What is your favorite triceps shock routine?
I don’t have a specific workout, but I do have a specific principle: in every shock workout, I need to be able to build such a phenomenal pump that I can actually see and, more important, feel my triceps swell to their max with new size and hardness.
Developing that [...]
Young bodybuilders often make a common error: they fail to realize that shoulders are a complex bodypart. These trainers tend to think it’s necessary to have wide shoulders to promote a V-shaped torso, but an examination of the shoulders reveals there’s a lot more to them than width.
First of all, there are the deltoids. These [...]
Benching
The barbell bench press is one of the most crucial exercises for building size and strength in the pecs, front delts and triceps. But your primary goal of building size or strength will dictate your form and technique in this all-important move. Bodybuilding is about training the muscles to become bigger, more symmetrical and, ultimately, [...]
Your question
I recall seeing photos of Arnold doing barbell curls with a fairly wide grip. Yet I often see the guys doing curls with a narrower grip. What’s the difference?
The background
Few people realize that the biceps muscle is composed of two heads that start from different anatomical locations in the shoulder region and merge onto [...]
I’ve been bodybuilding for only six months, but I want to follow your high-intensity style of training, especially for my shoulders, which are lagging. Am I ready for it?
It’s great that you have the enthusiasm to want to train with such intensity, but I’m not sure that six months of training is enough of a [...]
I’m not making much progress with my traps. What’s your advice?
When you last worked your traps, was it part of a solid well-thought-out strategy, with the same attention you would give to your arms, chest, legs or lats? Or did you nonchalantly toss some dumbbell or barbell shrugs into the mix at the end of [...]
Thicken and widening your back
When back day comes around this week, you should have two goals in mind: thickness and width. Thickening your posterior is as simple as doing heavy rows with cables, dumbbells or a barbell. Getting wide is a little trickier. Pulldowns and pull-ups are the way to go, sure, but there are [...]
Still don’t have that lower pec development?
“My chest looks pretty good – My upper pecs are thick, the outer portions are nicely shaped, and I have good definition down the middle. However, my lower pecs still aren’t great. I thought heavy bench pressing would create that lower ridge (because I hate declines), but it hasn’t [...]
The barbell row and the pendlay row
The traditional barbell row has been a mainstay in the training arsenal of athletes for as long as there have been barbells. It’s a fantastic mass-builder that widens and thickens your back while also strengthening your biceps and forearms. Well, we’d like to introduce you to the Pendlay row–a [...]
Upper, middle & lower chest
How many times have you heard that incline presses hit the upper chest, flat-bench presses the middle and declines the lower pecs? It’s not even advice anymore–it just is. While we can’t argue these facts, we will write one crucial amendment: You can target the upper pecs when doing flat-bench presses.
Yep, [...]
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