Four Fallacies on Muscle Building

by Kevin Angus

A fallacy is synonymous to myth which refers to erroneous belief or unproven information and yet being practiced by some in their daily activities. One field with different myths or fallacies is muscle building. I will tell you the four popular fallacies in muscle building and you will be surprised that you are following some of these fallacies.

Last Updated on Monday, 05 December 2011 00:20

Importance of Fitness Testing

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by obadiea

Fitness tests are basically tests conducted by fitness trainers on people who are fitness training themselves so that they can monitor the progress of their clients. Fitness testing is a very serious and important activity for all those people involved seriously in fitness training or those people who workout and just want to make sure that their physical health is in order. Usually, fitness trainers will also make beginners undergo fitness training because it is often taken as a bench mark and then their particular fitness training schedules are settled around the results of their fitness tests.

A lot of people believe that these evaluations are unnecessary but nothing can be as important as initial fitness evaluations to gauge the amount of work you will need to put in during the life of your fitness training. Usually athletes and sports player will undergo these fitness tests on a regular basis to determine their progress and to see if further improvement is required or not. The trainer will also tell them the kind of protein supplements the bodybuilders or athletes should include in their diet, including proteinpulver, protein bars and which ones to include.

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 October 2011 04:41

The Squat: Greatest Workout To Blast Your Body Into Growth

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by Darrel James

The squat can be the most excruciating and high pressure exercise for the standard bodybuilder. Perseverance and resolve are the requirements for doing a squat properly. You may be familiar with what I'm talking about when you hit the gym and fail to do just one set of squats. Even from a practical point of view they are a difficult work out for muscle building. If you're seeking for the most efficient work out to build muscle quick the squat is a must.

The squat is the best exercise when aiming to add more strength and size to your lower body, and because this work out can be very demanding on your body it will drive your body to release more anabolic hormones like testosterone and growth hormone. Because of this release of testosterone and growth hormone, the muscle size of your upper body increases as well. This workout for muscle building is one that helps to form a spillover effect by adding strength gains in almost every additional work out that you perform. When I first started squatting to failure, the amount that I could bench press improved by 20 pounds almost instantly. If you require fast muscle gains, squatting should be your chief exercise.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 22:42