Seven Benching Sins – Workout Tips

“What’s your bench?” Is the most commonly asked question in the gym. It sort of determines whether you’re a “macho man” or a “little man”. Who wouldn’t want to bench 405 for reps? I know I would. What confuses guys is how to increase it. I’ve talked to guys over the internet about increasing their … Read more

Dispelling Some Common Myths

I don’t want to become huge and disgusting, so I’ll stick to cardio. This is not going to happen, it takes many years of intense and intelligent training to gain significant size in body mass. All of sudden they have the secret gene to get huge and if they touch the weight and look like … Read more

Sit-Ups or Crunches Which Is Better

Traditional sit-ups emphasize sitting up rather than merely pulling your sternum down to meet your pelvis. The psoas muscles run from the lower back to the front of the thighs. This muscle action is to pull the thighs closer to the torso. This action is the major component of sitting up. Because of this, when … Read more

Perfection in Bodybuilding – Chest Workouts

Chest Workouts…we are finally here and I promise you that after implementing the advice in this article your pecs will frighten a T-Rex. One of the most impressive sites in bodybuilding is a pair of striated slabs of granite-like pecs. If you don’t get what I am saying check out some photos of Arnold Schwarzenegger … Read more

9 Ways to Get Mentally Prepared for Competition

What are the most important factors in determining a bodybuilder’s success? I suppose there are probably as many answers to this question as there are bodybuilders concerned with it. Most would agree that a regimen consisting of proper nutrition and supplementation in conjunction with a sensible training routine and plenty of rest is the way … Read more

Competition Day: A Show Day Breakdown

So you’ve put on slabs of muscle, chiseled it down with a hardcore carb, rotation diet, practiced your posing, slaved away on the stationary bike for hours on end, shaved every last hair on your body (well almost), tanned as if you were a mile from the sun, painted your entire body, and generally driven … Read more

Softball Biceps

When someone asks you to flex, what do you do? You immediately roll up your sleeve and flex a Bi. A lot of the attention that was formerly on shoulders may have shifted to chest, but none of that has taken away from the enormous fascination we have with the biceps. No other muscle swells … Read more

2004 Arnold Classic

March 5-7, 2004 at Greater Columbus Convention Center Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus OH As Jay Cutler took his third straight Arnold Classic title the consensus of the audience and Team FLEX was that Dexter Jackson should have been the rightful winner instead of the recipient of third place. However, history now will record that Jay … Read more