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Bodybuilding: Most Popular Articles

These articles are the most popular over the last month.
Weight Gain/Bulking Up Diet
In order for a bulk up phase to be effective, it needs to be executed properly. Otherwise, you end up gaining way too much body fat, which at the end of the day, whether you just want to look good for the beach over the summer or compete at a bodybuilding show, you will need to lose anyways. In this article you will learn how to bulk up correctly so that you can maximize your muscle gains and minimize your fat gains.
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This sample bodybuilding diet will assist you to lose bodyfat and in building lean muscle mass.
Getting Started
If you are an absolute beginner and have never done a bodybuilding program before, learn what steps you need to take in order to get started in your path to gaining more lean muscle mass and losing bodyfat.
Bodybuilding & Steroids
The Dangers of Anabolic Steroids
Fact vs Fiction
7 Myths of Women's Weight Training - Separate fact from fiction in women's weight training and female bodybuilding myths.
How to Use Creatine
Creatine Monohydrate Basics - Gain Lean Muscle Mass With Creatine and learn about creatine monohydrate and how creatine can help you gain lean muscle mass.
One Muscle Per Day Workout
In this bodybuilding workout split, the body is divided over six days and one major muscle group is targeted in each bodybuilding workout.
Uneven Muscle Growth
Learn what may cause uneven and disproportionate muscle growth and how to deal with it. Sample routines for fixing and uneven chest and shoulders are provided.
Advice for Hardgainers
Are you really a hardgainer? Are you an ectomorph? Learn what a true hardgainer is in and how you should adjust your bodybuilding diet and training if you really are a hardgainer.
10 Sets of 10 Reps
Break through plateaus and gain new muscle mass weight by using the high volume 10 Sets of 10 Reps bodybuilding training method.
Protein Bar Recipe
A Recipe for Protein Nutrition Bars
10 Minute Abs
Learn how to get great abs with just 10 minutes of ab training per day.
Testosterone Basics
In this article you will learn what is testosterone, why you need healthy levels of it and what to do if your levels are deficient.
Weight Gaining Supplements
In this article we present the top bodybuilding supplements that are useful to those of you who are attempting to gain weight and bulk up.
Lose Fat and Gain Muscle
Is it possible to lose fat and gain muscle mass at the same time? This FAQ addresses this age old question and provides a method for accomplishing both over a period of time.
Bodybuilding Diets
This article provides all of the information that you need on bodybuilding diets as well as examples of the several different diets that bodybuilders do depending on whether their main goal is losing fat or bulking up.
Testosterone Boosting
Testosterone Boosting Bodybuilding Supplements - Learn how some bodybuilding supplements may help you increase your lean muscle mass by boosting your testosterone levels.
5 Sets of 5 Reps
Break through plateaus and gain new muscle mass weight by using the lower volume 5 Sets of 5 Reps bodybuilding training method.
Bulking Up Without Fat
Learn a rare bodybuilding technique used to bulk up quickly without gaining fat.
Training While Sick
Training While Sick - To train or not to train? That is the question that comes to mind when a bodybuilder gets sick. Learn how to determine if you are better served by staying home and recuperating or by going to the gym and having a lighter workout.
Making Cardio Useful
Discover how to use cardiovascular exercise to accelerate fat loss without losing lean muscle mass.
Leg Raises Description
This abdominals exercise description shows how to properly exercise your lower abdominal wall through the use of leg raises.
Bodybuilding Bodyweight Exercises
Find out which ones are the top bodybuilding bodyweight exercises for muscle building.
Pauline's Dieting Mistakes
In the quest for bodybuilding dieting results, sometimes bodybuilders become victims to many common pitfalls that instead of helping you get leaner and lose more body fat will hold you back and make you lose muscle. In this article, IFBB Figure Pro Pauline Nordin shares her not to do list for achieving definition and losing body fat as quickly as possible.
Teen Bodybuilding Mistakes
This article talks about the most common mistakes that teenagers make in the early bodybuilding years and how by avoiding them you will be on the fast track to great bodybuilding results!
Training Guide To Get Abs
This Abdominals Bodybuilding Training Guide contains everything that you need to know regarding abdominal training and how to get them defined.
Lose Stubborn Body Fat, Part I
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto reveals how to lose stubborn body fat and achieve any body fat percentage that you desire.
Weight Gain Diets
In this article, you will find two sample bodybuilding weight gain diets designed to pack on muscle on people with fast metabolisms such as hardgainers.
Antagonistic Muscles Workout
In this bodybuilding workout split, the body is divided over three or four days and antagonistic muscles (opposing muscle groups), are paired together in each bodybuilding workout.
Bodybuilding Nutrition
Learn about bodybuilding nutrition and how taking the right types, and amounts of carbohydrates, proteins and fats will accelerate your bodybuilding progress tenfold.
Advanced Bodybuilding Routine
See what an advanced bodybuilding workout routine that uses periodization in order to stimulate new gains in lean muscle mass, size and strength while losing bodyfat looks like.
Fat Loss Tips for Women
Everyone knows what to do to lose fat, right? If so, then how come so few reach their goals and achieve that lean look if it's so easy to get ripped? In this article, Bodybuilding Fat Loss Tips for Women, IFBB Figure Pro Pauline Nordin shares her bodybuilding secrets with other women on how to lose fat and achieve that sexy looking physique that you are looking for.
Choosing Protein Supplement
In this article you will learn about the different protein supplements on the market and which ones to choose so that they can help you to achieve your individual bodybuilding and fitness goals.
Get Cut And Ripped Fast
This article provides you with simple bodybuilding diet tips that will help you to get cut and ripped as quickly as possible.
How To Get Big Arms
Next to abs, the question on how to get big arms seems to be the second most frequently asked one. In this Q&A, I hope to answer how to get guns for arms.
Quick Leg Training Routine
Try this short but highly effective bodybuilding leg training routine to achieve maximum results while minimizing your time at the gym.
Hardgainers' Training
In this bodybuilding training article you will learn what are the mass building training principles that hardgainers need to follow in order to get results out of their bodybuilding training routines. Note: Sample bodybuilding training routine for hardgainers is included.
Easing Into a Diet
This article will assist you to ease into a bodybuilding diet designed for building lean muscle mass and losing bodyfat.
7-Min Home Chest Workout
In this bodybuilding workout article you will learn how to train your chest with some dumbbells from the comfort of your home in only 7 minutes.
Muscle Size Without Steroids
Is it possible to get good size without steroids? This FAQ will give you the surprising answer to that question.
Jumping Rope For Cardio
In this article, champion teenage bodybuilder and certified fitness trainer Anthony Alayon discusses how jumping rope can be a great way to getting a great cardiovascular workout.
Summer Arms Workout
In this bodybuilding training article you will find an arms bodybuilding workout designed to help you gain up to an inch in your arms for the summer.
Supersets Definition
Learn what supersets are and how they can enhance your bodybuilding progress.
Figure Competition
In this article, exercise scientist and fitness expert Diana Sadtler details what the key ingredients are to not only doing a figure competition, but to achieving any fitness goals. She also presents her training and nutrition program in preparation for her first figure competition.
Teen Bodybuilding Workouts
Sample bodybuilding workout routines for teens.
Summer Training Routine
This article presents a summer bodybuilding workout designed to get you in top shape for the summer. This workout routine delivers fast results with only 3 weekly weight training sessions of 1 hour or less, 3 weekly sessions of cardio of 40 minutes or less, and requires minimum equipment.
Leg Exercises for Skinny Legs
Understand the relationship between leg exercises and leg size.
Depletion Routine
This bodybuilding pre-contest training depletion routine is designed to assist the carbohydrate depletion process that competitive bodybuilders undergo a week before a contest.
Joint Health Guide
In this bodybuilding article you will learn multiple ways of protecting your joints so that you can avoid injuries and joint pains later on in your bodybuilding journey.
PB & Chocolate Protein Shake
Protein shake recipes - Peanut Butter Cup Protein Shake Recipe
Quadriceps Training Routines
In this article I talk about quadriceps anatomy and present the basics (and exercises needed) for creating bodybuilding quad training routines that will work all four heads of this muscle group; thus increasing the size and definition of the quadriceps and giving you a powerful look on your legs.
Protein Shake Tips
Tips for Better Protein Shakes - How do you fix a protein shake when your protein powder won't dissolve or sticks to your blender glass? Try one of these tips from the Fit Food protein
10Secrets to Building Muscles
Learn 10 bodybuilding training secrets that will allow you to skyrocket your bodybuilding gains and build massive muscle mass.
Workout Splits, Part 1
In this bodybuilding article from IFBB Bodybuilding legend Lee Labrada you will learn what a bodybuilding training split is and the different ways in which you can split your body parts.
Bodybuilding Guide
To help you achieve your bodybuilding endeavors, I decided to put together this resource guide that will point you to all of the relevant information that you will need in order to accomplish your goals, whether these may be just losing a few pounds of fat with moderate amounts of muscle gain, bulking up, or even bodybuilding competition. You will find everything here: bodybuilding training routines, diet plans and supplements' advice.
Heavy Lifts Stunt Growth?
Find out why lifting weights, bodybuilding, or strength training cannot stunt your growth
Hugo's Pre-Contest Diet
This diet is one that my bodybuilding pre-contest nutritionist Tim Gardner put together for me back in 2001 when I did my first bodybuilding show, the 2001 Drug Free NPC Typhoon Bay. This diet has always seemed to worked well for my individual metabolism so every time I compete we use it with minor changes here and there.
Cell-Tech Creatine
Bodybuilding Supplement Cell-Tech can be a great addition to your bodybuilding supplement stack! In this review, learn why fitness expert Anthony Alayon feels that Cell-Tech is an advanced creatine formula that can be used as part of a bodybuilding supplement regimen for maximum results.
25-Minute Arms Routine
In this bodybuilding training routine article you will learn about a bodybuilding training routine that allows you to train your biceps and triceps in 25 minutes!
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If you want to take your triceps workout to a new level, take a look at this bodybuilding triceps workout which was designed for shocking the triceps muscles into growth.
Cecile's Female Leg Workouts
Female natural bodybuilder Cecile Bayeul shares her championship leg workout routines which are useful for both women and men alike.
Home Gym Training
In this article, I will discuss how you can set up different bodybuilding workout routines at home by using just a weight bench with a good leg extension/leg curl attachment and a pair of adjustable dumbbells.
Bent Over Laterals Description
This shoulder exercise description shows how to properly perform the bent over lateral raises exercise, which is great for stimulating the rear deltoids head.
Labrada's Lean Body RTD
In this bodybuilding supplement review, I take a look at Labrada's new Lean Body Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Shake.
Anaerobic Exercise Definition
Anaerobic Exercise Definition
How to Select the Weight
In this Bodybuilding FAQ learn how to select the weights to use during your bodybuilding workouts.
10 Sets of 10 Reps for Figure
In this bodybuilding FAQ learn how the 10 sets of 10 reps workout routine works and if it is good or not for a competitive figure athlete.
How to Keep Muscle While Dieting
Lee Labrada teaches you simple ways to avoid losing muscle during a fat loss phase or during a bodybuilding competition diet.
Short Bodybuilding Workouts
In this article, Hugo Rivera presents a couple of short bodybuilding workouts that you can squeeze into your tight schedule.
Lose Fat And Tone Up
In this article, IFBB Figure Pro and fitness expert Mercedes Khani shows you how any woman can use bodybuilding principles to lose fat and tone up.
Cottage Cheese Recipes
Cottage Cheese Recipe Page - Healthy, Low Carb Cottage Cheese Recipes
Why Less Fruit to Lose Fat?
In this Bodybuilding FAQ you will learn why you have to limit the amount of fruits that you consume when following a fat loss diet.
Muscle Milk Protien
Discover why fitness expert and bodybuilding supplement tester Anthony Alayon feels that Muscle Milk can be a great addition to your bodybuilding supplement stack! Muscle Milk is an advanced protein formula that every bodybuilder should use as part of their bodybuilding supplement regimen for maximum results.
Bodybuilding Supplement Basics
Learn the truth about the value of using bodybuilding supplements and which ones bodybuilding supplements are essential to make the best lean muscle mass gains and achieve the most fat loss out of your bodybuilding supplement program.
Glutamine Basics
L-Glutamine Basics - Preserve Lean Muscle Mass With Glutamine - Learn how L-Glutamine can help you to preserve lean muscle mass during intense training periods.
Lose Chest Fat/Increase Bench
In this bodybuilding FAQ you will learn how you can lose fat under the chest and increase your bench press at the same time.
Lo-Carb Monster Energy Drink
In this energy drink supplement review, see what I think of the Monster Lo-Carb Energy Drink.
Stubborn Body Fat, Part I
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto reveals the truth about stubborn body fat and covers whether this is a fact or a bodybuilding myth.
Mag 7 Abdominals Routine
The bodybuilding abdominals training routine presented in this article is composed of 7 abdominal exercises carefully chosen to hit both the upper and lower abs. If followed with a good bodybuilding diet, this routine will shape your abs in record time!
High Protein & Kidney Health
Is eating a high protein diet damaging to your kidney health? This FAQ will finally answer this frequently asked question.
30-Min Chest Specialization
Learn a 30 minute chest specializatio workout routine guaranteed to stimulate your chest muscle fibers into growth.
PowerBlock Review
In this bodybuilding product review learn about how PowerBlocks can offer a great dumbbell solution for your home gym.
Making a Training Routine
Lose bodyfat and gain muscle using these bodybuilding weight training routines.
Pre-Contest Training
Learn what my periodized pre-contest bodybuilding training routine looks like at 10 weeks out from a bodybuilding show.
Cortisol Reducing Strategies
Cortisol is a stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands, that when produced in excess, reduces muscle mass and aids in depositing body fat. In this article, you will learn what are bodybuilding's top cortisol reducing strategies so that you can protect your lean mass during periods of intense bodybuilding training.
Top Ten Dieting Myths
Learn what the top 10 dieting myths are and how falling for one of these can sabbotage your dieting and training success.
Olympic Weightlifting Rules
Learn about the rules for Olympic Weightlifting.
Upright Rows Description
This bodybuilding shoulder exercise description shows how to properly perform the upright rows exercise, which stimulates the middle and front heads of the deltoid.
Intention for Bodybuilding Gains
IFBB Pro Ben Pakulski shares with us a simple bodybuilding technique that will double your gains at the gym and protect you from injury!
Muscle Soreness
In this article you will learn about the different types of muscle soreness caused by bodybuilding training and about techniques to recover quicker.
Best Cardiovascular Machine
There are so many cardiovascular exercise machines in the gym that sometimes it can be overwhelming for the beginning bodybuilder to know which one to use. In this FAQ, I provide some guidelines as to how to choose the best cardiovascular machine for the fastest results in terms of losing fat weight.
Chest Dips Description
This chest exercise description shows you how to properly perform the chest dips exercise. This exercise emphasizes the pectoralis major muscles while at the same time stimulating the shoulders and the triceps.
How To Do The Snatch
In this Olympic Weightlifting tutorial, you will learn how to perform the Snatch lift.
Fight Female Stubborn Areas
In women, the stubborn areas tend to be the buns, thighs, and the back of the legs. Typically, one achieves
Chest Workouts
In this article you will find several chest bodybuilding workout routines that can be implemented based on your level of progression.
Eliminating Carbs for Fat Loss
In this Bodybuilding FAQ learn whether eliminating carbs from the bodybuilding diet during a fat burning phase is the best way to reach the goal of losing fat.
Shoulder Training Basics
In this article Samuel Santos presents the way he creates bodybuilding shoulder training routines that will work all three heads of this muscle; thus increasing the size and width of the shoulders and giving you the much desired three-dimensional look.
Bio-Test Hot Rox
Bodybuilding Supplement Review of Bio-Test Hot-Rox. In this article, learn how Hot-Rox can be a great choice to add to your bodybuilding supplements shopping list.
Back Training Workout
In order to have a fully developed back, the size of the lats need to be maximized in order to attain a wide look, as well as the thickness of the middle back and lower back muscles in order to attain a powerful look. In this article, IFBB Figure Pro Pauline Nordin shows us the bodybuilding back training routine that she used to attain an award winning back.
Whey Protein for Bodybuilding
Industry expert Will Brink dispels the myths and talks about the science of whey protein for bodybuilding.
Pregnancy Fitness Routine
Stay fit while pregnant with this body sculpting weight training pregnancy workout routine.
Lose Stubborn Body Fat, Part II
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto reveals how to keep stubborn body fat off permanently once it is lost.
Ironmaster Review
Learn about the new Ironmaster Quick Lock Dumbbell System and see if this pair of dumbbells is suitable for your home gym needs.
Sleep Deprivation
Learn what the top 8 maladies caused by sleep deprivation are.
Enzyme Supplements
In this bodybuilding supplements article, fitness expert Anthony Alayon discusses how using digestive enzyme supplements will help you tremendously with your bodybuilding endeavors.
Time Spent Training & Gains
This bodybuilding FAQ answers whether more time spent weight training at the gym translates into more bodybuilding gains.
Protein Shakes vs. Real Food
In this bodybuilding FAQ learn about how important protein shakes are for a bodybuilding diet.
Metabolism Boosting Foods
Learning which foods accelerate your metabolism can be a challenge for many. Anthony Alayon makes this much easier by revealing his top 5 fat burning foods that will increase your metabolism and incinerate your belly fat!
Incline Dumbbell Description
This chest exercise description shows you how to properly perform the incline dumbbell press exercise which emphasizes the upper chest.
Lee Labrada's Arm Workouts
In this bodybuilding article from Lee Labrada, learn the secrets on how you can add up to 2 inches to your arm muscles.
Glycemic Index
This article describes the effects of the Glycemic Index (GI) on blood sugar levels and body fat.
Best Bodybuilding Routines
This bodybuilding FAQ will answer the very commonly asked question of which bodybuilding routine to use in order to make the fastest muscle mass gains possible.
How To Clean & Jerk
In this Olympic Weightlifting tutorial, you will learn how to perform the Clean and Jerk lift.
Best Exercises for Gains
Learn how to determine which bodybuilding exercises are best for the fastest gains in lean muscle mass and tone.
Leg Press Description
This quadriceps exercise description shows how to properly perform the leg press exercise, with emphasis on stimulating the quads (front of the legs).
Aerobic Exercise:
Aerobic Exercise Definition
Items That Halt Progress
Bodybuilding legend, fitness expert and IFBB Pro-Bodybuilding Hall of Fame inductee Lee Labrada shares what he believes are the ten most dangerous pitfalls to making progress on your physique.
Biological Value
Biological Value (BV) Definition
Leg Extensions Description
This quadriceps exercise description shows how to properly perform the leg extensions exercise, with emphasis on stimulating the quads (front of the legs).
Weight Loss vs Fat Loss
In this bodybuilding diet article, you will learn the difference between weight loss and fat loss for bodybuilding.
Home Gym Equipment
Learn what is the best equipment to get if you are interested in performing your bodybuilding training in the comfort of your home gym.
Genetics and Bodybuilding
This bodybuilding FAQ answers how important genetics are to the success of a bodybuilding program.
Draper's Weight Gain Tips
In this article, former Mr. Universe and bodybuilding legend Dave Draper shares his nutrition tips on how to gain solid muscle weight.
Concentration Curls
This biceps exercise description shows how to properly perform the concentration curls exercise in order to stimulate the biceps.
Bodybuilding Symmetry, Part I
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto talks about how to use bodybuilding symmetry to not only give you a pleasing shape but also to make you look much bigger than what you are.
Cecile's Female Arms Workouts
Female natural bodybuilder Cecile Bayeul shares her championship arm workout routines which are useful for both women and men alike.
ABSculpting 101, Part 1
In this two part series of articles, best selling fitness author and National NPC bodybuilding competitor Hugo Rivera and fitness expert, IFBB Figure Professional, Marcy Porter join forces to finally provide an answer to the question on how to get great abs...
Lunges Description
This quadriceps exercise description shows how to properly exercise the legs using lunges, with emphasis on stimulating the quads (front of the legs).
Fixing Uneven Muscle Growth
In this Bodybuilding FAQ you will learn how to fix uneven muscle growth.
Training Over 40
In this Bodybuilding FAQ, learn what training modifications bodybuilders that are over 40 years old should be aware of.
Big & Small Muscles Workout
In this bodybuilding workout split, the body is divided over three days and one major muscle group (such as the chest, thighs and back) is paired together with two smaller muscle groups (such as biceps, triceps, hamstrings, calves, abs and shoulders) in each bodybuilding workout.
Make Bodybuilding Gains
Many bodybuilders go to the gym day in and day out, yet fail to achieve any significant bodybuilding gains. In this article we discuss the top reasons why bodybuilders fail to achieve significant gains.
Bodybuilding Symmetry, Part II
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto talks about techniques to attain bodybuilding symmetry in order to make you look much bigger than what you are.
Workout Splits, Part 2
In this bodybuilding article from IFBB Bodybuilding legend Lee Labrada discusses the various options for workout splits and training frequency.
Make Cardio Fun & Effective
Learn key tips that can make your cardiovascular exercise workouts more enjoyable and effective.
Buns and Thighs Routines
In this article, IFBB Figure Pro Marcy Porter provides three workout routines designed to shape up one of women's trouble spots which is the buns and thighs.
Short Leg Workouts
Learn how to grow your legs with these short and intense bodybuilding workouts.
Prescription for Fat Loss
In this article, learn the eight rules to fat loss and also how to implement simple bodybuilding principles that will help you to lose tons of fat in record time.
Ovo Lacto Vegetarian Diet
This sample bodybuilding diet will assist ovo lacto vegetarians to lose bodyfat and in building lean muscle mass.
Breathing Correctly
IFBB Hall of Famer, pro bodybuilder and fitness expert Lee Labrada teaches you the correct breathing technique for the best bodybuilding results.
Low Pulley Rows Description
This back exercise description shows you how to properly perform the Low Pulley Rows exercise, with emphasis on stimulating the midback muscles.
Wide Grip Pull-ups to Front
This bodybuilding exercise description shows you how to properly perform the Wide Grip Pull-ups to Front so that you can add width to your back muscles.
bodybuilding-biceps-workout
If you want to take your biceps workout to a new level, take a look at this bodybuilding biceps workout which was designed for shocking the biceps muscles into growth.
Supplements That Work
In this bodybuilding FAQ we cover which performance enhancing bodybuilding supplements will provide benefits to your bodybuilding program.
Barbell Squats Description
This quadriceps exercise description shows how to properly perform the squat exercise, with emphasis on stimulating the quads (front of the legs).
Stubborn Body Fat, Part II
Natural bodybuilder Tom Venuto talks about the truth behind spot reduction and then reveals the reason why most bodybuilders have so much trouble losing the “stubborn body fat”.
Hypertrophy Max Review
Learn what is Hypertrophy Max and why this bodybuilding system may help you in your quest to achieving the bodybuilding goals that you are looking for.
Lee's Leg Workout Routine
Best selling fitness author and IFBB Hall of Famer Lee Labrada shares his bodybuilding leg training secrets and his short but intense leg workout routine for mass.
Dumbbell Flys Description
This chest exercise description shows you how to properly perform the dumbbell flys exercise, which isolates the outer, mid and lower sections of the chest.
Formula for Success
Formula for Bodybuilding Success - These variables will help you manipulate gain lean muscle mass and lose bodyfat as quickly as possible to achieve bodybuilding success.

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