Q: I’m a guy in his mid-thirties who loves to train heavy. Problem is I did some major damage to my lower back as a result of a skiing accident last Fall. How can I modify my mass building workouts to put less stress on this weak link?

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Q: I have really been into HIT lately, but I am losing strength, overall, on it. Is this normal to start HIT training and find that the second workout with the same body part finds you weaker?

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Q: How can I tell if I’m overtraining? A: Over training is perhaps the biggest stifler of bodybuilding potential. It is also very common, especially among novice trainers. These guys, full of energy and enthusiasm, do not understand, or simply refuse to accept, that more is not necessarily always better. Therefore, they place too much stress on the body and don’t give it enough time to recover. It is a condition that will lead to a frustrating dead-end in terms of training progress. The signs to look out for are chronic fatigue, insomnia, loss of appetite, proneness to injury and illness and the inability to achieve a pump. Lethargy, loss of strength and the making of excuses to avoid a work-out as well as general flu like symptoms may also be prevalent.

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Q: Is it a bad thing to work out in the A.M. on an empty stomach? I know it's great for cardio, but wasn't sure about weight training following the cardio. I will admit that it's easiest to just roll out of bed and throw on gym clothes and hit weights and cardio, and I did get great gains from this after a long lay-off, so I wanted to know if there is evidence to support it not being a good idea?

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Q: What is an appropriate age for kids to start lifting weights? A: For decades we were fed the line that kids under 15 were not yet ready for weight training – apparently their bones were too brittle. Meanwhile, the western world has stumbled into an obesity epidemic that is threatening to devour our children. Fortunately, most informed specialists now realize that properly supervised weight training is not an unsafe activity for children. According to Dr. Avery Faigenbaum of the University of Massachusetts in Boston, “the risk of injury while strength training is actually lower than many other children’s sports and activities.” In fact, nearly all major medical and fitness organizations in the United States now support some form of supervised strength training program.

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Remember when you were first starting out in bodybuilding? You probably looked at your first muscle magazine and decided you wanted to be as big as those guys. Your parents probably rolled their eyes as they bought you the magazine, but you knew you would do it. Years later, you’re probably a lot bigger than you were when you first read that magazine, but you’re probably not nearly as big as those guys are. Let’s re-assess your goals using a variety of factors, and determine if getting that big is something you can – and should – attempt.

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Let’s face it- bodybuilders put their knees through a great deal of stress. Of course exercises such as squats are going to place a monster workload on the knees, and the impact of walking around with a 50-pound muscle suit certainly adds some miles to your joints. You can work to protect them through the use of wraps, rest, and supplements, but regardless, as a bodybuilder, you’re going to face some major stress on the knees. Here are a few tips for bodybuilders to follow to protect the knees from damage.

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Q: Is isometric training of any value to bodybuilders and, if so, how can it be incorporated into a workout program?

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When you start dieting, it is quite obvious that you will have to replace what you have been eating with something else. This is what meal replacement is all about. Meal replacements are about the same to an ordinary meal which has been packaged in the same way, while at the same time paying attention to the nutrition. This means that it is a complete meal with all the appropriate elements being inherent. The food often requires that you mix with some water or another beverage of your choice.

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Successful body building is based on a particular strategy that details which exercises will be done in which workout session, with what intensity, for how long and hoe it will executed. Strategizing success most times equals body building success. It is on strategy that a body builder has to decide how to ensure each exercise is effective in stimulating muscle growth. When the exercise has been executed to the point where the body part(s) involved can not do any other rep, that is the point we call the exhaust point.

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