Workout

How to Do a Perfect Dip (No Tobacco Required)

So you’re looking to build up your muscles, and you’ve learned how great it is to train with compound exercises.  Rather than isolate your chest for 5 exercises, your shoulders for 5 exercises, and triceps for 5 exercises, why not pick a few that work all three at the same time!  One such exercise is [...]

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Exercise Every Muscle in Your Body in 15 Minutes

I went to the gym on Sunday night and I failed to realize that the gym closes really early on that day.  I literally had 20 minutes in the gym before they turned off all the lights, so I put together a quick routine to work out every single muscle in my body.  If you [...]

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In the Gym, Keep it Simple Stupid!

Open up any copy of Muscle & Fitness, and you’re bound to find dozens of different workouts that will sculpt the three parts of your triceps, individual abs, all parts of your shoulder, etc., with ultra-specific exercises that isolate individual muscles.  These routines will ask you to spend 5 or 6 days a week in [...]

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My New Workout Routine – Building Lean Muscle, Getting Stronger

Word Count: 450 NF Difficulty: Advanced Goal: Build Muscle
If you guys have been following the blog for a few months, you know that back at the beginning of April I started a new workout routine, emphasizing full body routines three times a week.  I worked in some Olympic style workouts, and even some circuits to [...]

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Deadlift – The Ultimate Exercise. Not Just For Zombies

Word Count: 652 NF Difficulty: Advanced
I’ve been going to the gym here in Atlanta for about a year and a half now, and you know how many people (other than myself) I’ve ever seen do a deadlift?  ZERO.
Not a single person in the entire time I’ve been in there has done a deadlift. I’m [...]

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