Chest | Back | Shoulders | Biceps | Triceps | Legs | Abs The way lifters train their shoulders is usually a balance of personal taste and injury history. Is putting heavy weight overhead the ultimate goal? Or does it make you wince just thinking about it? Are raises your bread and butter, or …
For 22 Years, Muscle Has Lived at Gym2k.com
In 1999, the sport of bodybuilding was more popular than ever. Muscle icons like Ronnie Coleman, Dorian Yates, and Lenda Murray graced the covers of magazines and stood out at competitions, but for everyday lifters and gym rats, quality training and nutrition information was largely inaccessible. From its earliest days in April 1999, Gym2k.com sought to fill that void. It was created with the singular …
10 Best Triceps Workout Exercises for Building Muscle
4-Minute Muscle: Jim Stoppani's Brutal Full-Body Workout
10 Best Biceps Workout Exercises for Building Muscle
Chest | Back | Shoulders | Biceps | Triceps | Legs | Abs Over the years, a number of studies have sought to investigate the best biceps exercises. This shouldn’t surprise you! You know the first thing you’d do if you ever got access to an EMG machine would be to hook it up to your guns. Be honest. …
The Top 10 Chest Exercises for Building Muscle
Chest | Back | Shoulders | Biceps | Triceps | Legs | Abs There are dozens of exercises you could do on chest day (the Gym2k.com Exercise ://www.bodybuilding.com/images/2021/march/bench_press_12-5-700xh.gif”/> Barbell Bench Press Variations for Chest Growth: In your workout: Bench toward the start of your chest workout for heavy sets in lower rep ranges, such as 5-8 reps. There are better …
10 Best Back Workout Exercises For Building Muscle
Chest | Back | Shoulders | Biceps | Triceps | Legs | Abs When you crack your exercise toolkit open each week on back day, you’ve got a seemingly endless array of movements available. If you’re overwhelmed by the sheer number of row variations, or you draw a total blank when thinking of new exercises to try, consider this …
“I love the way muscle looks and feels, and I love the way my body feels.”
Ashley Moore is a nurse, military wife, and mother of four. When her kids were little, she poured her time and energy into them, which left very little time for herself. A chronic stress eater who assumed cardio was the only option to lose weight, Ashley avoided getting serious about health for a long …
How (and Why) to Stay Lean While Building Muscle
The Best Kettlebell Exercises for Muscle, Strength, and Weight Loss
Every passing day, more people are buying their first kettlebell—or their third, or their fifteenth. That’s not likely to change any time soon. So the question of what this unique weight is best for is more timely than ever. So, here’s my answer, as someone who has been training with, and training people to …
The One Technique You Need to Build Muscle and Burn Fat This Year
Ask the Muscle Doc: Is Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy Real?
Q: Is sarcoplasmic hypertrophy a real thing and, if so, is it affected by the type of training that I perform? The sarcoplasmic hypertrophy theory has been around for decades and continues to be a source of controversy. The key to understanding it begins with a little muscle physiology. Skeletal muscle …
How Many Exercises Per Muscle Group?
When the temperatures start to drop at summer’s end, most people begrudgingly store their bathing suits and suntan lotion. Those with muscle on their mind know it’s the time of year when they can focus on size and getting as big as possible. Let’s take a look at the training methodology that will enable …
Get Maximum Muscle Growth and Strength with Time Under Tension
What’s the best rep range for maximizing muscle size? How about for increasing strength and power? If you answered 8-15 reps for the former and 1-6 reps for the latter, most trainers would say you’re on the right track. I would, too, with one caveat: that your time under tension (TUT for short) also …
Eating to Grow: The Top 10 Foods for Building Muscle
If you’re trying to gain size, you can spend two hours in the weight room, hammering out set after set, but it won’t mean much if you aren’t eating a muscle-focused diet.Size gains come from two foundational actions: tearing the muscle down with training, and building it back up with nutrition. And nutrition means …