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AskMen.com May 15, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Set A Personal Record In Any Exercise Personal progress provides its own motivation. Few things in the gym provide more positive feedback and personal motivation than setting a personal record on a favorite exercise. |
AskMen.com December 11, 2003 Pete Sisco |
3 Secrets To Explosive Workouts No two strength workouts should ever be exactly the same. Every exercise should involve a higher intensity of muscular output than the time before. That means you should always be reaching new personal records of heavier weight, more reps or an extra set. |
AskMen.com May 16, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Train Less & Develop Bigger Muscles Want to know what the #1 mistake made by people lifting weights is? This single mistake inevitably causes long training plateaus and frustration that saps their motivation needlessly. It's training with the wrong frequency... |
AskMen.com October 2, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Getting Back To The Gym What time is it? It's time to get back to the gym after your too-long absence. And when you return to the gym after a long absence, it's important to pay special attention to a few things. |
AskMen.com August 7, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Top 12 Ways To Improve Your Workouts It's amazing how knowing one or two little workout tricks can energize a stale routine. Your next trip to the gym will be filled with enthusiasm once you know you'll be using a new technique to squeeze more muscle building efficiency out of each exercise. |
AskMen.com October 31, 2002 Pete Sisco |
3 Common Bodybuilding Myths: Part II Myth #1: You need high reps for definition and low reps for mass... Myth #2: New muscle gains diminish after 48 hours... Myth #3: For best results, you need to train "instinctively" |
AskMen.com August 21, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Train Efficiently, Build More Muscle All you have to do to gain muscle mass is make sure that you lift more weight per minute than you did the last time. Even if that maximum stimulus lasts only five seconds, it will trigger growth in the muscle. |
AskMen.com May 2, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Gain Muscle & Avoid Injury There are simple ways to avoid injury and one of them can effectively build muscle simultaneously... |
AskMen.com July 25, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Bodybuilding Q&A How often should I train?... Isn't Static Contraction Training the same as the old Isometric Training? |
AskMen.com June 12, 2003 Pete Sisco |
4 Ways To Stay Motivated The greatest workout routine in the world is useless if you don't have the motivation to actually follow through with it. Here are some tips to help you avoid the pitfalls that lead to a lack of motivation, missed workouts and stalled progress. |
AskMen.com Pete Sisco |
5 Effective Chest & Arm Workouts |
AskMen.com February 6, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Heavy vs. Light Workouts Ever been in the gym and heard someone say, "I'm taking it easy today; yesterday was my 'heavy' day"? Those words point to a plethora of misconceptions and false premises that thwart maximum muscle growth and can even lead to a loss of strength and mass. |
AskMen.com September 19, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Build More Muscle In Less Time For the guy who wants maximum results with minimum time invested, an ultra-brief but ultra-intense workout will be performed about as often as he gets a haircut. Anything more is just lifting weights as a busy work hobby. |
AskMen.com August 22, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Muscle Definition, Workout Plateaus & More Muscle definition, or "getting ripped," refers to having your muscles appear more visibly and dramatically. Muscle definition is a function of two factors: 1) percentage of body fat and 2) muscle size. If you want better definition, you have to work on both elements. |
AskMen.com February 20, 2003 Pete Sisco |
A "Natural High" Workout One of the easiest ways to get your body to release large doses of endorphins into your system is by engaging in relatively intense exercise. |
AskMen.com October 30, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Getting Back To The Gym After Injury If your doctor has cleared you to return to the gym and begin lifting weights, here are some very useful tips that will help you avoid re-injury and minimize the discomfort of getting back into the shape you were in before. |
AskMen.com September 5, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Train Your Legs For Bigger Overall Muscles Want a bigger, more powerful chest, biceps and triceps? Want "barn-door lats" and "cannonball delts"? Want "six-pack abs" and "bowling-pin forearms"? Proper high intensity leg training can take all of those muscle groups to the next level. |
AskMen.com August 8, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Add One Inch To Your Arms In 3 Workouts Every guy wants bigger arms. There really is no body part that says "big and powerful" as clearly and obviously as a big pair of python arms. |
AskMen.com November 14, 2002 Pete Sisco |
The Best Forearm, Chest Exercises & More What are the best forearm exercises?... Is it possible to gain lean muscle mass while losing body fat at the same time?... When I exercise my chest, I don't really feel a burn in my chest area. What's wrong?... etc. |
AskMen.com May 31, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Get Ripped Muscles In 10 Weeks If you're in the gym trying to develop thick, powerful arms or a thick, powerful chest, why are you grinding away for hours? Why not perform the minimum dose of exercise that will deliver the highest possible intensity? |
AskMen.com Pete Sisco |
Precision Training - What's Your Power Factor? High intensity and progressive overload, the two indispensable conditions of muscular hypertrophy, can be measured mathematically. |
AskMen.com March 20, 2003 Pete Sisco |
The Essential Bodybuilding Glossary An essential guide to the most commonly used terms in the gym. Take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with them, and you'll feel more comfortable and competent whilst working out. After all, knowledge is power. |
AskMen.com September 4, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Top 3 Exercises For Adding Muscle Fast As a general rule, it's the exercises that allow you to lift the most weight. These three exercises use the largest muscles in the body, and I'm going to give you some tips on how to make sure you lift the maximum weight possible without even risking injury. |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 3 Over the last two installments of this series, I have shared some basic and intermediate training protocols with you. |
AskMen.com October 16, 2003 Pete Sisco |
14-Day "Jump Start" Program Here's a great routine that will trigger the muscle growth stimulus in your body, improve your aerobic conditioning, and burn a lot of calories. This program is fun because you'll feel new growth in your chest, arms and legs and, because it's only 14 days, it's easy to stick with. |
AskMen.com July 24, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Does "Cycling" Your Workouts Work? When you understand the false premises underlying this type of training, you'll want to "recycle" it, or just throw it in the trash bin. |
AskMen.com March 6, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Burn More Fat With Aerobic Exercise Aerobic training and strength training are the yin and yang of the exercise world. They are two fundamentally different concepts that meet in a "harmony of opposites." |
AskMen.com June 27, 2002 Pete Sisco |
Build Ab Muscles Fast Here's how you can rationally train your abs to their absolute maximum limit of development using everyday gym equipment. |
AskMen.com May 16, 2012 Vince Del Monte |
15-Minute Workout This is a workout designed for individuals seeking maximal muscular development and leanness by trashing all the critical growth fibers in one insane 43-rep set on the same body part. It's called the 16-12-25 workout. Yikes! |
AskMen.com June 14, 2001 Curt Pedersen |
Summer Shape Up Contrary to popular belief, losing body fat does not have to be a boring task that takes months to produce results. If you want to shed body fat fast and see the results of your efforts just as quickly, then have I got a workout for you... |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Specialization Routines After you develop a weightlifting base, you can start looking into specialization routines that will really zero in on one or two particular body parts. |
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Muscle Growth Hacks You should follow these 6 muscle growth hacks in order to get the same results with minimal effort and in the smallest amount of time -- while keeping your body and muscles healthy and safe. |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 1 When guys attempt to decide on a training program, one of the first questions they ask is: "What's the best set and rep scheme for gaining muscle?" |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Building Bigger Calves Building bigger calves is certainly possible if you take the right training approach. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout If you haven't had a chance to pick up his book, here are the basics of the Arnold Schwarzenegger workout to get you started. |
AskMen.com January 22, 2004 Declan Connolly |
Get Maximum Results With Short Circuits During circuit training, you perform a series, or "circuit," of weight-training exercises (or "stations") using low weights and high repetitions with minimal rest between sets, in order to keep the workout intensity -- and your heart rate -- up. |
AskMen.com October 3, 2002 Pete Sisco |
A One-Month Static Contraction Workout The following is a simplified program that will work for everyone, from those who are new to weightlifting to the more experienced lifter. But make no mistake; this method of training quickly ramps up to ultra high intensity and the effects can be startling. |
AskMen.com October 19, 2000 Ian Lee |
Lift Heavier Weights In 3 Months Many of our readers expressed their anger in regards to lifting the same puny weights every time they perform their weightlifting routines. We feature a strength-training program designed to increase power and mass in a mere 3 months... |
AskMen.com May 19, 2014 James Fell |
How To Build A Progressive Weightlifting Program Let's write something up about the basics of weightlifting progression for those who don't think the moon landings were faked. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Shock Your Muscles With Supersets One of the biggest reasons you reach a plateau in your workout is that you are doing the same thing over and over again. Surprise your system with "supersets." |
AskMen.com July 26, 2001 Ian Lee |
Bodybuilding Mistakes To Avoid Here's a list of 10 common bodybuilding errors you should be wary of. Even if some of these examples seem ridiculously obvious, take a few minutes of your time to read up and make sure these bad habits are permanently lashed out of your training routine... |
AskMen.com John Romaniello |
Training For Size: Part 2 Here are what I consider to be two of the best methods for full-body training. |
AskMen.com April 5, 2001 Ian Lee |
Bodybuildinng For Beginners The following is a review of some of the fundamentals for a successful weight training routine... |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Build Bigger Shoulders To truly create a muscular image, you will need to focus on increasing the size of your shoulders; doing so will help you develop the tapered V look, which is created by having broad shoulders and a narrow waist. |
AskMen.com November 13, 2003 Pete Sisco |
Training Opposing Muscle Groups Stretching and strengthening muscles on both sides, sometimes referred to as antagonistic or opposing muscle groups, is of utmost importance. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Super Slow Sets A lot of men look to super slow sets when toying around with creating a new strength-training regimen. The idea is that by applying tension over a greater duration of time, you will spark new muscle growth that you were unable to achieve with your regular training rate. |
AskMen.com Ian Lee |
10 Rules For Building Mass Follow Chris Cormier's 10 basic mass building rules when training to gain real mass. |
AskMen.com November 9, 2015 K. Aleisha Fetters |
Quick Workout Fixes Ten ways to get more out of your workout. |
AskMen.com Jeff Bayer |
Circuit Training: What Can It Do For You? The purpose of circuit training is to keep you moving by only allowing you to take minimal breaks between exercises. Circuit training works -- for men, as well as women -- because it causes you to keep pushing your body aerobically, while still challenging your strength. |
AskMen.com March 3, 2005 Jim Carpentier |
7 Weight-Training Methods To Break Plateaus Methods that have been used in the weightlifting world for several years and are guaranteed to help you escape that rut, overcome future plateaus, and energize your workouts. |