This is a principle, created by the famous 3 times Mr. Olympia – Frank Zane. It is a principle, that is best used by middle aged/older trainees. However, the ideas of the principle can be applied by beginners, advanced and elite athletes. The main idea of the sparing principle, is reducing and removing everything that’s
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Instinctive principle
The main idea behind this principle is doing what you feel like during your workout, without analyzing anything in regards to your training split.If this principle was viable for everyone however, the bodybuilding methodologies, that were developed throughout the past decades, would be totally irrelevant and inapplicable.
Sets Until Failure
This principle is the main idea of other intense methods like cheating, forced reps, prolonged sets, as well as flushing, super-sets, combinations, etc. This is a premise for us to not consider it a separate principle, but rather a foundation and an inevitable part of our body building approach. In reality, this principle is best…
Chest Dumbbell Workout
Crowded gyms are the worst nightmare for every trainee, especially when the gym is not well equipped, and has no more than 2 bench presses.
This is the exact moment when a dumbbell workout is most appropriate- you don’t
Contrast Principle
Anatomy researches on the skeletal musculature According to anatomy researches, during the last 30 years, the skeletal muscles consist of two main types of muscle fibers- Fast-twitch muscle fibers (white) and slow-twitch muscle fibers (red). The ratio of white to red muscle fibers is genetically predetermined. It is also important to note here, that fast-twitching…
Core Exercise For Bodybuilding: Why Are They Important?
Anyone who has ever tried working out or done bodybuilding must have heard about core exercise. They have a basic idea of what they mean, but are not quite sure about their importance. Or better, their importance in bodybuilding and
Critical Bench Review
Those intent on developing a serious Schwarzenegger-style chest should look no further than Critical Bench, the world’s most successful chest building workout regime ever!
Critical Bench founder and coach, Mike Westerdal, owns several bench press records thanks to this mean regime, in which he guides you exactly through how to train properly and gain impressive chest muscle growth and strength.
Diet Plans For Men
When you’re looking for a diet plan to help you get ripped and lean body, as a male you probably do know that means: eating a lot of healthy food, quitting bad habits (smoking and drinking), and exercising a lot.
Diet Plans for Women
As a woman, you probably do know that you tend to have many factors working against you when it comes to controlling weight. Medications, depression, child birth, and menopause are all factors that can unfortunately lead to a lot of weight gain. But, that isn’t the worst part: women tend to gain weight in their.
Elite Workouts
In this article, you will see what it takes to take your physique to the next level. (A competitive level for that matter).The workouts you are about to see here, are based around some of the most powerful principles and methodologies, which we went through in the first section of MeanMuscles.
