortcomings become obvious on the bodybuilding stage. Without further adieu, when you have tried to get those calves to grow and all else has failed…

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Are you looking for a set of arms on par with those of today’s top professional bodybuilders? If so, you’re not going to be able to just attain them with a 2-month training fix found in an article of a muscle magazine. Those arms didn’t arrive to those men overnight, and they certainly aren’t going to replace yours without some major changes to your current regimen.

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You know what the meaty back days entail. You walk into the weight room, and you crawl out. You spend an hour and a half clubbing the back with set after heavy set of deadlifts, rows, and other assorted painful movements. At the end of the day, your back is pumped, you don’t fit in your shirt, and you know tomorrow is going to being some soreness. This is the way you should always train, right?

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Calf training is tough, no doubt about it. Compare it to training you utilize for body parts such as chest or biceps. When it comes to those areas, you can clearly see the muscle group being stimulated. Motivation is always there because people who take interest in your training or physique will often ask to see these body parts. And since they’re visible in just about any mirror you walk past or photograph you take, you are constantly reminded of them.

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Things just aren’t what they used to be. Back in the days when the A to Z of bodybuilding was Arnold to Zane, bodybuilding training was simple. The guys weren’t dependent upon 10,000 pieces of equipment with cables and pulley leverage designed to tug at the muscle group from varying angles. Rather, men trained with heavy, solid pieces of welded iron and bench. Instead of opting for today’s wide array of ‘fancy-schmancy’ pumping exercises, why not choose the plain ol classic used by the greats of the past to add their mass? Choose Barbell Curls!

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Remember when you first started lifting weights? It was all so simple then. You would walk into your gym and tackle whatever exercises looked good. It was all about challenging your body from every angle back then, and you loved every second of it. You probably didn’t count anything except the number of plates on the bar, and you kept adding weight every week. It was a glorious time, with those beginner’s gains. However, those days seems to have passed you by. Today it is much harder to grow bigger and stronger in the gym. You actually have to focus energy each day upon specific body parts, and it does matter what exercises you use. Set and rep ranges are influencing your success to a noticeable degree for the first time. When should you go heavy, and when should you stay light with the weight? It can be confusing to say the least. Let’s look at three common repetition ranges and decide which is best for you, and when.

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A lot has been written about the benefits of using a low-carbohydrate diet for shedding body fat while retaining or even gaining muscle. In the last few years, a few high-profile gurus have made solid names (and bank account balances) for themselves by selling the idea that fewer carbs can help the bodybuilder get leaner than ever, while keeping the muscle. At the same time, a counter-effort, fueled partly by the politics of a split bodybuilding empire and by emerging research showing some of the dangers of low-carb eating, has emerged. So, the bodybuilding field is basically split down the middle. Let’s look at both the advantages and disadvantages of low-carb dieting, and see which is right for you!

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