Building up your muscles and increasing your strength isn’t the toughest thing to do – but it does require a ton of time and perseverance. Here are the key areas you will need to address in order to increase your strength, size, muscularity and leanness. Take notes, pay attention, and you will make some terrific gains in muscle growth before you know it!

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By: Robbie j Durand, M.A. Senior Web Editor I remember when I saw Ronnie Coleman's training DVD Cost of Redemption, I highly recommend purchasing this DVD if you haven't. It includes Ronnie's workouts include 160 lbs Dumbbell shoulder presses, 800 lbs Squats, 2,250+ lbs Leg Presses, 495 lbs Bench Presses, 75 lbs Alternate Curls and more!! Here is what's really interesting, Ronnie sure as hell does not train like a bodybuilders in those DVD's and yet he was a 310 pound mass monsters. He trained incredibly heavy, yet he was not following the traditional 60 second rest periods for muscle mass principle. In Blood and Guts, Dorian would rest sometimes up to 5 minutes after squats, after spending some time with Branch and talking to Bryan Dobson at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, TX about how Ronnie trained, they trained very hard but often took anywhere from 3 to 5 minute rest periods. All of these champions certainly don't train with the traditional bodybuilding routine that used moderate weight with short rest periods (60 seconds or less) yet all of these guys are built like brick shithouses!! So if short rest periods as preached for some many years are the guy to muscle growth than why the fuck are these guys so big?. In this month's Journal of Sports Medicine, there was a review of 35 studies examining the both acute responses and chronic adaptations, with rest interval length as the experimental variable. By tweaking your rest interval duration, you can make some serious gains in strength and size, but it not what has been traditionally thought of by bodybuilders. By tweaking your training routine, now you can!

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The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that advanced athletes who want to maximize strength gains should lift heavy weights (1-6 repetition maximum) with three to five minutes rest between sets. Brazilian scientists reinforced this important principle of strength training. They measured the effect of resting one minute, three minutes or five minutes between sets during an intense, 16-week weight-training program designed to increase strength. Those resting three minutes or five minutes between sets gained more strength than those resting only one minute. Push big weights to get strong. You can't do this if you don't recover adequately between sets. (Journal Science Medicine Sport, in press; published online October 5, 2009)

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When you ask people what is needed to be successful with bodybuilding, most people will talk about adding extra weight to their exercises or extending the duration of their exercises. In short, they will want to increase the intensity of their workout. In many instances, boosting the intensity of a workout is not a bad idea. Often, by making your workout performance more intense, you will discover that your goals become much easier to achieve. But, this is not the only way to achieve your successful goals. For many, it is the bodybuilding post workout session that is what delivers the maximum impact. Far too often, we will overlook this and it is to our detriment!

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Are you ramping up preparation for your first bodybuilding show? You’re probably been reading up on diet, cardiovascular movements, and pre-contest supplements and drugs, preparing for what will no doubt be twelve weeks of misery as you work to reach the greatest shape of your life. Here are a few factors which may also contribute to your success, which you may not have considered.

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I’m sure there is someone who would find it ridiculous tat I would write an article to tell someone to go to sleep at night. Personally I need to read an article that will tell me to get out of bed more often, I love my sleep and I don’t condole anything that interrupts my time in the bedroom. Most of the bodybuilder’s who have problems with getting adequate time to rest are the ones who have a million responsibilities each day. You wake up early to make breakfast and prepare the kids for school and also pack for the some lunch or snacks. If you’re the lady then you know that your husband also needs to be taken care of in the morning. You then get prepared for the next 8 or 10 hours in your busy office.

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Muscle soreness is a condition which results from wrong body building. It is therefore not right since it can lead to poor form and eventually result to an injury. This therefore should be a state of control and avoid it from happening since it can lead to total failure in body building. Muscle soreness affects the group muscles in different ways and this is outlined in this piece of writing.

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There are very many guides in body building for the setting up of a program, the meal to take and probably the durations to take for resting. These are usually found on websites, magazines, and any other written materials as well as the video guides. However, not all of these guidelines are fit and good for use since they at times mislead body builders and cause failure in the long run. This article gives some perfect ways of ensuring that you hit the target and gain success when body building.

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You’re a bodybuilder. You do bodybuilder things, right? You eat a whole lot of healthy food and you lift a whole lot of weight. You understand the importance of the foods you need to be eating, and you ensure you deliver enough protein for your body for growth. You work very hard to cover all your bases when it comes to supplements as well. You use the basics, such as protein, creatine, and glutamine. You also recognize the need for vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants. You train hard, eat well, and supplement. However, you may be missing out on one factor just as important as these – rest and recovery. Here are a few things to consider the next time you want to rush to the gym without a rest day, or stay up all night partying.

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Everybody knows that it’s a good idea for people – bodybuilders and everyday Joes – to enjoy 8 full hours of sleep each night. However, it’s fair to say that in this world of busy schedules and 24/7 available entertainment in the form of cable television and the internet, many of us don’t reach that 8 hours number very often. It’s understandable, as life is quite demanding. However, bodybuilders do need more sleep than their sedentary counterparts, and if you desire success in bodybuilding, you need to find a way to reach that magic number of 8 hours. Here are some tips for reaching this goal.

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