progressive overload is a key component to adding lean mass during the bulking stage. Progressive overload is the concept of gradually increasing the demands of the body during exercise in order to increase strength and muscle mass2. Basically, gaining more muscle requires the muscle to be ...
Every man knows about biceps, and has tried doing some type of curl to get guns that women go crazy over. The back is probably the most understated muscle group for the male body, but I believe it is the most powerful. We don’t see our back, but everyone else does,and nothing say...
How Much Muscle You Can Gain In A Short Period Back to the question at hand! If you’re brand-new to resistance training, expect to see tangible shifts in your muscle mass after three to six months of regular training (with proper nutrition!), says Crockford. “Although strength and body...
There are two primary concerns when it comes to increasing lean muscle mass. First, how is it possible to stimulate some muscles to grow while preventing other from losing mass and second, how to maintain the weight after you stop with the workout session? The answer to the first question ...
There HAS To Be A Better, Faster Way To Train For Muscle Gain I mean, the ancient warriors and gladiators had built some amazing physiques long before weights were invented, right? So I took up bodyweight training. Unfortunately majority (if not all) of the bodyweight training programs arou...
Just be sure not to tip the scales, literally, too far in your pursuit of size. Research has shown that a caloric surplus can be beneficial for size and strength, but there’s a point of diminishing returns where you gain more body fat than muscle, and strength gains won’t keep pace...
I was a 150 lb dude who had never been able to gain muscle in my life until following the muscle building protocol for 30 days. The answer… CALORIES! It turns out stuffing myself stupid was the missing key that unlocked muscle growth. And by stuffing myself stupid I mean eating ...
The short answer is YES, but does it work for what?? Well, intermittent fasting can be used to lose fat and/or gain lean muscle depending on the protocol you use. After much experimentation, reading, trial, error, blood, sweat and tears (ok, maybe not so much tears) I have settled ...
So what does this mean for you? It means that increasing GH in the body and increasing IGF-1 too will help to build muscle mass and stimulate cellular renewal. That’s why HGH supplements that focus on both HGH and IGF-1 would be best in releasing HGH naturally and boosting muscle growt...
Most of the muscle mass a natural lifter can gain will come from getting stronger in a medium rep range. That is because lifting heavier and heavier weights over time increases the actual size of the muscle fibers. You’ve probably noticed this as well. You can’t find a guy who can li...