Bulk Muscles vs Lean Muscles

People go to the gym for endless reasons, but of those doing strength training, most have definite opinions about one thing: They want either lean, toned muscle or a built-up, bulky physique. While genetic factors do play a role in your muscular development, you can tailor your workout to favor the effects you're after.

Body Type and Variation

According to the American Council on Exercise, it's largely a myth that weight lifting

Tips to Doing Push-ups

Watching someone do a push-up makes it seem real hard, but it doesn't have to be. Read these tips before you attempt one and with a little practice, you'll be swift in no time.

1. Don't Rush - Yes, it does matter how many push-ups you can get through, but not when you're doing them in the wrong motion.

2. One Straight Line - Make sure your legs, hips, neck and head are in one straight line. Slowly, but gradually lift them off the floor and come back down in the exact same position. If you can't go all the way up and come back down then try one of the variations to see which one you can follow to the T.

Five Benefits of Push Ups.

If you stroll into a gym during peak hours you'll find people (mostly men) sweating, grunting and valiantly doing one push-up after another. With sturdy arms and a straight spine they'll lift themselves up and down till their bodies tremble and collapse back down on the ground. It makes me wonder, are push-ups really worth all the trouble? 

That said, if you're one of those people who remain essentially motionless through the day, except when you squirm around for water or bathroom breaks, doing push-ups a few times a week will serve as a great workout. Here's why

4 Fat-Blasting Cardio Workouts

 When someone mentions cardio, you may think "necessary evil," but take a step back and withhold judgment for just a moment. As reluctant as you might be to hop on that treadmill—worried it'll be boring or that it'll zap your gains—give cardio a chance. When properly paired with weight training, a good cardio plan will lead you to an ideal world of fat loss and help you carve a great, shapely figure—which, of course, includes great glutes.

Top Ten Food to Gain Muscles

What if I told you that you could retain or even gain more muscle mass and strength with less training? The secret lies in your nutrition.

As a personal trainer, most of my clients exhibit a similar behavior: they train hard, but they don’t give a damn about nutrition. So the time and effort they spend on training is wasted. Why do they sabotage their own success? Because they think nutrition is complicated and want to avoid the topic.

3 Effective Tips for Reducing Stomach Fat

Reducing stomach fat might be a struggle for those who aren’t equipped with the proper knowledge. The majority of people believe that they can easily be reducing stomach fat as long as they scale back on their diet.

In the event that you’re able to use up more calories when compared with what you consume, then you’re on the right track. Well, there’s much more to it thanmerely simple math. You’ll definitely lose weight if you decrease your calorie consumption.

Sad to say, you’ll lose muscles together with reducing stomach fat.