Hardcore

Here are some great links for you hardcore gym-types out there visiting my site. Chances are you already know about these sites if you are this intense in your health and fitness, but maybe not, so here they are:

• t-nation.com
• TrulyHuge.com
• IronMagazine.com

The quest for strength, the quest for power, in its basic essence is man’s quest to be “more than himself.” This is a basic, instinctive, seed drive that carries him forward through his own personal evolution.

Power Partials are another extremely effective training tool for building muscle and gaining strength. It's also another training tool, like single rep training, or the 20 rep squat routine, that you rarely see used.

So many people don’t realize how important it is to keep your body hydrated, especially during work out. Also most of them will work out too much adding to the negative effect dehydration can have.

Strength training is often thought of as the lurking ground for the strong and muscular among us. Only a few years ago the free weight area was a breeding ground for modern day Herculean men.

Deadlifts are a very potential muscle-building exercise, that will rejuvenate your entire physical condition, to a whole new level -- if executed astutely.

Every bodybuilder is familiar with creatine. It most certainly is by far the most popular of bodybuilding supplements of the past few years. Originally only available as creatine monohydrate, it worked well for most bodybuilders.

To make clear the simplicity of bodybuilding I've arranged a list of six basic keys to successful weight training. They're nothing new and read like the same stuff in any motivational book on the market today.

Bodybuilding has burgeoned into a legitimate career field that is attracting those women as well as men who are willing to make the necessary personal sacrifices to achieve success. However, no longer is the weight room...

I don't know about you, but we've all heard that you can either bulk or cut, but you can't do both at the same time. So we go about everyday believing that this is true, so we don't even try to understand how it's possible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time.

Nitric Oxide, a key molecule manufacturered by the body, causes vasodilation (an expansion of the internal diameter of blood vessels), which in turn leads to increased blood flow, oxygen transport, delivery of nutrients to skeletal muscle and a reduction in blood pressure.

Eating very little or excessive protein. Protein is the key nutrient in any bodybuilding diet plan. In order to build muscle one should consume at least 1 gram of protein per pound of lean bodyweight. Less protein can actually hinder one's progress...

OK, first let's get something straight here... If you think that buying a shake or taking a few pills will all of a sudden make you huge, then you are mistaken.