t r a i n i n gs e c r e t s
Optimal strength training: alternate heavy and light days 06.01.2010 Training in the afternoon slightly more effective than in the morning 11.12.2009 Free weight squat better than Smith machine squat 28.11.2009 Muscle groups work harder during a set if you focus on them 26.11.2009 Training in the evening gives you more muscles, more definition 19.11.2009 Increase your strength by watching your muscles at work 17.11.2009 Best way to do a lat pull-down: bar to your chest, not in your neck 06.11.2009 Stretching before training reduces strength 30.10.2009 Abdominal training better on a Swiss ball 12.10.2009 Training with different weights each week works fastest 06.10.2009 Bodybuilders have to work to get a thick neck 02.10.2009 Massage after power training: less muscle pain, less muscle damage 26.09.2009 The more supervision you get in a gym, the faster you grow 16.09.2009 More intensive cardio means fewer reps with strength training 03.08.2009 Short rest period between sets stimulates anabolic effect only briefly 02.08.2009 Fit but mentally tired athlete performs less well 17.06.2009 You’re at your strongest early in the evening 25.05.2009 Bench press isolates chest muscle just as well as peck-deck 17.05.2009 Muscles benefit more from testosterone if you rest less between sets 23.03.2009 Bodybuilders who train in the evening grow faster 22.03.2009 Want bigger biceps? Train them first 19.03.2009 More progress with strength training that’s tuned to your hormones 18.09.2008 Light training before you start serious training is anti-catabolic 06.09.2008 For stronger biceps, train your legs 02.09.2008
c y c l eh o r r o r
Needle swelling in bodybuilders misleads doctors 18.01.2010 Mysterious death of scared steroids user 16.11.2009 Anabolic steroids almost kill bodybuilder pro during operation 19.06.2009 Steroids lead to lopsided face 24.05.2009 Testosterone supplement causes aggressive prostate cancer 16.04.2009 Bodybuilding champion undergoes heart transplant 11.04.2009 More damaged livers from superdrol and madol 14.03.2009 Bloody cysts in the lungs cost bodybuilder his life 13.03.2009 Bodybuilder’s muscle withers after site injection of stanozolol 05.02.2009 Ephedrine and steroid mix proved fatal for fitness champion 19.01.2009 Ursodeoxycholic acid restores anabolic liver 18.12.2008 Blood clots in cerebral membrane 12.12.2008 Bodybuilder on hCG almost loses last testicle 30.10.2008 Death by Naposim 15.10.2008 Competitive bodybuilder became diabetic 16.09.2008 Bodybuilder drugs his liver to oblivion – twice 03.09.2008 DNP overdose kills bodybuilder 29.08.2008 Extreme acne scars chemical bodybuilder (21) for life 25.08.2008
a l g a e
Spirulina boosts runners’ performance 26.01.2010 Weight loss with chlorella 14.12.2009 Spirulina gives runners more stamina 18.11.2008 Spirulina more anabolic than casein 18.10.2008 Kelp has anti-estrogenic effect 09.10.2008
