Gain Muscle Mass

Dumbbell Incline Press

The dumbbell incline press is another great exercise for packing on mass in your chest and shoulders. While dumbbell incline press typically takes a back seat to the barbell bench press, I’ve found that focusing on this exercise can bring results that are just as impressive as a more traditional chest workout. If you’re in a rut and haven’t been able to add an appreciable amount of muscle mass to your pectorals, I would definitely recommend adding in a few sets of dumbbell bench press to your chest workout. Not only will you begin to stimulate muscle fibers that have not been recruited during your previous workouts, but you’ll also begin to strengthen your shoulders at the same time! Muscles Used During The Dumbbell Incline Press Target Body Part: Chest, Shoulders Primary Muscles: Anterior and Medial Deltoid, Pectorals Secondary Muscles: Rhomboids, Rotator Cuff, Posterior Deltoids (delts), Serratus Anterior, Triceps, Extensors [...]

Dumbbell Flyes

Dumbbell flyes are a great exercise that allows you to stimulate the muscles of the pectorals while stretching at the same time. Even though flyes don’t allow you to train with very heavy weights, I’ve had good luck working them into my chest workouts on a regular basis. If you’re thinking of incorporating dumbbell flyes into your chest workouts, then you need to make sure and start out with a weight that allows you to perform this exercise with good form. I’ve seen a lot of guys get too ambitious with flyes and wind up injuring their biceps and pecs needlessly. Just like any free weight exercise, you need to make sure and work your way up to a heavier training weight gradually. If you take the time to work your way up to consistently heavier training weights then you’ll definitely have good luck implementing dumbbell flyes into your training [...]

Alternating Dumbbell Curl

If you’re looking to add size to your arms, there aren’t too many exercises that are more effective at stimulating sleeve stretching muscle growth than alternating dumbbell curls. Because this exercise utilizes dumbbells it allows your arms to move freely requiring you to utilize all portions of your biceps brachii in order to stabilize the dumbbells on the way up or down. If performed correctly, the alternating dumbbell curl can help you add a few inches to your arms relatively quickly, especially if you’ve never trained with dumbbell before. One of the main benefits of the dumbbell curl is that it allows you to train each of your arms separately. This ensures that your dominant (stronger) arm doesn’t pick up the slack and overcompensate for your weaker arm, leading to disproportionate arm development and growth. If you’re unsure how to perform the Alternating Dumbbell Curl check out this video demonstration… [...]

Dumbbell Bench Press

Dumbbell bench press is another classic chest building exercise that targets multiple muscle groups in the upper body. Due primarily to the flexibility of this awesome exercise, many people with shoulder injuries that prevent them from performing barbell bench press can actually incorporate dumbbell bench press into their routines with little pain and discomfort in their shoulders. Not only is the dumbbell bench press a great way to take the stress off of your shoulder joint while you target your chest muscles, but the 3 dimensional movement of the dumbbell allows you to stimulate muscle fibers that flat barbell bench press can’t even touch! Muscles Used During The Dumbbell Bench Press Target Body Part: Chest, Shoulders, Triceps Primary Muscles: Anterior and Medial Deltoid, Triceps, Pectorals Secondary Muscles: Rhomboids, Rotator Cuff, Posterior Deltoids (delts), Serratus Anterior Starting Position: Grasp two dumbbells and lie on your back on a flat bench with your feet firmly [...]

Plan Your Diet To Gain Muscle Mass Fast!

“Learn To Harness The Muscle Building Power Of A Well Designed Muscle Gain Diet” Structure your diet to gain muscle mass properly, and you will likely find the key to increasing the amount of lean muscle that you put on. As boring as this seems, it’s the truth. Ask anybody who has ever attempted to gain muscle mass and succeeded, what they believe to be the most important factor in their muscle gain success. Chances are, the number one answer will be something like “focusing their diet to gain muscle mass” or “eating enough protein”. When it comes to building muscle, there is simply no substitute for a well planned out muscle gain diet. Notice here that the opening sentence of this article did not begin touting supplements, steroids, and advanced just-discovered eastern block training methods. The cold hard truth is that no matter how intelligently you train and no [...]

Growth Stimulating Deltoid Exercises

The most effective deltoid exercises are the basic overhead press and dumbbell variations. Each of these shoulder exercises allows you to train your deltoids with heavy weights thereby stimulating some serious deltoid development. When it comes to shoulder training, you’ve definitely got to learn how to perform each exercise with impeccable form otherwise you’re opening yourself up for some sort of debilitating shoulder joint or muscle injury. If you’ve ever experienced any type of deltoid or shoulder injury before, you know just how painful it can be. Trust me here when I say to your much better off taking a few minutes and learning how to perform each deltoid exercise the right way. it’s a win – win, you learn how to train your deltoids properly and stimulate muscle growth at the same time without injuring yourself down the road. That said, many of the best deltoid exercises can also [...]

Chest Dips For Maximum Pec Development

Chest dips are one of the best exercises for adding density and size to the pectoral muscles of your chest. While most people don’t even regard dips as a chest exercise (they think of it more as a triceps exercise), when performed correctly chest dips can make an immediate impact on the size and strength of your pecs. Once you begin to build up some strength in your pectorals, then you can tap into the real power of this “old school” exercise by adding weight to the mix! Weighted chest dips are an excellent exercise that will allow you to pack on some serious muscle mass in your chest. One of my favorite applications of chest dips is to add it into my chest workouts whenever I hit a sticking point or plateau with my bench press. For some reason this exercise allows me to strengthen my chest enough to [...]

Cell Tech Creatine Hardcore

Cell Tech Creatine Facts Container Size: 6.7 Lbs. Serving Size: 2 Scoops (98.5g) Servings Per Container: 30 Amount Per Serving: Total Calories: 320 Total Carbohydrates: 75 g 25% -Dietary Fiber: 0 g 0% -Sugars: 75 g Vitamin C: 250 mg 417% Phosphorus: 180 mg 18% Magnesium: 70 mg 18% Chromium: 250 mcg 208% Sodium: 140 mg 6% Potassium: 150 mg 4% Crea-Edge: 10 g (Creatine monohydrate, Creatine anhydrous,Dicreatine malate, Creatine alpha-ketoglutarate) SMG: 2.5 g (Taurine, Betaine HCl, L-glutamine alpha-ketoglutarate) Lipoic-Tech: 200 mg Alpha lipoic Acid Other Ingredients: Dextrose, malic acid, red beet powder, natural and artificial flavors, calcium silicate (as anticaking agent), purple color flecks (gum arabic, FD&C Red No.3, FD&C Blue No.1), FD&C Blue No. Cell Tech Create Hardcore is one of those supplements that’s promoted with hype laden “pseudo scientific studies” and marketing mumbo jumbo. This is the exact same marketing approach that has given the bodybuilding supplement industry such bad [...]

How To Burn Fat Gain Muscle

With summer fast approaching, many people are looking for ways to burn fat gain muscle and get into great shape without spending all spring slaving away in the gym! With the thought of walking along the beach (or around the swimming pool) with your shirt off fresh in your mind, you have no doubt experienced the panic. If this describes your current situation, relax. there’s still plenty of time to get into great shape…but you’ve got to kick it into gear right now to acomplish all of your fat loss muscle gain goals befor summer arives! If your goals are to burn fat gain muscle and get your body into beach ready condition, there are really only a few thing that you must do to make it happen quickly. Simply follow along with the step by step fat loss muscle gain plan outlined below and before you know it, you [...]

Burn Fat Fast – 5 Fat Melting Tips!

How do I burn fast? For some reason, this question seems to confuse more and more people each day. With everything from fat burning supplements to weight loss exercise gizmos being pushed in front of your face and touted as the next best way to burn fat, it’s no wonder that the concept of fat loss is mystifying to most everybody. With all of the conflicting information floating around these days, I thought that it might be a good idea to simplify the fat burning process a bit and lay out 5 easy to follow tips to help you burn fat faster while still allowing you to keep your hard earned muscle mass and live a relatively normal life. Before I jump into the fat burning tips, I’d like to highlight an important point about fat loss, weight loss and fitness in general. When it comes to burning fat fast [...]