This is a sponsored post. ----- The colder months are almost upon us, and with them comes the opportunity to bulk up and put on some solid muscle ahead of next summer. If winter is the time of hoodies and covering up, then it’s also the time to be hitting the gym hard and packing on as much mass as possible before you cut down to look amazing when shirtless next year. That means plenty of high protein shakes and good meals, but also confronting the realistic difficulties winter training presents. With the colder months also comes laziness and a lack of motivation. If that happens, it … [Read more...]
5 Simple Steps For Getting Better Abs
Hello Everyone. This is a guest post by Rob. ----- Getting better abs isn’t as hard as many people think. It does involve hard work and dedication but by following a few simple steps, you can see amazing results in just a few weeks. Good abs aren’t just to flaunt, they are an essential asset when it comes to any sport or type of fitness. A strong core will help you with other exercises and can thus help boost muscle growth or weight loss when training in the gym. Developing those dream abs requires work and a whole lot of planning. It's all about commitment and dedication, built … [Read more...]
Unilateral Exercises To Improve Core Strength
Hello Everyone. Today’s article is a guest post from FitnessOrStrength.com ----- We often use isolation exercise such as weighted crunches to target specific areas of our core, in order to stimulate growth or improve core strength. However, isolation exercises don’t provide the same level of overload that compound exercises can and if you’re like me, you may also find lots of core exercises boring and repetitive. Short term, implementing new compound exercises that work your core could reduce your need to isolate your core muscles and could help to keep you motivated by reducing the … [Read more...]
The Key Components Of A Muscle Building Diet Infographic
When you're trying to build up your muscles, the foods you eat will have a huge influence on your overall success levels. Eating the wrong types of food will reduce your energy levels during your muscle building workouts and inhibit your muscle growth while eating the right types of food will fire up your energy levels and maximize your muscle growth. This infographic discusses exactly what you need to be eating to build up your muscles and outlines The Key Components Of A Muscle Building Diet. Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons … [Read more...]
Rehydrate Regularly For Maximum Muscle Growth Infographic
Water has many health benefits but rarely gets mentioned in relation to muscle building. However, if you want to develop big, strong muscles, filling up on fluids is essential. This infographic will tell you why water is so important when it comes to muscle growth and provide you with some top tips to help you Rehydrate Regularly For Maximum Muscle Growth. Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want more information on the points covered in this infographic, make sure you take a look at the … [Read more...]
How Often Do You Need To Eat To Build Muscle? Infographic
Meal frequency is one of the most hotly debated topics in the muscle building community. Some people believe three meals per day is ideal for muscle growth while others insist that you need to be eating every 2-3 hours to build up your muscles. This infographic will take a deeper look at this subject and answer the all important question - How Often Do You Need To Eat To Build Muscle? Once you've checked out this infographic, please Like, +1, Pin and Tweet it by using the buttons above and below the post. Also, if you want additional information on the points covered in this infographic, … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Lift Weights Slowly
Lifting weights rapidly may make you feel like you're making good progress. However, in reality you're setting yourself up for injury and making false progress because you're using speed and momentum rather than strength and power to complete the lift. By slowing down, keeping full control of the weight and using strength instead of momentum, you'll get the maximum benefit from your strength training, even if you have to drop the amount of weight you're lifting. You'll also significantly slash your injury risk. The articles below provide you with lots of weightlifting exercises you can use to … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Lift Weights
Many people believe lifting weights has only one purpose and if they don't want bigger, stronger muscles, they avoid this type of exercise. However, no matter what your main fitness goals are, lifting weights can help. For example, if you want to boost your metabolism, lifting weights can help increase the calories you burn because muscle cells require three times more calories than fat cells to maintain. If you want to increase your cardiovascular fitness, having stronger muscles can help you perform at your peak as you train. The links below provide you with a number of innovative ideas for … [Read more...]
4 Effective Dumbbell Leg Exercises To Try This New Year
Now that January's almost over, I hope you're making plenty of progress with your New Year fitness goals. During the month, I've tried to help along the way by providing you with a range of dumbbell based exercises that you can use to strengthen and tone your chest, triceps, upper back, biceps and shoulders. Today I'm going to be finishing off this series of dumbbell based articles and providing you with 4 Effective Dumbbell Leg Exercises To Try This New Year. As I've mentioned in the previous articles, dumbbells are a fantastic workout tool which can be used to strengthen and tone all … [Read more...]
5 Effective Dumbbell Shoulder Exercises To Try This New Year
Over the month of January I've been providing you with a range of fitness themed New Year articles and provided you with some highly effective dumbbell exercises for your chest, triceps, upper back and biceps. Today I'm going to be adding to this series of articles and giving you 5 Effective Dumbbell Shoulder Exercises To Try This New Year. As you probably know, dumbbells are an extremely versatile piece of fitness equipment and are a great tool for targeting all the muscles in your shoulders and giving them an effective workout. If you want to develop stronger shoulders this New Year, these … [Read more...]