Graceful Bodybuilding Poses Basics

Learn how to pose as if you were a statue of art! You’ve built up some muscle and now it’s time to show it off! Any serious bodybuilder needs to know how to pose, so here we’ve detailed the most popular, ‘classic’ poses that you should know how to do. We’ll start off with the … Read more

Basic Guide to Weight Training at the Gym

The community of bodybuilders… Training at a well equipped commercial gymnasium (gym for short) provides you with fabulous weight training opportunities – you can perform almost any exercise you can think of! This wealth of training equipment (and it’s quality and reliability) is the main advantage over training at home. You can train however you … Read more

Supplement Basics

Tablets, powder, bars and more…   Supplementation can make a big difference to the results of your bodybuilding. There are many fantastic high quality supplements on the market which, if taken correctly, will help you build muscle quicker or lose fat. However, the supplement industry has more than its fair share of scammers and charletons … Read more

Beginners Guide to Building Muscle

How to get big! If you scour the net or the magazine shelves for a few minutes or so you’ll see just how much bodybuilding information is out there, trying to tell you about the latest and greatest supplements or the training techniques the professional bodybuilders use. All of this information is (on the whole) … Read more

Weight Training Basics

A Man doing weight training basics: Biceps Curl

The incredible world of pumping iron…   You’ve probably already got a pretty good idea of what weight training is all about. You’ve may have seen people down at your local leisure centre or gym lifting weights – grunting and groaning, throwing weights around that the average person might not even be able to lift … Read more

Basic Guide to Weight Training at Home

Your very own iron temple…   Many bodybuilders (myself included) begin weight training in the relative security of their own homes. This has many benefits but also some disadvantages to training at a gym. For some people training at home is more suitable – it really depends on the kind of person you are. Many … Read more

Nutrition Basics

Grow, or grow not…   I’ll go to my death bed telling the world how vital proper nutrition is to a bodybuilder’s success. I’m sure the world at large doesn’t really need to know this but you, dear reader, might! 🙂 Actually, I’d say that eating correctly along with supplementation contributes some 60% (maybe even … Read more

Post Workout Guide

What to do post workout to get the most from your training   Consuming high quality protein and carbohydrate immediately after a workout can seriously improve your results. The hour or two immediately after each and every one of your workouts are the single most important hours of your day. More important than your actual … Read more

Water

  Most people, including most bodybuilders don’t give anywhere near enough attention to their water or fluid intake each day. As with the other four areas of this guide, water is critical to your bodybuilding success, nothing is a bigger killer of hypertrophy (muscle growth) as is dehydration. Let me explain… To grow, your body … Read more

Rest

  To show you just how important it is that you get adequate rest I want you to think about when it’s easiest for your body to repair and grow your muscles. During a workout? Far, far from it. In fact, a weight training session is probably the worst thing EVER for your muscles, in … Read more