Articles by Derek Manuel
- What are the Most Effective Muscle Building Supplements?
With the exception of the occasional meal replacement, supplements are meant to supplement, not substitute. As far as the fasted way to build muscle, supplements should be the last thing you add to your program, if you add it at all. Supplements alone are completely worthless. They can add to the value of your progress only after you FIRST apply a proper workout and diet. Published 07Sep2008, viewed 363 times
- Workout Program For Hardgainers- How to Create Your Own
If you are a hardgainer focused on how to gain weight without getting overweight and building some serious muscle mass, there are some essential factors to consider. Below I have listed the main keys you can't leave out for a workout program for hardgainers that are designed specially for those who wish to gain weight. Published 27Aug2008, viewed 204 times
- Fastest Way to Build Muscle and Gain Weight
If you are interested in learning how to gain the most amount of weight and build massive muscle mass in record time, spend some serious time developing this one exercise. Not just the exercise itself, but the way that it is supposed to be performed for maximum effectiveness. Published 21Aug2008, viewed 518 times
- Building Muscle Without Emptying Your Wallet
It's actually a lot easier then most people think to gain muscle and lose fat without losing your money. As long as you understand the basics of building muscle and you ignore all the marketing hype about the latest and greatest supplement or workout equipment, then you can expect to add working out to your lifestyle without subtracting much from your bank account. Published 14Aug2008, viewed 317 times
- Build a Mass of Muscle by Specializing on These Key Muscle Groups
If you are a hardgainer, or you just haven't been gaining the muscle mass that you are striving to achieve, you may be leaving out some key exercises. If you look at any successful bodybuilder or weight trainer who trains to build a mass of muscle, you may notice that they spend a lot of time and effort in two main areas of their workouts: leg and back exercises. Published 06Aug2008, viewed 185 times
- Muscle Mass Building Workout - The Key Exercises
If you're interested in fast ways to build muscle and gain weight in record time, naturally you should ask yourself: "What are the best muscle mass building exercises to accomplish this?" Published 02Aug2008, viewed 1444 times
- The Fastest Way to Build Muscle and Develop a More Powerful Looking Chest
When it comes to developing a bigger and stronger chest, the first exercise that comes to most peoples mind is the bench press. Although this is perhaps the fastest way to build muscle on your chest, there is another lesser known exercise that can really give you a much more powerful and broader looking frame. Published 29Jul2008, viewed 621 times
- Motivational Strategies For Your Workouts So You Finish Every Time
Staying motivated is a key factor to having success in the gym. As they say, most people are good starters but poor finishers. This is because it is easy to get fired up and excited about a future goal you want to attain, such as trying to get in shape and build muscle fast, especially when you flip through a bodybuilding magazine or see a role model with a body like the one you want. Published 25Jul2008, viewed 191 times
- How to Gain Weight When you Have a Fast Metabolism
It seems like today everybody wants to lose weight. True, our country is having a major problem with obesity, but there are still those of us who would do just about anything to gain weight. If you're anything like I was, you could just about eat a grocery store out of business and not gain an ounce of weight. So if you have tried anything and everything to gain weight to no avail, then keep reading my friend. Published 18Jul2008, viewed 340 times
- Lifting Heavy Weights to Build Muscle
One of the main causes of failure when it comes to gaining weight and building muscle mass is lack of strength. A key basic principle when it comes to weight training and bodybuilding that should never be forgotten is the concept of progressive overload. In other words, you have to constantly be lifting heavy weights to build muscle. Published 13Jul2008, viewed 211 times
- How to Gain Muscle Weight Fast by Avoiding this Fatal Mistake
Too many trainees make the fatal mistake of training too much. They think the longer they train, the bigger muscles they'll get. Even if you want to build up muscle endurance, weight training for three hours isn't necessary. But for hardgainers who want workout programs to gain muscle mass and weight gain, it can detrimental. Published 08Jul2008, viewed 316 times
- How to Gain Forty Pounds of Muscle
If you're are sick and tired of being skinny and are interested in gaining weight like never before without taking any bogus supplements, then read on my friend. Learning how to gain forty pounds of muscle doesn't have to take years, in fact, it is very reasonable to do it well under a year, even if you have a fast metabolism. Published 05Jul2008, viewed 253 times
- A Simple Bodybuilding Routine for Building Mass
If you are looking for a good bodybuilding routine for building mass, then I have a good one for you. There are so many routines out there, especially with the internet, that it is very easy to get confused about what works, who to listen to, how many sets, how many reps, how to long should I rest, and the list goes on and on. Published 02Jul2008, viewed 283 times
- How to Gain Muscle on a Budget
Gaining muscle and building a fit body doesn't have to cost a fortune. In fact, it's very easy to learn how to gain muscle on a budget. Published 24Jun2008, viewed 220 times
- Great Program if You Need to Gain Weight for Football
If you need to gain weight for football, then here is the perfect program for you. The only reason athletes, or anybody for that matter, have trouble gaining weight is because there simply isn't enough solid information that teaches the good old fashioned way to do it. So if you need to gain weight for football I am going to keep it as simple as possible: Published 19Jun2008, viewed 199 times
- How to Build Muscle Size Like the Old Timers
From around the fifty's through the seventy's, we can learn a lot of solid information on how to build muscle size as well as gaining weight from the old-timers. There was a lot more common sense and simplicity when it came to weight training workouts for muscle mass. Published 16Jun2008, viewed 213 times
- Is Your Sleep Schedule Interfering with Your Muscle Gains?
Every so often I'll get an e-mail from someone who claims he or she has applied each of those key factors for many weeks and still say they have trouble trying to gain weight and build muscle fast. One of the lesser known ways to build muscle fast in record time is something that most people just plain don't get enough of these days: sleep. Published 07Jun2008, viewed 287 times
- How to Build Muscle Size and Strength Fast Using "Death Sets"
One training technique they used that is very rare to see today is something called "Death Sets." By the name alone, you can tell they definitely aren't a walk in the park. But what they give you is results. Real results, and faster then any supplement or home gym can promise. In fact, applied properly with the right food to eat to build muscles, they can very well be the fasted way to build muscle and gain weight. Published 05Jun2008, viewed 201 times
- Gain Muscle Weight Fast with the Correct Number of Sets and Reps
Are you finding yourself often confused with how many sets and reps you should be doing if you want to gain weight and build muscle as fast as possible? If you are, you are definitely not alone. There are some general rules for this, but there are about just as many exceptions for this rule. But if you're concerned with bulking up and slapping on pounds of muscle on you frame, then I'll make it simple Published 03Jun2008, viewed 209 times
- What is the Best Way to Build Muscle Fast?
What is the best way to build muscle fast, using free-weights or machines? If you wanted to gain weight and build muscle as fast as naturally possible, what should your workouts look like? Published 31May2008, viewed 257 times
- Desire is the True Key to Success To Get in Shape and Build Muscle Fast
Whether or not you will be successful is already pre-determined before you even begin. If your desire is weak, further down the road you may quit and let temporary failures get the best of you. If your desire is strong, however, you will adapt the necessary winning attitude that will keep you on track no matter how many times you may fail. Published 29May2008, viewed 234 times
- Build Muscle Mass and Strength Fast by Learning the Truth About Limits
Let's talk about limits, what they are, what effect they have on our weight training progress, and I how to completely toss them out the window so we can apply them to workout programs to gain muscle and strength. First off, what are limits? The question we really should be asking is, are they real? Published 22May2008, viewed 307 times
- Fast Muscle Mass Building: The Ten Success Principles
As the saying goes, "methods are many, principles are few, methods may change, but principles never do," this has just as much validity with weight training and bodybuilding as it does anything else. Though I can't say I agree on many of the different "methods" of gaining weight and building muscle mass these days, the principles for reaching your goals will always remain the same. Published 13May2008, viewed 448 times
- Diet Plan for Building Muscle Mass
Most ambitious bodybuilders and weight trainers will learn everything there is to know about weight lifting and do whatever it takes in the gym for results. They will work their butts off pumping iron and endure pain that the common man would coward from. However, one of the major causes of failure for even these overzealous trainees is not having a proper diet plan for building muscle mass. Published 09May2008, viewed 358 times
- How to Build Up Muscle Strength
If you want to learn how to build up muscle strength, then look no further. My goal is to put together for you the simplest, purest, and most learn-able form on how to build up muscle strength to whatever you want it to be. Published 08May2008, viewed 254 times
- Get in Shape and Build Muscle Fast with Proper Goal Setting
Goal setting is one of the greatest keys to success of all time. Think of goals like road maps. If you don't have a destination, how will you get anywhere? When you know exactly where you want to go, it is much easier to plan out and execute. When you can picture yourself in the future of how you want to look and when you want to achieve it by, it will create a burning desire and faith to achieve it. Published 01May2008, viewed 282 times
- Fast Muscle Mass Building: Hard Work is the Key
Today it seems like every new weight trainer and bodybuilder is looking for the perfect muscle mass building routines and best supplement to solve their problem for lack or growth. They believe that if they can just find the right program or revolutionary new supplement that all of their muscle mass building problems will be gone. Published 25Apr2008, viewed 590 times
- Build a Mass of Muscle by Going Back to the Basics
What I love best about workouts for muscle mass and gaining weight is that no matter what great salesman comes up with a new and improved workout gym, exercise, or supplement, there is nothing better to build a mass of muscle then the same basic exercises men did way back in the 50's. Published 24Apr2008, viewed 264 times
- A Secret Yet Simple Exercise for Muscle Building
If you've been having trouble gaining weight and/or putting some muscle mass on your frame, then I suggest you start doing some serious squatting. If you have been squatting but still aren't seeing results, I would then suggest that you take a look at your squatting poundage's. Almost 90% of weight trainer's problems with gaining weight and muscle mass can be solved just by getting serious about squatting. Published 16Apr2008, viewed 405 times
- Gain Weight and Build Muscle Mass Fast
One of the most important keys to gaining weight and building muscle mass as fast and effectively as possible. Published 15Apr2008, viewed 379 times
- How to Use Visualization to Build Strength and Muscle Mass
If you are interested in building muscle and gaining some raw strength beyond what you thought was capable for yourself, or maybe you just want just a little trick to get some better results, then try visualization. Published 26Mar2008, viewed 270 times
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