Bodybuilders, both natural and chemically assisted, often feel invincible. After all, they are 20 to 40 pounds bigger, and much more muscular, than anyone in every room they enter. They are strong, powerful, and generally feel that as long as they eat, train, and rest by the rules; they will feel this strong forever. Age and chance are two influences which often feel otherwise. As we age, our tendons lose some of their flexibility. It becomes harder to move our arms and legs than it was twenty years ago. Cartilage in the joints naturally wears away, making the likelihood of an injury increase. Additionally, thanks to chance, we never know precisely the moment when our muscles will prove to be too strong for our tendons, and damage will occur. We do know, however, that ...

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Many articles are written about bodybuilding nutrition, training, and supplementation. However, one key element of bodybuilding success is often overlooked. Despite being the foundation for all other bodybuilding success, most trainers don’t even consider thinking about injury prevention until they experience their first injury. Injuries to the body – whether they are muscle, tendon, or otherwise – prevent bodybuilders from training to their full capacity, and therefore result in lost bodybuilding progress. Here are six keys to remember which just might keep you in the gym, and off the injured reserve list. Consistency Many injuries occur when a trainer is attempting to come back from a short or extended layoff. Ten reps on the flat bench with 225 might have been a good warm-up when you were training all the time. But after a break, your body isn’t prepared ...

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From aching body joints, stiff backbones to sore muscles, bodybuilders are always complaining of injuries and impairments that shadow their gym lives. Injuries are second to normalcy to any bodybuilder or athlete though more prevalent to those who are in full bodybuilding excursions, due to that psychological or physical stress that has been placed upon the body. Injuries cannot be just wished away and might cost one the gains one has labored, by missing work outs, lack of sleep as well as ending that promising career. It is thus paramount to be aware of the different injuries that one at a specific period in the order of training experience or be inflicted with. Injuries are very widespread and a lot. Tendonitis is one type of injuries which reflects the inflammation of ones tendons which connect the body muscles to the ...

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Most of the injuries which are incurred in the gym come as a result of training with weights. There are lots of benefits that are accrued from training with weights and we cannot possibly go through this article without highlighting some of these. They include the following: There are lots of health benefits one of which is the preempting of debilitating conditions like osteoporosis which is a disease of the bones. Weightlifting will enable you to better your strength and flexibility. Apart from these you will also gain in endurance, muscle size, and increased power. Weightlifting is superb for the development of your body metabolism. As you lose fat you are gaining muscle which directly implies that your metabolism is set to improve. As an athlete, your prowess and ability will develop without a doubt. You will have a better state of mind since you will ...

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When a bodybuilder enters the gym, he is there to destroy muscle fibers. Not only in the figurative sense, but actually in the literal sense! When a muscle is trained, the individual muscle cells incur small tears. These muscle cell breakdowns slowly re-heal over the next 48 hours. They use amino acids and oxygen in the bloodstream as building blocks for rebuilding purposes – the fuel and materials to rebuild. When the muscle cells are completely healed, usually within 96 hours, they are slightly larger due to the healing areas holding new aminos. This is how muscle growth occurs. Sometimes, a muscle tears beyond the desired levels that training is aimed to deliver. Most of the time, this is an injury which can be self-diagnosed, and self-treated with a few simple adjustments to lifestyle. ...

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Q:  I’ve got a bad shoulder and can’t get the dumbbells in place for presses. Is there anything out there that can get them in place, as when they’re up there, my shoulder still allows me to go heavy? A: What you need is a pair of power lifting hooks. These contraptions will automatically put the dumbbells in pressing position, in the process eliminating the need for a spotter. If you’re not familiar with power hooks, it’s time you checked them out. They are simply hook on cradles that slip onto a bar when it is sitting on a rack (for instance, the bench press bar). At the other end are spring clamps that allow you to attach the hooks to a pair of dumbbells. You can thus load the dumbbells onto the hooks (which are made from special ...

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