To be bigger or to be stronger: Those are the two basic objectives of any athlete. All kinds of techniques are used to achieve these goals. Arguably, the most popular method is reaching muscular failure, together with the so-called Overload Principle. Muscular failure is the point when we’re unable to correctly perform a new rep.

The keys you should know of and not stop using LIFTING WEIGHTS STRENGTHENS and increases the size of your muscles progressively. Repetitive training with loads produces the release of neurological and hormonal signals that enhance muscle growth. However, when it comes to bodybuilding, progress never seems enough. Nobody can simply lift weights and expect an

Our back is important for two reasons: first, within it lies the spine, which is important for offering support to our body and keeping it uprightand capable of performing a full range of movements. Secondly, our back exerts a visual attraction that doesn’t go unnoticed. We usually like to contemplate a wide and well-shaped back,

e’re talking, about the biceps, of course. This has always been a much discussed and representative muscle, and one that is much admired by onlookers. When well developed, the biceps presents a noticeable protuberance of its two heads, and that is what draws the attention of those who look at it. The biceps muscle is

SEATED ROW, IN PULLEY MUSCLES WORKEDThis exercise mainly works the dorsal muscles and the major round , as well as the middle trapezius and the rear deltoid, and somewhat the rhomboid due to the adduction of the scapula by bringing the elbows back. The biceps and braquial help slightly when pulling the bar because there

“Empower your intelligent health” THE NEW DURATION OF EXISTENCE AND THE INCREASE OF INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY THE NEW POWERS OF OUR BODY ILLNESS, fatigue, loss of interest and excess time spent on recovery are things that prevent humankind from overcoming its limitations. But if our brain were connected to a computer, and this allowed the installation

EVERYONE WILL ADMIRE THEM You can do this routine on your leg day, incorporating your calves and middle section, or you can dedicate a specific day to it, which you can end with some stretching exercises for the abductor muscles and the quads. Standing, holding a barbell with your hands in a prone grip, shoulder

Shoulders are, perhaps, the part of our body that impress the most and that best highlight our figure. It’s the first thing you see on someone, and that’s why we must strive to make them as wide as possible. Ideally, they should be rounded and well developed in all three parts or heads: front, side and

It is one of the forgotten exercises in terms of back work. However, it allows you to focus on your muscles, and thanks to supportive support, reduce the aid of inertia and impulse. It is a simple appliance whose end rests on a corner of the wall or support; the other receives the load, and

WE HELP YOU TO REDISCOVER AN OLD TECHNIQUE THAT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE AGAIN Technically, PAP is a strategy in which muscle performance is markedly improved, as a result of a previous brutal contraction. In other words, a strong overload before an explosive activity causes a huge stimulation of the Central Nervous System that produces a

THIS SUPER SET WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU The superset is a training principle consisting of doing two exercises together, generally of antagonistic muscles (biceps-triceps; chest back; quads-femoral), without rest – except the essential move of going from one exercise to another and load or unload weights. In this way, the blood circulates continuously

This exercise affects the biceps brachii and its external head, the seat of the “beak” that has, to a large extent, a genetic condition, but that can be modified in favor if the movements are done well. The brachial and bracradial work intensively, especially if we start with a neutral grip, and repeat during the

When we talk about the biceps muscle in our arms, we refer to the biceps brachii, a muscle with a particular capacity for development made up of 2 extremes: the long head, which is located on the outside of the arm, and the short head, located on the inside. The objective of the biceps brachii

MUSCLES WORKED This position has a great impact on the dorsal major muscle which means that it is the main one involved in the movement. Likewise, the brachial biceps help in the exercise because we also do elbow flexion. We must remember that the brachialis, bracorradial, the round major, rear deltoid, infraspinatus, the round minor,

It is one of the few exercises for the posterior deltoid that you can do in isolation, apart from the work you receive in shoulder extension movements, such as paddles and dorsal pulls. EXERCISE EXECUTION Stand, holding dumbbells with a neutral grip. Lean forward until your torso is parallel to the ground, keeping your knees

As with almost everything in life, we would do wisely in thinking it over carefully in advance. As coaches, we would have to consider the situation of each individual, and we could group people into three categories: • People who have never ever trained with weights • People who at some point in their life