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How to Lift Weights Safely
When done properly, weight lifting can build muscle, improves fitness and promote an overall healthier lifestyle. However, if...
Master Hormones to Build Muscle
If your goal is to build muscle and lose fat, it's absolutely critical to maximize your body's natural production of growth h...
Mixing Weights With Calisthenics
Here is an email I get often from people seeking to improve calisthenics scores in PT tests. Either they ask to do pull-ups,...
Multitask Your Muscles with the Perfect Pushup
Here's an interesting question about how to combine two different pieces of exercise equipment, dumbbells and the Perfect Pus...
Muscle Fitness for Dummies
Muscle fitness and development is important to a healthy and physically fit body, and though the road to such a body is deman...
Raising Your Bench Press Max
Let me tell you: the bench press movement isolates your hands into one position, by doing so it essentially limits the amount...
Should I Use Free Weights or Machines?
As the tough guys duke it out on this one, I prefer to take a practical approach. That is, the answer to this question depend...
When Can Teenagers Start Lifting Weights?
Will lifting weights stunt the growth of a teenager? No, but caution should be taken with beginner weight-lifters.
5 Steps to See if Your Gains are Muscle or Fat
How do you know if your current bodybuilding program is working or not?
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