by Dana Bushell | Articles
Every once in a while a sudden feeling that completely overwhelms you and totally throws off your approach to training sets in without any warning at all. This usually occurs to those of us who have a significant amount of training time under our weight belts and...
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Research
Low levels of Vitamin C in the bloodstream has been suggested to slow or retard fat metabolism. That’s the conclusion of a recent study presented at the Experimental Biology Meeting in San Francisco. Nutrition researchers from Arizona State University reported that...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Each time you pack your bag and head off to the gym, you must have a clearly defined goal in mind. You should either be aiming to get bigger, stronger, faster, leaner or all of the above. Without a goal in place, you’ll be wandering around aimlessly with no direction...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Supplements
I’ve been training now for roughly 18 years. In that time I have experimented with quite possibly every exercise that exists, every diet that has come to fruition and countless supplement products in my quest to achieve physique perfection (at least my version of it)....
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
Structural integrity is a performance characteristic that ensures the constructed will carry out its designed function. Apply this definition to the world of bodybuilding, and you’ll find that the path it leads you to is literally at the “core” of your physique....
by Paul Cribb Ph.D. CSCS. | Questions & Answers
Men do lose unwanted weight faster than women. One physiological reason is that men release more stress hormones such as norepinephrine in response to exercise than women do. Hormones such as norepinephrine stimulate lipolysis, which is the breakdown of fat in cells....
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. If you were to apply this definition to the legions of bodybuilders who have dedicated years of their lives pursuing the perfect physique, then you could appropriately...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Can you imagine a state in which you could burn body fat by doing nothing at all? What would you say if I told you to spend more time lifting weights to burn fat rather than on the treadmill? What if I said that to get in the best shape of your life you should limit...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Being a bodybuilder and putting together a world-class physique has often been compared to putting together pieces of a puzzle. Trying to fit size, symmetry, balance, proportion and conditioning all on one body is certainly challenging to say the least and what makes...
