Obviously there is no specific ‘one size fits all’ approach to bodybuilding. We all have different body types and metabolisms as well as aspirations and determination. Nevertheless, some basic advice has been proven applicable to nearly everyone.
Base your bodybuilding program on heavy compound exercises such as bench presses, squats, dead-lifts and leg [...]

There are multiple factors, as well as opinions, to consider when determining how much rest your muscles require between workouts. In brief the main factors can be divided into three groups:
What you can’t control, such as genetics and age.
Factors related to your workouts such as past experience, how intense your workouts are, [...]

Eat five times a day at 2-3 hour intervals. This keeps you saturated with the amino acids and glycogen from protein and carbohydrate sources that you need to push abnormal muscle growth. This also prevents muscle loss due to a bodily starvation reaction to heavy workouts.
Focus on compound movements such as squats and [...]

Here’s a New Year’s list of 14 strategies to help increase a fat loss fitness regime. The more of them you use the more successful you’ll be.
Eat more protein 30% of your total daily calories should come from protein. Protein protects muscles from breakdown when calories are low and liberates stored energy.
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Present day work environments and schedules are not usually very sympathetic or flexible towards those trying to follow a healthy lifestyle or on a diet. Shift work, overtime, deadlines, family responsibilities and commuting can all wreck your fitness regime if you let them. While some compromises may be necessary the secret is to [...]

Achieving our goals in life often creates both internal and external conflicts. The pressures to give up and or compromise can become so pervasive we simply surrender rather than take up the fight. Work schedules, family responsibilities, even friendships and social obligations can all get in the way if we let them. [...]

Like them or not, goals are what bring results. Without them you simply don’t know where you’re heading, somewhat like going on a journey without a map. Here are five goals that can be applied to any fitness regime.
Drink more water: You’ve heard it before, but how many follow this advice? [...]

Feast or famine:
Erratic eating habits are one of the basic problems for those trying to lose weight. Your body likes regularity, so, if you’re having trouble organising your weight loss program what you need is an eating schedule that allows sufficient time for the body to digest the food that you have planned and [...]

‘Fat’ is a word rich in negative connotations as well as health and emotional implications. So let’s just stick with the facts, and truth is, like it or not, women are simply biologically more prone to retaining body fat than men. However, there are other issues involved in women’s responses to body fat [...]

Eating more protein (30% of your total caloric intake) and eating smaller meals more often helps avoid muscle breakdown (catabolism) while exercising.
Choose foods high in volume (bulk). Green leafy vegies such as cabbage, spinach and broccoli are high in antioxidants and low in calories. Starchy foods such as sweet potatoes, brown rice and [...]