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December 10th, 2009

Thousands of men and women around the world are always looking to get into better shape. This is perfectly understandable! Looking better is not the only reason to tone up your body, it also makes you feel a lot better.

The other greater benefit of lengthening your life span, should never be overlooked. You may be considering weight lifting exercises to improve your strength and body looks, well the truth is, a right weight lifting regimen can do a lot more than just that.

Weight lifting exercises often get a bad rap for adding bulk to people without really contributing to calorie burning, well there is nothing farther away from the truth than that. When people lift weights, they do burn off calories, and they also strengthen their bodies.

The little known and wonderful truth about weight lifting exercises is that they can also lead to burning of more calories when people are at rest. When anyone pumps iron they tear their muscles to some degree, which the body repairs naturally in due course making the muscles larger in the process.

Each time the muscle gets larger the body needs more calories to support the newly gained lean muscle mass. Hence it is quite natural for the body to use more calories from your daily consumption to support this muscle growth.

There are various types of great weight lifting exercise regimens published online at websites like bodybuilding.com and worldfitnessnetwork.com. When you are on your next relaxing web surfing trip, take a look at what type of exercises are emphasized.

Take advantage of all this free data and allow it to help you in choosing weight lifting exercises that would get you into better shape for the future. You never know, you may end up liking weight training a lot more that you thought you would.

The type of weight lifting exercises you choose would depend entirely on what you have set out to achieve. If you just wish to get toned, like many women out there do, you should go in for a routine of lighter weights and higher reps. This will enable anyone to visibly tone up their muscles, without getting larger or adding on any more bulk.

Those who wish to pack on some real muscle mass should consider heavier weights and lower reps for your weight lifting exercises. This places more stress on the muscles and allows them to tear more and grow larger as they rebuild.

However, if you are trying to put on lean muscle mass, keep in mind the fact that you have to eat for it. This means consuming more calories than your normal daily consumption, and which you burn off each day. Your muscles will definitely need extra calories and generous amounts of protein to grow larger.

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Seven Minute Muscle Building Method

March 7th, 2009

 Follow the 7 minute muscle by Jon Benson to build mass muscle fast.

How to Build Muscle Fast w/ 5 Advanced Bodybuilding Routines

5 advanced bodybuilding routines are explained to help you be able to build muscle fast. These exercises are used by some of the finest, and best fit athletes in the world.

So, bodybuilding is something you like and you want to be able to gain muscle mass. You have given it some time and you are beginning to see some results. The nice part is you have lost some of the flab that you had a year ago, your body is getting hard, you are gaining some muscle weight and losing fat weight, but your muscles are not getting as big as you want them to be. What you want are muscles that are big, maybe sculpted muscles with definition, or if you can get those muscles big, you would like to maybe get in a body building competition. What you have found is your bodybuilding workouts are getting easy and you want to challenge yourself with a different workout.

How to gain muscle fast using advanced bodybuilding training and exercise techniques have been used by many different types of people and professions.

Some of those people are:
professional athletes
wrestlers
security personnel
bouncers
male bodybuilding models
femal bodybuilding models
and most definetly the military.

Now here is the nice part, you can be one of them too. If you have been working out and building up your body’s strength, and you are eating the right types of foods (protein laden meals), you have gotten rid of all of the junk food and you have the patience, then you are ready to learn the best way to build muscle by using some of these advanced bodybuilding routines / training / exercise techniques.

This is what you need to keep in mind

Have you been bodybuilding for a while, like I think you have, you know that there are many different bodybuilding training styles, bodybuilding routines. These programs can be for the beginner bodybuilder, a person who has been doing this for a while (intermediate bodybuilder) and of course for the advanced person as well.

Understand that this is going to cost you some money and will probably take up more of your time while learning how to build muscles and muscle mass. One of the main points too and not to be over looked is you have to eat those small meals all day long. If you are about to imbark on some intense bodybuilding workouts, then you should go see your doctor before you start to make sure your body is able to handle these extreme workouts.

There could be different circumstances for each bodybuilder. Some can workout the arms and legs while the back is not going to be able to take much. But don’t fear, there are still some extreme bodybuilding training techniques that you are going to be able to do.

So if you are ready for the challenge of your life, then watch and learn the fastest way to build muscle using some advanced bodybuilding techniques. Below you are going to find some bodybuilding routines that will increase muscle mass, tone, define your muscles and make them big.

5 Advanced Bodybuilding techniques to Build Muscles Quickly

Forced Reps:
What you are going to do here is to lift the weight over and over, quicker and quicker, but the key is that you have helper "spotter" to "force the rep by helping you lift the barbell. What I mean by this is for every ten (10) lifts, you are going to get some help on the eleventh (11). What is going to happen is the barbell is going to get heavier and heavier. This is for sure going to help you build some muscle mass over time.

Partials:
This one can be a lot of fun. What you want to do is instead of doing a normal lift by moving the weight all the way, you are going to only move the weight half way and then hold it for 10-20 seconds, and do it again. You are going to feel some pain with this one, so make sure that you stretch after each one of the sets to help minimize the pain you are going to feel.

Pre Exhaust Training:
This one is for when one specific area is what you want to work on. Say you are going to work on the triceps. You start by doing your favorite routine for your triceps, like lifting the dumbbell over your head. This is the intense part. When you are resting in between switching weights or lifts, you are going to skip the rest part and just begin the new exercise. Some people have called this "super setting", and man does this get those muscles working and burning. This is a great one for building muscle fast.

Giant Sets:
This one is going to be similar to the pre exhausting exercise. But here is the difference, you are not going to rest at all for an entire series of exercises of a specific muscle group. Talk about burning, this one will do that. So if you are going to work those biceps and you have several exercises you do, there is no rest for that entire group of exercises for thos biceps.

Strip Sets:
You are going to need some help for this one, so get two of your buddies at the gym to help you with this one. Time is everything with this strip sets. What you are going to do is start bench pressing with the most weight on it you usually use and then have the spotters start to lower the weight. Now there is no rest in between the weight changes, and you should be used to that by now. The speed is what is going to build the muscles on this one. Try it you will see what I mean.

As you can see, these advanced bodybuilding training / routines are really going to give you a workout. Give this a try for a few months and watch how fast your muscles grow. You will gain muscles, muscle mass, definition and be proud to show that body off.

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By Steve Madigan
Published: 7/15/2008

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Building Lean Body

February 26th, 2009

 Jon Benson’s 7 minute muscle is a proven method to build mass muscle. Build Lean Muscle fast the Jon Benson way.

Fitness: Building Muscle Mass

Tips for building muscle mass… Besides training with heavy weights you must vary your workouts and perform each exercise with perfect form. Cardiovascular training and your nutrition also play a role in building muscle.

As you know, building muscle mass does not happen overnight and consistent training is the key. Training heavy is important, but you must make sure you are performing enough exercises for each body area and enough sets per exercise. An example of a muscle building program is to perform on average four exercises per body part and four sets of each exercise. That is about 16 sets per body part per workout. Many people pyramid the weights up while other people pyramid the weight down. I would suggest a combination, one week go up and the next pyramid down. You should not pyramid down until you know what your sub-max weight is for each exercise. It is a good idea to hire an experienced fitness trainer to help you with this type of training. With strength/muscle building training you should train each body part one time per week. It is very hard training, but this is one way to add substantial muscle mass. Make sure you vary the exercises and workouts so that your body does not adapt to the training. Once your body adapts to the training you will plateau. You must constantly challenge the muscles in order to build muscle mass. Core gets trained more often than once per week and ,make sure you keep up with your flexibility training.

In other words, if you want to look like a bodybuilder you must train like a body builder. If you cannot hire a trainer to get you started try to find a workout partner who has been successful with muscle building training for a number of years. You should be performing squats, bench press, overhead press, and many other exercises with free weights as well as use the machines for some exercises. Training for muscle mass is very intense. You must be injury free and very healthy to train for muscle mass. Please make sure you discuss your exercise plan with your doctor before you begin.

To add muscle mass you must also take a look at your diet. Nutrition is extremely important for any type of training. You may be eating healthy, but there is a chance you should make a few changes to help with your goals. You must look at the number of calories you are eating vs. the number of calories you are burning. You should be eating some protein and carbohydrate at the end of each workout, within 20 minutes. I would not recommend you start drinking protein shakes because you can get all of the nutrients you need through good food. The quality of the food you eat will play an important role in your success. You may not be eating enough calories. Go to WWW.MYPYRAMID.GOV for safe and accurate nutrition information. There are nutrition tools on that website to help you design the best eating plan for you. Another healthy eating website is WWW.EATHEALTHY.ORG . You must also remain well hydrated. Drink Gatorade before, during, and after your workout. For information on Gatorade and sports nutrition you should go to WWW.GSSIWEB.COM . There are many useful articles on that website.

Be sure to take a close look at the cardiovascular training and your other calorie burning activities. Many people training for muscle mass limit their cardiovascular training to a few days per week. Building muscle mass is not easy if you are burning too many calories. Many people training for mass use stationary bikes rather than elliptical machines and stair climbers. Riding a stationary bike does not burn as many calories as the weight bearing cardiovascular machines. It is a good idea to alternate your cardiovascular training.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or if you would like me to help you more with your training. Let me know how your training is going in a few months. You should see my "Legs Plus" workout! It’s a favorite!

You can download the FREE workouts from my website. They are general conditioning workouts. If you decide to use swing set fitness as part of your summer training you should perform the more challenging workouts near the end of the book.

By Karen Goeller
Published: 5/2/2008

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Develop Lean Body Fast

February 14th, 2009

 Build lean muscle fast with Jon Benson’s exercise and nutrition book 7 minute muscle

Top 10 Exercises to Build Bigger Muscle

Build bigger muscles with these killer exercise. Top Ten ways to improve mass.

If you want to build bigger muscle, these are the exercises to do it. Build bigger muscle and build it fast!!

1) Deadlift – Not many weight training exercises work as many muscle groups and build bigger muscle as fast as the deadlift. The neck, traps, upper, middle, and lower back, glutes, hamstrings, quads, biceps, forearms, and abs are all utilized in the deadlift. No other exercise is a better test of overall body power. While uninformed people always ask, "how much can you bench," the question they really should ask is, "how much can you deadlift?" A deadlift is the most basic exercise anyone can do. Bending down and picking a weight up off the floor is the one weight training exercise that mimics everyday real life situations. Most people will rarely find themselves on their back needing to push a heavyweight off their chest but everyone has to bend down and pick things up. If you could only do one exercise to build bigger muscle this would be the one to do.

2) Squat – The squat has been known for years as the "king of all muscle building exercises" and for good reason. I’m not talking about sissy boy half squats either; I’m talking about real below parallel, full squats. If you don’t at least break parallel it’s not a squat. Like deadlifts, squats involve an enormous amount of muscle mass and stimulate the release of anabolic hormones such as testosterone. This is great to build bigger muscle fast. The squat is probably the most revered exercise among serious lifters and the power rack is considered our sacred ground. If you ever want to develop any kind of real lower body strength and build muscle fast, you have no choice but to squat.

3) Chin Up – Not many exercises will build bigger muscle in the upper body like chin ups. Known as the upper body squat, chins stimulate nearly every muscle from the traps down to the abdominals. Any exercise that allows you to move your body through space as opposed to moving a weight or fixed implement around you has a much higher degree of neuromuscular activation, and therefore a much greater potential to elicit gains in size and strength. Look at the development of male gymnasts and you will see for yourself what years of chin ups and dips can do for the upper body. If you want to build muscle fast, be sure to include chin ups in your weight training program.

4) Parallel Bar Dip – A close second to chin ups as one of the best upper body exercises to build bigger muscle fast, and for all the same reasons. If you want big arms you had better include dips in your training program. No other weight training exercise will add slabs of muscle to the triceps as effectively as dips. A huge chest and enormous pair of front delts are also a pleasant side effect that comes with regularly performing this outstanding muscle building exercise.

5) Hang Clean & Push Press – A total body muscle building exercise which hits the calves, hamstrings, glutes, quads, lower and upper back, traps, shoulders, biceps, triceps, and forearms. Although it is, by definition, an Olympic lift, it can be done in more of a strict manner to really target the traps, upper back, and shoulders. When done in this manner, it is not performed solely with the intention of developing explosive speed like most Olympic lifts are performed. Doing the clean and push press in this manner is a form of power bodybuilding and will really blow up the traps and shoulders. If you could only pick one weight training exercise for building muscle, this might be the one. It’s a shame you don’t see this in more bodybuilding programs. It will help you build bigger muscle and do it fast

6) Bench Press – This is one of the three powerlifting exercises and along with Military Presses, is the greatest of all pressing movements to build bigger muscle in the upper body. When looking at the effectiveness of an exercise, the questions to be asked are what will allow the lifter to use the most weight and what exercise involves the most muscle mass. The bench press meets both of these prerequisites and besides being incredibly effective as a muscle building exercise, it is one of the best measures of upper body power.

7) Military Press – Also known as the front press, this was once considered the number one measure of upper body power and was the premier muscle building exercise for the upper body. In the old days of strength training most people didn’t even do bench presses; every weight training exercise was done standing up. Bench pressing was looked down upon as a show lift and real men only did overhead presses to build muscle. Bench pressing took over with the development of powerlifting and bodybuilding and the military press took a back seat. It is still however, a great measure of upper body power and should be done by anyone interested in building an impressive set of shoulders and building overall muscle mass throughout the upper body. Even though some uninformed doctors will have you believe that overhead pressing can be dangerous, old time strong men argue that there would not be as many shoulder injuries as there are today if the military press had remained the upper body weight training exercise of choice. Equally effective variations of the military press include the push press, push jerk and split jerk.

8) Bent Over Rows – When it comes to build bigger muscle in the upper back and lats, bent over rows are hard to beat. This weight training exercise can be performed many different ways; palms up, palms down, wide grip, close grip, to the abdomen, to the sternum, with an ez bar or with a straight bar. However you do them, nothing will develop thickness in the back like rows will, and anyone who has been involved with bodybuilding for a while will tell you there is nothing more impressive than a well developed back, muscular back.

9) Good Mornings – Although they are a rarely performed weight training exercise by a large majority of bodybuilders, good mornings remain one of the staples of a good size and strength gaining program. Powerlifters seem to be the only ones who know about the muscle building properties of this outstanding exercise. The reason this muscle building exercise is often avoided is that good mornings are brutally hard work. But that hard work brings huge rewards. Good mornings will build muscle fast and pack tons of size on your lower back, glutes, and hamstrings. They are also one of the best weight training exercises to help improve your squat and deadlift, which is the main reason they are a mainstay in powerlifting.

10) Pushup – Yes, you read that right, I said pushups are one of the best weight training exercises to build bigger muscle fast. For a beginner pushups are the absolute best muscle building exercise to do for the pecs, delts, and triceps. However, as you make progress and get stronger pushups become too easy and are usually forgotten about. That is a huge mistake. There are several varieties of pushups that can be used by intermediate and advanced lifters such as elevated pushups on pushup handles, dumbbells, or chairs. Pushups can also be done on gymnastic rings hanging from chains and suspended a foot or so above the ground to make them even more challenging. When either of these versions of this awesome muscle building exercise becomes too easy you can have a partner hold weight on your back, use a weighted vest or even drape heavy chains across your back. If you are looking for more variety, Hindu pushups are another great version of this exercise and can sometimes humble even the strongest of men.

So there you have it, the best weight training exercises to build bigger muscle fast. All the food and supplements and drugs in the world are worthless if you train like a Nancy boy. Machines and isolation movements are as effective as running on a treadmill when it comes to getting big and strong. Stick with the weight training exercises above; make them a staple in your training, and start saving up for a new wardrobe. Its time to build bigger muscle fast! To get super new tips on how to build bigger muscle and how to do it fast, go to MuscleGainingSecrets.com.

By Blaine Witherspoon
Published: 9/18/2008

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Burn Fat

February 14th, 2009

Burn Fat and Build Mass Muscle quickly and effortlessly with Jon Benson’s 7 Minute Muscle

Successfully Build the Muscle you Want

Learn how to build the muscle you are looking for.

We wall want to have a nice toned body, and some of us even want some big muscles to go with it. However, not everyone knows how to correctly get their muscles to grow. It is not all about going to the gym everyday or all day, but rather when you are in the gym knowing what you are doing. You also have to know what muscles you are trying to grow, and how they work.

Before you even begin to hit the gym you need to lay out a game plan for your self. Write up some goals and what you want to work on. You have to know what to work on before you go in the gym and start doing any type of workouts.

Once you have your goals and a game plan you can start to research different exercises. Do some research on what exercises work the different muscles, and what exercises will work best to obtain your goals. This should help you write up your exercise plan that you will do in the gym

Get a feel for what works best for your body. Not everyone is the same, while some people can stay in the gym for hours others need only a short work out. Figure out what you get the most out of and tailor your work out around that. This should help you have a more efficient work out and begin to see results.

To get the most out of your muscles you must have them prepared for your work out. This includes a good amount of time spent for warm ups and cool downs. Be sure to spend some time stretching and preparing your muscles for the work out, as well as cooling down your muscles after work out. This will also help in avoiding any injuries that could set you back.

Another way to help you with your workouts is to make it enjoyable. Join a gym with a friend and work out with him or her on a daily basis. You may also to bring in a music player that will keep you in the zone and stop you from being distracted. Figure out what works best for you.

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By stephen segler
Published: 1/21/2009

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