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when exercising the lats, do wide grip pullups stimulate more muscle growth, or would it be more/equally beneficial to do regular pullups? the wide grip pulls require more force to be generated which, from what i understand, is what makes your muscles bigger- but the greater range of motion...

i'm progressing to a planche as outlined here: Building an Olympic Body through Bodyweight Conditioning: A Bodyweight Strength Training article from Dragon Door Publications I can do the tuck planche for 60 seconds, but I don't understand how to lift my hips higher for the advanced tuck...

Current Routine: nonexistent Problem: For my legs, I am trying to increase my squat capacity - reps and weight. I can only do about 8 reps in general with adequate weight. I am only marginally sore the next day. I run into cardiovascular failure very easily. Question: How often should I...

I ran out of food money early last month and had to quit eating for 2 weeks. I know thats bad and I lost a lot of weight. Please don't harp on me for it. anyways, the problem is that now I have food- I can't eat it. I have no appetite. what can I do to increase/regain my appetite?

the past month i have been doing this 3x a week: overhead press - 1 set bent rows - 1 set push ups - as many as possible triangle push ups - as many as possible dead lift - 1 set curls - 1 set here are the results... overhead press from 85 for 6 to 110 for 12 bent rows 95 for...

Mike Mentzer's "heavy duty" routine? if so or if not, what do you think? 1. A highly abbreviated routine training bodyparts every forth day. 2. Using the following split:- Chest and Back, Legs and Abs, Shoulders and Arms, Legs and Abs 3. The program is repeated in a sixteen day cycle. 4. One...

I only have a bar and some interchangeable plates right now. here is what i do, not including warm up sets... monday: military press 1 set of 10-12 ///15 second rest/// 1 set of 2 bent rows 1 set of 10-12 ///15 second rest/// 1 set of 2 overhead squats 2 sets of...

important notes: *poor college student, if you have cheaper recommendations, let me know" *its about 2700 calories, 44-44-12 *goal is to gain muscle and loose a small amount of fat *my weight is about 200 lbs, (you can check picture to see how lean) meal 1 3 eggs, skim milk, 2 whole wheat...

dont know if anyone remembers... a few months ago i was stuck at a 190 bench and my goal was 225 by august. I strained my rotator cuff, so was set back there. i took some time off of all movements but skulls, curls, and cable rows. slowly i began to incorporate db and barbell presses again and...

Been training for 6 months now, can you guys even notice a difference?

My max is currently floating around 190 +/- 5 pounds (its a projected max). My new goal is to increase my bench press to 225. i am currently doing a 5x5 where i increase the weight by 5 pounds for a week, drop it down the next week by 5, then increase by ten the following week. think...

I just hit a plateu on my bench press. my old method of progression was to increase 1 rep each week till 10 reps were achieved. then increase by 10 pounds and start over... and it worked for about 2 months. it no longer does. I have two strategies for breaking through this plateau, please...