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6 Reasons Deadlifts are awesome.
6 Reasons Deadlifts Are Awesome, by Charles Staley – Although deadlifts might seem a bit "expensive" for some because they initially require a learning curve, and also because they negatively impact your recovery compared to other movements, no other single exercise provides as many benefits.... -
How to train your lats.
The lats appear to be a pretty even fiber type split, with around 50% fast and 50% slow twitch fibers. This means a wide range of repetitions and rest periods should be used and you should also (occasionally) utilize aids like lifting straps to ensure that your grip is not failing before your lats –... -
How to lift with Bad Joints
How to Lift with Bad Joints Try these workarounds to keep you in the gym when you're feeling a little banged up. Lift hard for long enough and you'll eventually have some joint pain. Whether it's the knee, shoulder, lower back, or wrist, something will probably flare up. Now, you could pop some p... -
ECcentric Actions - Control it!
t's common for people to only focus on bringing the weights up and forget to control the weight down. We have solid evidence showing this is not beneficial for muscle growth.
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A 2017 meta-analysis shows the eccentric (lowering down) part of a lift is at least as important as the concentric... -
Stimulating Reps
A Stimulating Rep is a repetition in which maximum activation occurs with a slow contraction velocity. Follow the steps on the infographic for maximizing muscle activation – both heavy weights or light weights taken to failure can produce high amounts of activation. Movement velocity will also slow... -
Bat Corked With Bouncy Balls
Haha, this is pretty funny. I heard about doing this all the way back when I was in Little League. Looks like it hits hard, but makes the bat too heavy. The whole idea of cork is that it's lighter than the wood and makes the bat lighter. ... -
Aceto & Romano HEATED Rhoden Debate! Heavy Muscle Radio
Aceto & Romano HEATED Rhoden Debate! Heavy Muscle Radio
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Heavy Negativers for growth.
Heavy negatives are great for growth, however, they’re basically impossible to do alone. If you want a new intense training stimulus while training along, give max effort isometrics a shot. Set up in a power rack according to the steps given in the infographic. From there, using just the bar, push or... -
Anabolics Only Cycle
I've been thinking of doing a cycle of just anabolics, i.e, var, tren, etc. I've used the more androgenic ones in the past, and for whatever reason, my body chemistry just doesn't respond well to them, but I DO respond to the more anabolic compounds. What would be some suggestions for a cycle lik... -
Tips to make your Body work for you.
No matter your current goals, you’re not going to improve... -
Eccentric vs Concentric Training
Many trainers and coaches preach the importance of the lowering portion during lifting as they believe it to be more important for growth. The reality is that many of the studies that show this to be the case used greater loads during eccentric-only training compared to concentric-only training. Since... -
New Front page Added To MC, my apologies for the forum crashing today.
I know a lot of you were booted off the site today, and the site overloaded and crashed. Very sorry, and it may have been simple traffic load or our new front page we just installed. Anyhow, were obviously back up and if anyone sees anything glitchy, please post it here or pm me if possible, as the fron... -
Train all Muscle Types
How To Train All Muscle Fibers TRAINING FASTED MAY IMPROVE POST-WORKOUT Muscles are made up of long cells known as muscle fibers, innervated by a nerve cell (neuron) which stimulates the muscle to contract. Stimulating the right type of muscle fiber can impact your physique! One nerve cell can stimul... -
Pressers Movie Review - Title (BIGGER) - About Joe and Ben Weider - Loved It!
I know my weekly movie reviews have become more like monthly lately but this one I needed to take a minute and Post Review for right after watching it! Movie title is BIGGER and its the Weider Brothers Story, with BIG TIME Actors, for the record as I know a lot of our fitness genre movies are B movie... -
The Dumbbell Side Bend is for Dummies
The Dumbbell Side Bend is for Dummies
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A common exercise that doesn't make biomechanical sense is side bends performed while holding a dumbbell on each side. Of course, the weight of the dumbbell offsets the weight on the other side, making this exercise ineffective at sufficiently loading...
