The Science Of Building Muscle
The science of building muscle: this groundbreaking article will help you get the most out of your workout by breaking down the critical components of each rep
Sets are competitions with yourself. They're finite journeys taken again and again. Broken down into reps and stacked together to form workouts, they're training's fundamental unit of measurement. Th[...]
Ultimate Bodybuilding Guide – 63 Rules To Grow By
Ask most bodybuilders and they'll tell you--training is the easy part. Not that lifting ungodly tonnage and pushing your body to its physical limits day after grueling day isn't hard work. It's just that understanding the ins and outs of bench pressing, squatting, curling and the like isn't totally difficult to master, especially when you're hungry to improv[...]
Pack It On With Protein: Add Muscle Strategically With These Essential Tips
How much protein do you need and when do you need it? If you can answer this question correctly, then mass gains are virtually guaranteed.
Keep in mind that protein requirements are fluid, but most people can benefit from a daily consumption of 1 1/2 or even two grams per pound of bodyweight. Here, you'll find some other key components to packing it on wi[...]
Matt Albert talks with SimplyShredded.com
How did you get started with bodybuilding?
Although I played ice hockey and got some exercise, I was chubby through middle school and most of high school. As a kid, I was never able to do a push up or pull up. Over the summer before my senior year of high school, I started running very late at night to lose weight because I was well over the weight range I [...]
Building Armour Plated Pecs With Bobby Rosen
What are your favorite exercises and why?
Recently I’ve become a big fan of the smith machine presses and other machine presses in general. It’s funny because when I first started working out I never used machines for presses I always considered free weights to be the best option. I’m also a big fan of flat barbell bench presses, just like most people[...]
The Amazing 73 Yr Old Andre Begin “Former Mr Canada” Talks With Simplyshredded.com
Andre Begin (born April 11, 1937) is a former Canadian bodybuilder, Fitness College Professor and an international fitness consultant on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Begin has consulted celebrities, top athletes, champion bodybuilders and members of the royal family. He is one of the co-founders of the Canadian Bodybuilding Federation (CBBF) and was th[...]
Bolder Shoulders: Creativity & Intensity Are The Keys To Building Bigger Delts
Bringing out the shape and striations of the shoulder muscles is a big part of upper-body training, but first you need to make sure you have sufficient delt muscle mass. Here are three tips for adding massive size to the shoulders.
Go Heavy
Working in the 8-12-rep range is generally the best way to add muscle mass to most bodyparts (the one exception being[...]
NGA Pro Eric “The Beast” Broser Talks With Simplyshredded.com
How did you get started with bodybuilding?
I was always into big, muscular physiques since I was a child. I coveted the look of the superheros in the comic books. However, it was not until I was 16 years old that my friend Mitchell and I made a pact that we were going to start training and keep doing so until we were both “huge!” Since that day, I never[...]
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