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Cheat Curls – Exercise Technique
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Cheat Curls – Exercise Technique

Cheat Curls – Muscles Worked & BenefitsExercise Type: Single-joint.Primary Muscles Worked: BicepsSecondary Muscles Worked: Lats, Middle Back and Shoulders Cheat curls are a great curling exercise designed to build mass and power in the biceps. The trick with this exercise is to use more weight than you normally would in a set of strict reps. [...]


Calf Training
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Calf Training

Basic Calf TrainingAs anyone who has been training for a while can verify, the quest for diamonds, unless you have been blessed favorably by genetics, can seem a never ending road. All of the really great bodybuilders had awesome calves; with names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Platz and Gary Strydom coming to mind. Many [...]


Calf Raises on Leg Press
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Calf Raises on Leg Press

Calf Raises on Leg Press – Muscles Worked & BenefitsExercise Type: Single-jointPrimary Muscles Worked: Calves Performing the calf raise on a Leg Press Machine totally isolates the calves, giving you the most intense variation of the exercise. The great thing about this exercise is that you can’t cheat. The machine stabilises the rest of your [...]


Calf Anatomy & Training
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Calf Anatomy & Training

This article will briefly outline the anatomy of the calf and its biomechanical role in the skeletal muscle system. It will also cover training the calf muscles from a bodybuilding perspective and offer a sample calf routine that can be used to develop monster calves. Anatomy of the CalvesThere are two main muscles that make [...]


Cable Crunches
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Cable Crunches

Muscles Worked by Cable CrunchesThe Cable Crunch works on the abs and it is important to take your time and perform these properly. Taking in the entire abdominal region, this is a great exercise for developing that six pack so many of us dream about. Also a good contributer for weightloss , the Cable Crunch [...]


Breaking Workout Plateaus
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Breaking Workout Plateaus

Regardless of whether you’re a bodybuilder or a strength athlete, sometimes plateaus happen. This may be due to a variety of reasons including genetics, nutrition, and/or technique to name a few. In this article we will review a couple of interesting and recent scientific articles that show you that conventional techniques may not always be [...]


Training Systems Of Bodybuilding
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Training Systems Of Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding vs WeightliftingThe main difference is that the volume of training of a weightlifter is different to that of a bodybuilder. In all the exercises undertaken by as weightlifter (with the exclusion of the squat), there is no eccentric movement in weightlifting. Say a lifter did 10 sets of two reps in the snatch, not [...]


Bodybuilding Basics
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Bodybuilding Basics

You may wonder what are the bodybuilding basics, the stuff every lifter should know. But with the amount of information & misinformation available it can become confusing. Well here is a great place to start. The Warm UpA warm up is an activity that precedes an exercise session and prepares the body both physiologically and [...]


Bodybuilding Accessories
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Bodybuilding Accessories

Why Use Bodybuilding Accessories?A variety of training accessories are available to help you get the most out of your workouts. Shoes. Choose appropriate footwear for whatever kind of workout you have planned. Note that many gyms have a covered shoe policy to ensure that you are not at risk of dropping a weight on your [...]


Body Types & Bodybuilding
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Body Types & Bodybuilding

The Ectomorph, Mesomorph & EndomorphObviously not all body types are the same. Some people are tall, skinny and lanky, others are short and stocky. The concept of body types, also known as somatotypes, was first discussed and developed by Dr. William H. Sheldon, an American psychologist, in the 1940’s. Dr. Sheldon’s theory described three basic [...]


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