Are Isolation Movements Better for Muscle Growth? | Which Comes First: Strength or Hypertrophy? | Do I Need Rest Days? | Overtraining vs. Overreaching | How to Balance Volume and Intensity | The Power of Autoregulation As simple as the concept of a rest day might seem, most people still don't seem to really understand what it actually is. A rest day doesn't mean running six … [Read more...]
Everything You Need To Know About Hydration
Dehydration is one of the most popular practices weight-class athletes and bodybuilders use to help shed the last few pounds. In a quest to make weight or come in with a more defined physique, athletes will restrict water intake, perform cardio in head-to-toe sweats, or melt away in a sauna, all in an effort to sweat out an extra pound or two. While you may see the number on … [Read more...]
Your First Weightlifting Meet: What You Need to Know
What is Olympic Lifting | Learn the Olympic Lifts | Olympic Lift Variations | Olympic Lifting and Bodybuilding | How to Master the Olympic Lifts | How to Prep for a Weightlifting Meet You can do the snatch and the clean and jerk at your CrossFit class, and you can watch it during the Olympics, but at some point, there's no better way to learn the sport of weightlifting than … [Read more...]
Bodybuilders Need Heavy Lifting, Too!
Want to make this year your best ever for building muscle? Then let's start by putting your traditional bodybuilding-style program on the back burner, at least for a while. Instead, you're going to focus on developing raw strength. Sound like heresy? Hardly. Some of the greatest bodybuilders of all time—including Ronnie Coleman and Arnold Schwarzenegger—were competitive … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know Before Starting Crossfit
What is CrossFit? | CrossFit for Bodybuilders | Bodybuilding for CrossFitters | Best CrossFit Supplements CrossFit has been around in one form or another for over 20 years. But ask anyone who does it what, exactly, CrossFit "is," and you'll still usually get a "Well…" This intense and occasionally controversial training style has always been tough to pin down or define. But … [Read more...]