Category: Bodybuilding



Overview Of Circuit Training
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Overview Of Circuit Training

What is circuit training? Circuit training is a combination of strength training and endurance training. In a circuit-training workout you complete a group, or circuit, of exercises with little or no rest in-between. Usually, one circuit consists of 6 to 10 exercises. Each exercise is performed for a set number of repetitions or period of [...]


Super Toning Training Routine
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Super Toning Training Routine

This routine is such that you must be prepared for hard training and you should ensure that your health is of such that you may embark on this type of routine. If you are not sure then seek medical advice before starting. If just starting out then you must cut the routine down until your [...]


Stretching and Flexibility
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Stretching and Flexibility

We have all heard of it, and yet the amount of people who don’t stretch after their warm up is astounding. Most weight trainers think that is not ‘macho’ to be seen in front of their mates stretching and miss it out all together this is a big mistake because Stretching is a fundamental way [...]


Muscle and Muscle Fibers
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Muscle and Muscle Fibers

Our muscle tissue consists of fibers (cells) that are highly specialized for the active generation of force for our muscle contraction. Muscle tissue provides motion, maintenance of our posture, and heat production. On the basis of certain structural and functional characteristics, the muscle tissue that our body has is classified into three types: cardiac, smooth [...]


Strength Training for Sports Six Basic Rules
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Strength Training for Sports Six Basic Rules

Any strength training program should apply six basic laws of training to ensure adaptation and keep people who embark on training free from Injury. Especially the young and inexperienced trainers who decide to train without proper instruction from qualified training instructors or specific sports coaches. The six rules apply to all athletes regardless of the [...]


Understanding Muscular Fitness
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Understanding Muscular Fitness

Strength can be measured and developed in several ways, each of which is highly specific. How the strength will be used should dictate the type of training and testing. Dynamic Strength. Also called isotonic, dynamic strength is defined as the maximum weight that can be lifted once with strict form (1RM). This is actually a [...]


9 Steps to Eliminating a Plateau
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9 Steps to Eliminating a Plateau

The human body is incredibly effective at adapting to change. This applies to all types of scenarios and situations, working out is no different. Following the same routine for a prolonged period of time will have nothing but toxic consequences to one’s mind, spirit and progress. A plateau is literally the end result of a [...]


Resistance Training Exercise Variables
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Resistance Training Exercise Variables

Before anyone jumps in to the gym and puts some weight on to a bar and tries to move the weight without knowing what they are doing, they are going to put their body at risk of some serious injury. You have to be aware that putting together a routine for specific training is more [...]


Strength Training Among Older Adults
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Strength Training Among Older Adults

While jogging, running, swimming and other forms of aerobics have always been very popular among older adults, lifting weights and strength training is largely ignored. Research has shown that exercises involving weight lifting are safe and effective for men and women of all ages, including those that aren’t completely healthy. In fact, individuals with health [...]


Using Periodisation Designing Training Routines
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Using Periodisation Designing Training Routines

The key to designing really effective short, mid, and long term resistance exercise programs is to develop a system that efficiently plans, organises and manages all of the exercise variables. Periodisation can be defined as a system for program design that plans appropriate cycles and training phases, organises routines and manipulates all exercise variables. Periodisation [...]


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