Fitness and Muscle

Building your own home gym doesn’t have to cost a fortune. With some simple pieces of equipment you can work most muscle groups.No drive to the gym, no costly membership fees and no waiting around to use poor equipment means you can focus on building muscle whenever and however you want!

With a bit of space and a small investment building a home gym can be easy. Here’s a list of essential home gym equipment to get you started. Read the rest of this entry »

Most of us have been there.  You’re working out regularly, you’re seeing good results, things are going smoothly.  But soon things start to slow.  The gains you’re making are getting smaller and smaller.  You gradually reach a point where the gains stop.  No matter how hard you try you can’t seem to add a few extra pounds onto that bench press.It seems you’ve reached the dreaded plateau!

It’s easy to lose motivation at a time like this and many do.  Humans are fickle creatures.  If we don’t see results, we move on.  Don’t lose heart though.  By mixing it up a little you can easily boost your bench press and by more than a few pounds! Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re interested in building mass then it’s important to incorporate multi-joint compound moves into your workout.  When you lift heavy weights using multiple muscle groups, the effects reverberate to muscle groups all over your body.  So doing heavy squats will not only build your legs, but the rest of your body as well.

Here’s a good full body workout, using multi-joint compound moves that will have you piling on mass in no time. Each exercise comprises of 3 sets with a 2 minute rest in between.  You should attempt to do 10-12 reps of each exercise, trying to hit failure on the last rep of the final set. Read the rest of this entry »

Let’s face it, we don’t all have time to spend hours in the gym, strutting around in front of the mirrors wearing that two sizes too small muscle top. Supersets are a great way to slash your gym time and reap the benefits of a high intensity workout. Read the rest of this entry »