The Ultimate Lifting Experience
Men,
Michael Maillet proves that even with a heart condition you can still achieve your goals How did you get started in bodybuilding? I got into bodybuilding when I was about 22 yrs old and extremely unhealthy. I was a drinker, cigarette smoker and constant junk food eater. It took 1 person to get me to […]
Men,
How did you get started? I started in Bodybuilding when I first went away to college, not as a competitor, but instead as an avid lifter. I was very small, probably about 140 lbs as a frosh in college but playing football. My first semester away was very hard on me mentally and emotionally having […]
Point blank, exercise promotes increased BCAA oxidation (Shirmomura et al., 2004). This increased degradation of BCAA’s helps maintain energy homeostasis by providing carbon as a direct energy source and glucose homeostasis by providing substrates for the citric-acid cycle and gluconeogenesis (glucose-alanine cycle). What Is Homeostasis? Homeostasis is the tendency of the body to seek and […]
How did you get started with bodybuilding? As a child I was a competitive gymnast. Unfortunately I had to stop gymnastics due to sports related injuries, and thought that would be the end of competitions! Then, in the 90’s I began watching the Fitness America Pageant on ESPN. I saw women like Madonna Grimes, Tsaianina […]
Legs,
Jay Cutler knows quads. Not only is he propelled through life on two of the world’s widest wheels, but he has also analyzed how to train, rest and diet to make those legs bigger and better. Do you know what he knows? OK, hotshot, prove it. Grab a number-two pencil and take the Cutler quad […]
Abs,
In the ’80s, when they started appearing on everyone from Tom cruise to Madonna, muscular middles went mainstream. Hard cores were no longer hardcore. In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s era, some champs worked their abdominals for 30 minutes daily. For some of today’s pros, crunch time only comes precontest. This article is for nearly every bodybuilder, from […]
Men,
How did you get started with bodybuilding? I was first attracted to lifting because my friends around the neighborhood were doing it and getting good results. Before I could afford a weight set I would do push-ups and sit-ups in my room. I first began lifting at 13 years old when I finally saved up […]
In both the 1974 and 1975 Mr. Olympia contests, four immortal chest masters Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, Serge Nubret and Lou Ferrigno–flexed on the same stage in what were arguably the most pectacular displays in bodybuilding history. More than 30 years later, while assembling this list of the top 10 male chests of all time, […]
The 20 best backs of all time: FLEX ranks the bodybuilders who displayed the greatest rear views in the history of the sport and shares their best advice on how those legendary proportions were built It’s more than just the pairing of immense mass with intricate details that makes the best backs such crowd favorites. […]
Bob Kupniewski from simplyshredded.com got the chance to ask Alan Aragon a nutrition guru and expert author over here a couple questions regarding his training, diet and supplementation principles How did you get associated with Bodybuilding? I’ve admired great physiques for as long as I can remember. I think a great physique is an effective […]
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