Everything You Need To Know About Protein Shakes and Protein Supplements

Protein Shakes – Why Use Protein Shakes? Because of hectic schedules it is impossible to eat the six perfectly balanced daily meals required to get in shape. Protein shakes can [...]

Different Types of Muscle Soreness Caused By Weight Training

. *************** Soreness is a normal part of the recovery process that starts once you finish your bodybuilding workouts. There are several degrees of soreness that we need to be [...]

Say Goodbye to Muscle Building Plateaus Forever: The Secrets of Periodization

How many times have you heard that plateaus are innevitable? Typically, the people that make this statement are people who have been on the same routine for months to an end [...]

Which Bodybuilding Exercises Are the Best Ones for Gaining Lean Muscle Mass?

Which bodybuilding exercises are the best ones for gaining lean muscle mass? by Hugo Rivera This is one of the most common questions that I get asked on almost a [...]

Real food vs. Protein Shakes: Do Protein Shakes Offer More Muscle Building Potential Than Food?

From experience, I can tell you that real food is by far the most important component of a bodybuilding diet. There are so many nutrients that real food contains, many [...]

Holiday Survival Tactics to Staying On Track With Your Bodybuilding and Fitness Program

Holiday Survival Tactics to Staying On Track With Your Bodybuilding and Fitness Program by Hugo Rivera The Holidays are here, Thanksgiving leading the way with Christmas and New Years closely [...]

Periodization Techniques for Gaining Muscle Mass – Part 2

Periodization Techniques for Gaining Muscle Mass – Part 2 by Hugo Rivera In Periodization Techniques for Gaining Muscle Mass – Part 1 we talked about how to properly cycle your bodybuilding [...]

Bodybuilding Workouts From Home

Sometimes life gets hectic and as a result owning a pair of adjustable dumbbells can help you to keep your bodybuilding workouts going in the comfort of your home. With [...]

Periodization Techniques for Gaining Muscle Mass

In this article I want to focus on bodybuilding training and how one can maximize muscle mass gains and avoid the dreaded training plateaus (periods of no progress). I will [...]

Best Selling Author Hugo Rivera Interviews Up and Coming Bodybuilder Hunter Labrada

Best Selling Fitness Author Hugo Rivera Interviews Up and Coming Bodybuilder Hunter Labrada In this interview International best selling fitness author Hugo Rivera sits down with Hunter Labrada, son of [...]

Machines vs. Free Weights

The more I frequent several gyms across the nation, the more I see a trend of people emphasizing machine work over free weights.  While I think machines are great for [...]

Carbohydrate Cycling for Fat Loss and Why You Should Not Eliminate Carbs from a Bodybuilding Diet for Fat Loss

Typically, when a bodybuilder reaches 10% body fat, in order to keep going down in body fat percentage, we need to use some metabolic trickery.  While at this point, the [...]

Jack LaLanne Dies At Age 96

This morning I just read the news in the Associated Press that natural bodybuilding and fitness icon Jack LaLanne died at the age of 96 on January 23, 2011 due to [...]

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