The Importance of Intra-Workout Carbs

Muscle glycogen is our main source of energy during exercise. The harder you train, the faster you deplete your glycogen stores. Once a certain amount of muscle glycogen has been used up, your body stops trying to obtain energy from glycogen in order to try and conserve your remaining glycogen stores. This will lead...
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Exercise Progression for Muscle Growth

Let's say you have been exercising long enough that it is now a habit. You are faithful to lifting weights three to five days per week, anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour at a time. But, like many people, you've reached a plateau. You aren't building muscle as quickly as you did at...
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Muscle Building Workout Plan #2

At the bottom of this article you will find the download link to our latest workout plan. If you missed our previous article (6 week workout program) then click here. The previous article goes over important points regarding the duration of a workout, frequency, rest periods between sets, and nutrition. If you haven't already...
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Faster Muscle Growth with Supersets

If you have been lifting weights for some time or have been reading bodybuilding magazines and journals, you have probably heard of super-setting. What Are Supersets? A superset is when you perform two or more exercises back to back with no rest in between the exercises. There are a few variations of supersets such...
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Eating for Muscle Growth

If you go to the gym and train hard every week but are not seeing decent results, then chances are you are not consuming enough food. No matter how hard you train or what supplements you use, without consuming enough calories and protein, your body will not be able to build muscle. To build...
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6 Week Workout Program for Growth

(Download link to the workout is at the bottom of the article) One of the biggest mistakes you can make in your journey to muscle growth is doing the same workout over and over again. When you stick to the same workout routine for too long, your body becomes used to it, and the...
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4 Exercises for Bigger Legs

Skipping leg day is a common problem with many guys in the gym. Since your legs are covered most of the time, why would it matter if they were small? Well, it does matter, for many reasons. Not only will you look silly with a huge upper body and a pair of skinny chicken...
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3 Exercises to Boost Chest Growth

Building a muscular chest is on the agenda of most gym goers. The problem is unless you have amazing genetics, it is often hard to develop a thick and muscular chest that pops out when wearing a t-shirt. In this article, we will be going over three chest exercises that will help you boost...
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Supersets for Muscle Growth

There are many different styles of training available to make your workout harder, more efficient, and more effective. One such style is supersets. What is a superset? Although there are many different variations to supersets, they all have one common feature in that all exercises that make up part of the superset are done...
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