People who can eat whatever they want and don’t get a pound extra on them are usually ones who are envied by the vast majority of others. But if you’re ever been on the other side, as a witness or a real skinny guy, you surely know that such condition is a curse as well as a blessing. The main problem besides an unhealthy leanness is that whatever you’re trying to do, nothing actually helps. It seem like it, but actually it’s not true. The real true is that you …

When you need to shape you body and burn some fat, diets and beautifying body products are just a part of success. The real helpers are fat loss workouts – they may be boring and routine, but while performed patiently on a daily basis they are able to create a miracle. How? See points below.

1. There is a simple triad: weight, cardio, aerobic. Include all here parts in your training and you will receive an immediate result.

2. The right sequence of steps. Warm-up goes first as it prepares muscles for …

Atkins Diet is known as one of the most impressive diets, which shows its result immediately after start. Moreover, it’s not that painful as some other diets, as allows to take such products as eggs, bacon, high fat meats and lots more. Sounds great, doesn’t it? The core of the concept is to minimize carb consumption and increase fat and protein in your everyday menu. Carbohydrates are the real enemies because they cause an insulin production in your body, which, in it’s turn, freeze fat burning. But as long as …

If you are interested not only in the amount of your muscle mass but also in sexy shape of your muscles it’s very important for you to follow the correct technique of an exercise performance because in case of incorrect technique two unpleasant things can happen: first, the working load passes to other muscular fascicles; and second, the load spreads along the working muscle unevenly. It all can lead to shaping of a rough, homely constitution.
A muscle shape is determined by both genetic features and technique of an exercise …

In order to define the optimal duration of rest intervals Between Workouts Sets we need first to understand the very necessity of rest between sets; the sense of interchange of loads and rest intervals.
Loads that influence our muscles interchanging with rest intervals are used for stronger influence on trained muscles and functions. Depending on the nature of processes taking place in our organism, two types of load interaction within the limits of one training session can be defined.
Linear load summation
In the simplest case the workout effect achieved during each set …

WHY DO I NEED SPOTTING, ANYWAY?
Serious injuries are rare in bodybuilding; still, you should know gym safety training rules in order not to expose both your and your neighbours’ lives to risk.
            Once, when I was completing Barbell Squats an annoying thought crossed my mind, ‘Damn! Why did I ask him to spot me? I’d been better find someone more experienced…’ This though was inspired by my gym neighbour who agreed to assist me. But or ideas of ‘assistance’ differed to such great extent that correct performance of my exercise …

 MENTAL MOOD. WHO ELSE DOESN’T BELIEVE?
Mental mood is the starting point of everything: ‘Your muscles will be where your mind has already been’.
             When starting workouts, people often don’t think consciously; they think subconsciously: some – in a positive way; others – in a negative one.  For example, some athletes are very keen to master the weight they hasn’t yet worked with; others feel anxiety and concern and are sabotaging an exercise performance by such thoughts as ‘Ooh! I’ve never done it before’.
Can your mind influence your physical abilities?
             No …

LACTIC ACID AND MUSCLE BURNING PAIN
Muscle burning pain appears to be the sign of lactic acid activity in muscles. Is the following situation familiar to you: you perform numerous Barbell Curls and your arms start burning; it becomes so painful that you have to stop doing the exercise? Why does it happen? Is lactic acid our fried or foe?
You should remember that muscles can restore their energy supply by different means: both using oxygen (aerobic way) and without it (anaerobic way) when glycogen supply turns into ATP molecules that our …

MUSCLE FAILURE PRINCIPLE
There are a lot of debates about necessity of reaching muscle ‘failure’. This is quite a new technique; lots of athletes trained without it and achieved sufficient results. Before we decide whether we need it, let’s first find out what is  it.
Failure is recognised as such muscle fatigue gained during the last set repetition when you are unable to overcome the weight with correct movement biomechanics.
There are three types of Muscle Failure: positive, negative and static.
Positive Muscle Failure arises when you are unable to lift …

The question about the quantity of workout sets per exercise is rather important. Some sportsmen say that 1-2 workout sets till muscle ‘failure’ are enough for muscle building and all additional sets will only spoil it. Others are sure that an efficient weight training requires numerous workout sets. Who is right, after all? – Nobody is, as usual. The truth always lies somewhere in the middle.
There are people who need only 1-2 workout sets; there are others for whom 5 sets isn’t enough. It all depends on body type (genetic) …