Q: Is my calf development purely a function of my genetics, or can my training make a big impact? The calves are perhaps the most underappreciated of all the so-called show muscles. Too often, calf training is regarded as an afterthought, thrown into the mix whenever it’s convenient. Worse, many people give up altogether …
Gains on the Go: Your Guide to Muscle Growth While Traveling
3 Essential Principles for Insane Muscle Hypertrophy
Summer is normally shredding season, but if you’re stuck at home, maybe it’s time to flip the script and pursue your muscle-building goals. If you want to start putting on some serious size, the name of the game is hypertrophy, and the best way to stimulate it is by doing resistance exercises, which may …
Help Prevent Muscle Loss with Protein, Even When You Can't Train
2 Secret Techniques to Build More Muscle at Home
You’ll find no shortage of coaches and influencers out there these days telling you that working out at home is essentially “no different” than working out in the gym. Just keep using that good old progressive overload on an entirely different set of movements, and you’ll be A-OK! However, when equipment is at a …
Kettlebells for Bodybuilding: 5 Reasons 'Bells Rule for Muscle Growth
In the last few years, kettlebells have gone from a popular but still somewhat esoteric strength-training obsession to being considered as a fundamental tool right alongside barbells, dumbbells, body weight, and machines. And it’s no longer just fitness minimalists or “the kettlebell crowd” using them. Case in point: After an interaction over social media, …
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6 Incredible Clean Carbs Sources That Build Muscle and Improve Performance
Carbohydrates are the primary fuel source for your brain, body, and overall athletic performance, but not all carbs are created equal. Clean carbohydrate sources, aka complex carbohydrates, provide the long-lasting, sustained energy you need for prolonged workouts, such as running, cycling, and high-intensity functional training. They also help you build more muscle and optimize …
How to Build Muscle on the Keto Diet
When you hear that someone is following a ketogenic diet, rarely do you hear they’re also trying to build muscle while doing so. The keto diet has a wide range of associations these days—fat loss, mental clarity, health and biohacking—but getting huge isn’t usually one of them. But there’s merit, and research, to support …
The Top 5 Calisthenics Supersets for Strength and Muscle
I remember the first time I heard the term “superset.” Even once I realized it was about training, the phrase evoked images of muscular heroes and diabolical villains—larger than life, majestic, and powerful. In a word, super! Since I wanted to get strong, I decided at a young age to investigate this training methodology, …
Muscle, Inc.: How Dany Garcia Built Her Body and an Empire
“You don’t win on the day of competition,” says Dany Garcia in the opening sequence of the Instagram TV series that chronicles her personal journey to the physique stage. “It takes months and months and months of preparation. You have to win in the gym first.” For Garcia, that “win in the gym first” …
The Science of Muscle Recovery: A New Approach to the Post-Workout Window
When I first started training seriously in the late 90s and early 2000s, the post-workout window was gospel. We all knew that if you didn’t drink that recovery shake—with exactly a 1-4 protein-to-carbohydrate ratio—within 15 minutes of your workout, you were losing all the gains. OK, maybe not all of them, but most of …
30-Minute At-Home Workout for Muscle and Strength
The “I don’t have access to a gym” excuse no longer flies. Building muscle and shredding fat is possible without fancy equipment, and Scott Herman can show you how to make both happen in his new Gym2k.com All Access program MetaBurn90. While most HIIT workouts incessantly emphasize calorie burn to the detriment of pretty …
Full Upper-Body Workout for Phenomenal Muscle Growth
Ever wondered what it takes to be a fighter? As you would probably guess, it’s more than just swinging a few punches. Mike Rashid’s Kingmaker: 4 Weeks to Fighting Shape combines the best of several worlds—boxing, powerlifting, and bodybuilding—to help you reach your strength and performance goals with unreal intensity. Rashid is all about …