In reviewing how the body responds to body building exercises, we must consider energy expenses and production, metabolic changes and blood plasma constituents like glucose and ammonia. We must also consider the expending trend of oxygen, both cellular and cerebral oxygen, and water so as to determine possible respiratory problems and dehydration possibilities. Considering these points will help us determine how exercise intensity and duration affects the body, how endurance can be improved and how fatigue can be reduced. In this article emphasis will be placed on metabolic and physiological reactions of the body to body building workouts. Humans are able to expend a lot of energy for extended periods during exercise simply because more energy continues while the available depositories are being used up. Skeletal muscles continue to burn more energy when the body building exercises are in progress. Resting muscles ...

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Q: I’ve been told that dips really help you add girth and help shape the tris. I’m currently doing push downs, skull crushers and kickbacks, but don’t know what else to do. If I want to change the shape of my triceps, what exercises can I do? A: Plenty! It sounds like you got off to a good start, but I do have some suggestions. First, if all you’re doing is these three exercises, you’ll want to expand your workouts a bit. It’s not that you have to do 6 exercises per workout—in fact quite the contrary. You really only want to select about 3 exercises per workout for either bis or tris. However, you want to mix things up and have some kind of plan as to what you do and when. I always say to people that “why” ...

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There is no shortcut to a successful bodybuilding career. It takes hard work for the goals to be achieved In bodybuilding the challenge is compounded by the need to develop large, well defined and toned muscle groups within a relatively short time. This is a critical objective without which future progress may be rendered impossible. Towards this end, bodybuilding can be looked as of two main benefits: for health reasons and for professional purposes. Whatever your goal is, increasing the muscle groups pays off through working hard. If it is for good looks, muscles are better to look at than layers upon layers of fat. The concern is how to maximize workouts while at the same time employing tactics which yield the best results with minimum hustle and pain. Workouts are at the core of these desirable strategies. For optimum benefits ...

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Are you an intermediate bodybuilder who just can’t seem to break the 200-pound mark? You eat everything in sight and take an hour nap each day, but something just seems to be lacking? Chances are, your body has become accustomed to your training patterns. You might be using the ever-popular 5-day training split (Chest, back, Shoulder, Arm, and Leg days). Or you might be using another. Whatever system you’ve been choosing, your body may no longer be responding. Without that need for response, the muscles stay their current size. Here are five routines that you should try for stunning the muscles into growing. Routine #1: 20 rep squats Squat three times per week. It’s that simple. Start your Monday with some warm-ups, then proceed to complete one all-out set of squats. This ...

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It is very important to train intensely because this is the only guaranteed way to achieve muscle gain. When you are in the gym you need to workout up to the point where your muscles reach muscle overload. As soon as the muscles reach this point they are now ready to start growing. This article will help you attain intensity in your training. For you train to intensely you need to observe the following; 1. Prepare yourself mentally You need to prepare yourself mentally to experience some pain. In bodybuilding you need to expect pain because there can be no gain without pain. The problem nowadays is that many people are pleasure seekers and go out of there way to avoid pain. Ever since we were kids we were taught to monish pain by taking an arsenal of pain killers. However if you are ...

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There is nobody who in there normal mind would not want to have a good body physique. Having a good body physique is the key to looking and feeling good about you. The best way to improve your body physique is through bodybuilding. When it comes to molding your body physique nutrition is a very important facet. Although nutrition is a very complex topic if you manage to master only the basics you will be able to mold your body into a perfect physique. There is a direct relationship between performance, nutrition and recovery. If you learn how to balance these three facets of bodybuilding, you will be able to fasten your progress in bodybuilding. When it comes to your diet, you should ensure that your emphasis is on the quality of your nutrition and not the quantity. The type of diet you ...

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Q: I need a good shoulder routine that helps my shoulders grow. I am tired of having small shoulders just because I haven’t figured out a good way to go about it. It really hacks me off too, because I have figured out just about every other body part and feel like I’ve tried everything. What can I do? A: What you can do is try my never-fail shoulder routine that helped my shoulders pack on at least 3 inches over the course of a few months. That’s no bull and that’s a lot of size on the delts, trust me. It makes a huge difference to look in the mirror and see that much beef staring back at you. First off, I’ll bet you went heavy, but never went heavy and did supersets. That’s the key to big shoulders. Keep ...

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Lat sweep, or the wing-like appearance of the back which is demonstrated by elite bodybuilders, is something that is very hard for bodybuilders to achieve. The men who display it on a bodybuilding stage have always taken one of three paths to get there. Many are born with it. They are genetically blessed with wide backs and narrow waists. They don’t have to work hard at all for great lat sweep. The second group didn’t initially have it, but were bright enough to start with movements such as chins and lat pulldowns at a very young age, or at a very early point in their training. When their teenage counterparts were benching and completing dumbbell curls, they were repping out on the chin bar, challenging their backs to grow while their bodies were still ...

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Upright rows are a movement which are embraced by some, and condemned by others. Some trainers and bodybuilders believe the movement is just plain awkward and causes injury. Others, most notably Bob Paris, owner of some serious cannonball deltoids in the mid-80s, believe they are essential for complete development. They hit the muscles of the shoulder like no other exercise, and are essential, they feel. A third group believes they are useful in a limited capacity in pre-contest training, when the shoulders cannot handle their normal training workload. Let’s take a look at each argument, and discuss the validity of each. Never use upright rows The upright row involves starting with a barbell at waist level, and hands about six inches apart. Bring the weight up almost to the chin, and then lower it back down. ...

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Very often, bodybuilding literature trumpets the need for full-range repetition in all bodybuilding movements in the gym. This is important for beginner bodybuilders, who often will have wasted effort, in the best case, and injuries, in the worst case, from partial rep form. We’ve all seen the man in the squat rack doing “power courtesies”, moving the weight down 2 inches while claiming to do squats. We’ve all seen the teenagers on the flat bench with more weight than they can handle, pressing the weight through a 3-inch range of motion then high-fiving their friends on a set well done. The truth is, for most trainers, partial reps mean the muscle is only doing partial work, and therefore not receiving the maximum potential for stimulation in the exercise. In other words, partial reps equate ...

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