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Training Frequency and Muscle Growth

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Here's something to consider when you read all of those infrequent training success stories where people gained large amounts of muscle while only training once every 10-15 days. People on steroids who are NOT training have the ability to gain more muscle weight and muscle size then those who are not on steroids but who ARE training. In other words, by being on steroids … [Read more...] about Training Frequency and Muscle Growth

Genetics and Muscle Building

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"Whatever, Brad's muscles are 80% Genetics" It was a comment that stung a bit. I took it to suggest that the way I look was more 'genetics' then it was hard work and and Eat Stop Eat. Funny thing --> It was RIGHT. Since the conversation in question was actually about my arms, I will use then as our example: My Arms are roughly 16 inches in circumference. That … [Read more...] about Genetics and Muscle Building

My Approach to Building Muscle

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I'm always amazed at the 'carpet bomb' way of thinking that most people use to approach building muscle. "Eat 10,000 calories a day, train hard with lots of rest, don't do any cardio and sleep 12 hours a night and you will build muscle" Which to me is very similar to telling people the secret to getting rich is: "Work 5 full times jobs, live in a shack for 8 years, … [Read more...] about My Approach to Building Muscle

Muscle Building And Lay Offs

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One last muscle building post for this week. Obvious fact...unplanned breaks from working out suck. (Mostly because they typically happen as a result of an injury). But here's the truth about lay offs - They can actually help you build muscle. Now, I know that mentally time off from training can be really, really tough, but physically they may hold a lot of … [Read more...] about Muscle Building And Lay Offs

Muscle Building Wave Theory

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I'd like to expand on my "What we can learn from Ryan Reynolds" muscle building blog post and really explore the idea of "Wave Theory Muscle Building". Basically, the idea is as follows: Very few of us can go all out all the time. Real life tends to get in the way of our workouts and muscle building. Things like job stress, money stress, lack of sleep, colds, flu's, car … [Read more...] about Muscle Building Wave Theory