Articles Posted in the Strength Category
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Which Training Split?
Training splits are funny old things, you want to hit biceps after back because they are already half done, but then you feel this doesn’t enable you to push your biceps hard enough. Ideally you would train 5 days a week but you can only get to the gym 3 times a week, what a [...]
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3 Common bench press mistakes
The bench press is one of the most common exercises to see people doing in the gym. It is the base for many chest workouts and has been one of the most popular displays of strength for many years. When you say you go to the gym the most commonly asked question is “how much [...]
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10 Ways To Improve Your Workout!
I always seem to see the same people in the gym who do the same routine with the same exercise and never seem to know how to progress. Your body is very good at staying the same so it is vital that you keep trying new things and look at what things you could change. [...]
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Principles of Hypertrophy
Muscle Hypertrophy is the increase in the size of muscle cells. Hypertrophy for a bodybuilder or general gym goer is the prime goal in the majority of cases, so must be understood properly if you are to achieve it. There are different types of hypertrophy, different ways of achieving it and they will all have [...]
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Grip training for strength sports – pt 4
Pretty much every time a gym bunny (male or female) thinks about grip training you can bet that a gripper, as they are termed by the masses, is what comes to mind. In the grip sport we call them TSG’s or Torsion Spring Grippers. Even then there are two usual kinds. There’s the familiar version [...]
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Grip Training For Strength Sports – Part 3
Cheers to Adam for posting up parts 1 and 2 for me (what… no by line Adam? ). Anyway onwards. In part two I mentioned finding out about competitions. I won’t bore you (at least not today) with my efforts over the past 10 or so years but I will talk about my approach, what [...]
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Low Volume Training
Low Volume Training or High intensity training is a method of training adopted by many top bodybuilders over the years including Dorian Yates and Mike Mentzer. It basically is a system of training that relies on quality rather than quantity and will yield the same results as a 30 set workout whilst only completing 10 [...]
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Be A Better ‘Partner’!
It is imperative that your training partner can match your drive, enthusiasm and intensity in the gym! If they don’t they could potentially be one of your problems which is holding you back! Having said that, have you ever switched places and considered if you are a good ‘partner’. Although it may sound as though [...]
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The ‘ABC Guide to Big Quads’!
Today we are going to expose to you the best ways to build a pair of stainless steel thighs via our ‘ABC Guide to Big Quads’! Generally speaking a lot of athletes will neglect leg training because it hurts like hell and your legs aren’t on show, your arms are though! However, building powerful thighs [...]
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5 Performance Enhancing Tips!
Training is training right? You get to the gym, hit 3 or 4 exercises for the particular body part and then go home. To me, this sounds like the type of athlete who has perhaps lost their direction and is simply going through the motions. If this sounds like you then you need to buck [...]
