by Mens Health | Mar 4, 2016 | Fitness
Drop the remote and pick up these tips. TRADITIONAL THINKING For bigger arms, do lots of sets of arm curls. NEW SCIENCE Your biceps and triceps are built quicker when doing compound moves before isolation moves. BENEFITS Improved arm strength; mass muscle growth. HOW...
by Mens Health | Feb 7, 2016 | Fitness
Separate fact from fiction and accelerate your gains Some things are beyond question – planetary motion, Jacques Nienaber’s defensive structures – but when it comes to weightlifting advice, it pays to be a skeptic. “The gym is filled with false information,” says...
by Mens Health | Feb 1, 2016 | Fitness
Switching up your workout routine produces consistent results. But that doesn’t mean you always have to seek out new exercises. Every so often, you should circle back to classics – like the lunge, chin-up, dead lift, and push-up. “They hit the big muscle groups better...
by Mens Health | Jun 22, 2015 | Fitness
Get the classic proportions that makes women swoon. To build the perfect body, it helps to have the right dimensions. Thankfully, the magic formula for those dimensions has been known for centuries. It’s called the golden ratio, a dividend of two measurements that’s...
by Mens Health | Apr 15, 2015 | Fitness
Your muscle construction crew will rely mostly on two key building materials: myofibrils (ropelike strands made up of thinner protein filaments) and sarcoplasm (a gel-like fuel that surrounds the myofibrils) to erect bigger mucles. Related: Want Bigger Muscles?...
