Author: rxbodybuilders
The point of bodybuilding training is to continually challenge the body to perform in new ways. We do this by presenting it with new challenges. Different exercises, exercise order, set or repetition schemes, and total poundage used. It’s an ongoing battle between our minds and our muscles. If we cannot find new ways to stimulate growth, the muscles win, and we don’t grow. However, if we can continually ‘trick’ the muscles into facing new challenges by mixing things up, growth is achieved. Two common rep-forcing practices are employed to trick the body into performing beyond its capabilities, and therefore into…
Most of the time, bodybuilders like to train with a variety of movements in order to hit each muscle group from a variety of angles. This assures that the highest possible number of fibers is recruited, and that maximum growth is achieved. When it comes to calves, however, most bodybuilders aren’t too concerned with variety of angles or machine selection. Much of the time, especially in crowded gyms, we complete calves at the end of leg day by limping to the nearest available calf machine and knocking out a few quick sets, before looking for our car keys and the…
There has been a rapid increase in the number of people who want to participate in body building as a sport or simply to develop a good body physique which comprises of well toned lean muscles. The rapid increase in number is due to the fact that even those members of the society who are considered to be special such as the poor, the young, pregnant mothers, and the sick have taken a keen interest to bodybuilding. Therefore it is good to highlight how they can be able to participate in body building without exposing themselves to the risk of…
In bodybuilding the emphasis is very much on the amount of muscle mass that you have in the body. A good illustration is seen almost on a daily basis. Suppose there are two gym partners, one who does the real iron pumping while the other is into aerobics. When these two guys step into a room all the gazes will be on the bigger guy simply because of his muscle mass. The other guy, though physically very fit and shapely will not elicit as much attention as his partner. So, what can be done to add to muscle mass? These…
Experience has shown that most people are not very aware of what they are supposed to do when they are on a diet; specifically for the purpose of bodybuilding. It is for this reason that most people are very ready to always quit on a diet hastily even before they know what they were doing wrong. This article will highlight five mistakes that will usually give negative results. If you are able to overcome these you are bound to enjoy success with your diet regimen. 1.Adopting a generalized view of a certain diet. Just because Dorian Yates has decided on…
The I-Function of the brain, the conscious part, is aware of the senses – sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell – and voluntarily communicates with these senses at all times, back and forth. Information exchange goes on automatically and at lightening speed. But there are other equally important sensory systems essential for functioning. One, probably most crucial, set up by the nervous system (because it’s unconscious) is proprioception. Proprioception is the process by which our bodies can vary muscle contraction in immediate response to information in relation to changes in balance and tension. Proprioception and kinesthesia, the sensation of joint movement…
Steroid are biochemically defined as molecules with three rings each containing six carbons joined up with a single ring containing five carbons. This means that majority of natural body hormones contain a steroid nucleus. Most steroids are lipid derivatives of cholesterol secreted by the human placenta, gonads and the adrenal cortex. Body building steroids are therefore those steroids that are synthetically derived from testosterone and which promote muscle development and bones growth. Testosterone is itself a primary human male hormone that is produced only in the testicles for sex purposes. After continuous use of steroid there are two types of…
Bodybuilding is a process that has attracted nearly every member of the society irrespective of his temporary or permanent condition, age, just to mention but a few. As members of a society, taking care of other members of the society with special needs is our responsibility. One of such ways is by helping them do things normal people do but in a safer way to meet their special needs, bodybuilding being one of the things. This text addresses some areas of special needs and how they can handle bodybuilding. Pregnant mothers are the first group of people who requires special…
Not many individuals are overtly interested in having muscles aesthetics purposes only, for more people working out their muscles this is not an interest as such. Most people are interested in realizing what benefits they could derive from exercises in their bodybuilding lives. In this breathe, many individuals have neglected and overlooked many health benefits as well as weight training ones that there are to offer, leading to more problems along he way such as a decrease in the density of bones, slowing of the rate of metabolism, stress levels soaring and also multitudes of negative consequences which are literally…
Advancing technology is a great thing – after all, it’s seen us progress from the TV to the video and now the DVD. Advancing technology for gym goers has seen the rise of the multi gym, the smith machine and the nautilus variable cam. One of the unfortunate side effects of such progress, however, is that sometimes the old, tried and true basics get lost in the rush to try out the new and exciting. Nowhere is this more evident than when it comes to the dead lift. Once the king of mass and power movements, the dead lift is…