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Bodybuilding Exercises You Can Do Without a Gym

September 7, 2009 – 2:58 pm
You can do Bodybuilding Exercises without a Gym

A common concern that some of you have expressed to me is not being able to bodybuild without a gym membership. While a gym membership is definitely going to enable you to perform a much wider range of bodybuilding exercises, a gym membership is not essential to achieve your bodybuilding goals.

There are bodybuilding exercises you can do just by using your own bodyweight, and if you’re a beginner bodybuilder this is a great place to start with. Once you outgrow your own bodyweight however, you’ll need to use equipment that will provide you enough progressive resistance. This is when investing in setting up your own home gym could come in handy.
Home Gym Essentials

I’d say the minimum requirements for a home gym are:

* Workout Bench
* Sets of Barbells and Dumbbells (those with detachable weight plates are best)
* Stability Ball

In the end, it doesn’t really matter what resistance equipment you use, as long as you can have progressive resistance.

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How to Get the Biggest Muscle Growth Out of Your Weight Lifting Workouts

September 4, 2009 – 5:16 am
Muscle growth is inevitable if youre doing your weight lifting workouts right.

If you’re a hardgainer who had been weight lifting for a while now and you’re still not gaining the muscle growth you’re hoping for, what you’re doing is obviously not working. There are many factors that you could improve: maybe you’re simply not eating enough, maybe you’re not getting enough recovery time, or maybe you need to change your weight lifting routine altogether.

When it comes to weight lifting for muscle mass, you must be prepared to train smarter as well as harder. Here are a few tips to execute your weight lifting workouts more intelligently. Practice these along with proper nutrition and adequate rest, and you will reap bigger muscle growth – guaranteed.

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How to Get Big Muscles? Do Your Weight Training Routines With Proper Form!

August 30, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Do your weight training routine properly and youll reap maximum muscle gains

It always amazes me how, in an effort to build muscle mass as fast as possible, so many people (especially men) fall for the “more is better” thinking when it comes to their workout routines. But muscle growth, just like many things worth pursuing in life, is more about the quality of the work you put into it, not just the quantity. And this, my friend, is the main principle you need to drill in your head. Don’t let your ego rule your weight lifting routines – concentrate on proper form.

Executing your weight training routines with proper form is just one of the many elements an effective program must have in order to help you get big muscles. The other elements are progressive overload, tempo, having a bodybuilding diet that complements your goals, variation, rep range, warming up and stretching, core stability, considering muscular imbalances and proper posture, etc.

Ignore these elements and all your work will just go to waste, or you’ll reap sub-optimal muscle growth and over all results. If you really want big muscles, you must do what really works. If you don’t know what that is, then educate yourself by learning from reputable sources like Vince DelMonte and Tom Venuto.

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