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How to FIX your Shoulder Tension for good (and not... Everyday tasks like driving, computer work, and sitting at a desk cause us to hunch over. For about 80% of us, this causes shoulder tension, specifically in the Upper Trapezius and neck muscles. This tension is worsened for those who store stress in their shoulders. (You know who you are). We all know how good it feels...

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Revisited & Revised: Top 5 Chest Exercises for Mass Re-wrote my popular post, Top 5 Chest Exercises for Mass. Give it a read, and keep your routine in check!

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3 Easy Steps to Relieve Shoulder Stress Shoulders (traps), neck, and the upper back muscles have a tendency for tension, especially for those who carry stress in their neck. For many, this may become painful, irritating, and could make it hard to sleep. Here's an old school method to massage out those kinks, knots, and aches: You'll need:   A...

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10 Tips to Increase Your Bench Press If you’re like anyone else, you’re either at a plateau, or just want to add some serious weight to your bench press: 1. Alternate the order of angled bench presses each chest workout Keep your chest "guessing," so it always feels challenged. 2. Try incorporating dumbbell presses into your workouts Dumbbells...

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Chest: Once or Twice a Week? One large decision that needs to be made is whether to workout chest once or twice per week. Chest is a large enough muscle to work it out twice a week, and it can be very beneficial if you've been trying to gain some size. The best and most efficient way to do this is to do a “Heavy” day in the beginning of the week...

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10 Tips to Increase Your Bench Press

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If you’re like anyone else, you’re either at a plateau, or just want to add some serious weight to your bench press:

1. Alternate the order of angled bench presses each chest workout
Keep your chest “guessing,” so it always feels challenged.

2. Try incorporating dumbbell presses into your workouts
Dumbbells provide a larger range of motion and stretch your chest more during the negative repetition.

3. Maintain a 4-6 rep range for adding mass
4 to 6 is the perfect rep range for heavy weight.

4. Consider training chest twice a week
Put your chest to work.

5. Train your Rotator Cuffs
Rotator Cuffs are inside your shoulder, and are used in many exercises, including Bench Press. The stronger your Rotator Cuffs are, the more ready they will be for a heavier bench press load.

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Chest: Once or Twice a Week?

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Category : Workouts

One large decision that needs to be made is whether to workout chest once or twice per week. Chest is a large enough muscle to work it out twice a week, and it can be very beneficial if you’ve been trying to gain some size. The best and most efficient way to do this is to do a “Heavy” day in the beginning of the week and a “light” day near the end. I would recommend doing chest on Monday and Thursday, or Tuesday and Friday.
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7 Common Excuses For Not Working Out (and why they don’t work)

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Don’t lie to yourself. It’s not good to make up excuses for not going to the gym, especially because it’s habit-forming.

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Top 5 Chest Exercises (for mass)

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Chest exercises are always a tough choice when you’re figuring out your own workout schedule. If  over training wasn’t a concept, I’d do every chest exercise in the book; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But over training does exist, and it’s no fun — stick to these 5 classic moves instead and watch your chest grow:
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Correcting Your Deadlift Form

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Last Wednesday was back day, which means last Wednesday was a deadlift day. Lee, another gym member who I saw on back day, gave me some tips on my form. I thought I would share it with you, because I added an extra 20 pounds to my 1 rep-max :)

So, I told Lee that my hips and upper-quads were feeling awkward when I lifted off during the beginning of the lift, and he said I should NARROW MY STANCE.

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Watermelon Increases Vascularity

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I was reading through old issues of Muscle & Fitness magazine, and I came across a section about watermelon. Watermelon has an amino acid called arginine, which is found in certain NO products. When arginine is absorbed into the body, you produce an abundant free-form gas in your blood called NO (Nitric Oxide). NO will increase your vascularity, and help transport oxygen through out your body.
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Exercising While Sick

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Last week I came down with a cold, and had to ask myself whether or not to go to the gym. It’s not an easy decision. However, I went to the gym anyways and had a “light” workout. It wasn’t easy, because of how lazy I felt; but I did notice that I was felt a little better.

No matter what type of exercise you’re doing, (jogging, weight lifting, biking…) I would recommend exercising if you’re feeling sick. Two reasons: circulation, and stress relief. Exercise has been proven to relive stress, and being sick is puts a lot of stress on your body. That being said; a little stress relief can definitely help you out a lot on your road to recovery. Next, is circulation. When you’re exercising, you’ve Continue Reading

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