The Best Kind Of Exercise by Arthur Jones For the purpose of producing maximum strength, a muscle must be worked against resistance throughout its full range of possible movement. Resistance must be available in the position of full contraction – and resistance is also required in the position of full extension. Barbells and most other [...]

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Gaining Mass By Adam B. Here are some basic requirements for adding muscle naturally: Eat enough quality protein! This is absolutely essential. I made the mistake at first of just eating a lot. Unfortunately, I did not realize that I was eating mostly carbohydrates. Once I began to eat lots of tuna fish, chicken, lean [...]

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There are a many names out there for these tools of weight lifting. Here is a list of some of the names that you might hear the weight lifting wrist straps being called: Weight Lifting Wrist Straps Lifting Straps Powerlifting Straps Power Straps Deadlift Straps Deadlifting Straps Wrist Straps Weight Lifting Straps Weight Training Straps [...]

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Don’t quit, you’ve got time! by Michael Ray Baggett Sometimes training along with the stresses of family and job take their toll on us.  Recently, I’ve been so spread out with training, preaching, heading a committee, and doing special on the job training for other staff that I have become exhausted.   However, I’ve already had [...]

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By Jon Miller One evening, while looking for new bodybuilding magazines, I ran across the September 2000 issue of Scientific American. What caught my eye was the cover which said “Muscles & Genes – Are Star Athletes Born, Not Made?” Inside I found an article (by Jesper L. Andersen, Peter Schjerling and Bengt Saltin) discussing [...]

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