Shape Your Body With Only A Barbell

By Caleb Lee

I had a subscriber who inquired:

"Is it possible to build muscle, nuke fat, achieve peak condition and get maximum hard-body results if I don't have a power rack and I only have access to a barbell? Not even an Olympic barbell, but one of those old crappy cement filled barbell sets"

I know precisely the weights this guy is saying. I believe nearly everyone of us grew up with them right? They were basically cement weights covered in plastic, and over time the plastic busted up and the cement started to get busted below remember?

I think I'm showing my age :)

To cut a long story short...

YES! You can build strength and power with archaic equipment!

You just need someone to instruct you how. Thank goodness you met me. And as luck would have it I just read a good number of Dan John's amazing "From the Ground Up".

In this outstanding little ebook Dan John explains the "Rapid Ascent Program", which contains three workouts:

1. Explosive/Hamstring move

2. Push Press

3. Squat Move

And here's how you did the program (from his book):

"The program was very simple. First, groups of four boys were given a bar. The bars were weighted from very lightmaybe 25 poundsup to perhaps close to 100 pounds. Each cohort of boys would lift one at a time, put the bar down, then the next boy would lift. The four would constantly move from lifter to watcherthe bar never stopped. The three sets (explained in just a moment) would not take very longin fact, sometimes it was hard to catch your breath in time for your next set.

The reps were very simple:

* Set #1: 8 reps

* Set #2: 6 reps

* Set #3: 4 reps

The goal was simple: once you got all 18 reps (8+6+4), you added weight. If you started with a bar that was excessively light, the succeeding workout, you would be bumped up to the next weight and a stronger group. (Needless to say, actual variations could include making a whole new group with more weight, tooor whatever necessary to make the group work together)."

Seems easy doesn't it?

That's the advantage of this program!

You don't need a lot of equipment to build strength, muscle and power all while increasing your cardiovascular fitness and burning off pounds of fat.

What you DO need is a little "do or die" attitude. You have to decide you really WANT to achieve your fitness goals, then you'll find a way to use whatever equipment you have available to make it happen.

I like this program because it keeps up with the DoubleYourGains' philosophy of training movement patterns instead of a bunch of exercises. The Rapid Ascent program has a press move (military press), a pull move (power clean), a squat move (front squat) and an explosive/hamstring move (power clean).

How to do the "Rapid Ascent" program for cardio and fat loss:

Coach Dan highlights that you could also acquire a great cardio workout and nuke some fat:

"To "hurry up" the trainingas if it was critical, there were times when Mr. Freeman suggested combining the Power Clean and Military Pressesone clean and one press, repeated for a total of eight reps. This was made with a lighter weight. One could also perform the Front Squats after the clean and presses, too. I have only done this onceand it was an astounding cardiovascular workout."

Thus if you think you don't have a sufficient equipment to get into top shape and attain your fitness goals you are erroneous. You are erroneous. You are erroneous.

Heck, you don't even need a barbell. You can start with the DoubleYourGains' bodyweight program. You can do pullups on your door frame (for extra strong fingers) or just grab the top of a door and go to town (or a tree limb, anything you can hang from, etc) Trust me, if THAT workout gets easy for you - you will be a certified STUD.

And, the minute you gain access to a good Olympic barbell set you can start the DoubleYourGains' 3-5 Program. - 17273

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The Fastest and Safest Way to Gain Muscle

By Ricardo d Argence

Has become a trend among young individuals,having a well toned and a muscular body. If you are reading my article then you probably want to look like one of those actors with great muscles and tones. But just follow my advice in this article and you will soon look like them. They did not start to look the way they do now over night. It took a while and it was a lot of hard work.

There are a lot of different ways to gain the muscles that you want. And there safe and fast ways to achieve your goal. You have to really work hard to achieve the muscle tone you want. But if you follow my advice it will work. As they say, there are no shortcuts to success. For everything in life you need to put in hard work to get the outcome you want.

It is very important to follow the points mentioned below,in order to give a significant boost to your bodybuilding process.

Strong determination and will power, it is the first step to start working on your bodybuilding program. It is very important to have strong will power and determination to build a well toned muscular body. You need to accept the fact that building muscles is not an easy task. It often happens that people feel motivated in the initial days of their bodybuilding program and gradually the motivation fades away when they realize it takes a lot to achieve what they want. This happens to almost everyone and this is where strong determination and will power is required to keep you going.

Keeping a routine in life is something that you need to keep in mind. If being a successful bodybuilder is your goal, leading a sloppy, careless life is the best way to fail. You need to follow a routine life to get the best results out of your bodybuilding program.

Muscle growth can only be accomplished with a proper workout regimen. If you have a routine that is the wrong one for the muscles you want to improve, it will not work for you. You have to understand that if you want to improve your muscles then you have to have a precise routine and follow it all the way. And if you want to join a gym, then make you keep the workout routine that the instructor comes up for you.

In order to achieve muscle growth and definition you have to do a lot more than working out and eating. A proper and healthy diet is as important as a proper workout program. The right person to prescribe you the right diet plan that will help you enhance your bodybuilding program is your dietician.

Something important for almost everything that we do in life is water. It also helps in boosting your bodybuilding process. Drinking 8-9 glasses of water per day is very essential. During your workout you lose a lot of water. Sweat is the way our body has to prevent over heating. Consuming water serves to rehydrate the body and assist in proper functioning.

No matter what, you need to sleep. And sleep enough, it is a crucial step. During your workout your muscles undergo wear and tear. It is when you are sleeping, that your body repares your muscles.

If you follow the above mentioned points you will be happy with the quick muscle growth that you will experience. - 17273

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3 Tips to Help Build Muscle Quickly

By Caleb Lee

If you're new to the muscle building scene, then you want to know these three tips to build muscle quickly.

Using these tips will generate the good, solid muscle that is most desired. They are very simple to follow, however they will generate muscle unlike the other "fake" muscle that will wear off in a day or two. So let's jump into them!

Tip 1) Fast, Quick Work Outs

Your time limit for your workout should be no more than an hour. After an hour, lactic acid will start to form and your muscles will start to hurt and/or burn. This is not good for your muscle building. You want to make your workout worth it, doing exercises that will hit every muscle in this time constraint. Performing deadlifts and squats will help you hit all your muscles and still have time to focus on other exercises. They will also help you develop your stabilizers, which will give your workout more real world significance.

Tip 2) Regulate Your Food Intake

You don't need to go on a full fledge diet. This could make you sick. You want to create an intake of food with high protein and carbohydrates, with some fat, which help recover and build muscle quickly. I recommend 40% protein, 40% carbohydrates, and 20% fat. The best foods for protein are fish, eggs, chicken, and beef. Fats include fish oil and olive oil. Carbohydrates are oatmeal and fruits. However, these are just a small portion of these types of foods you can get these nutrients from.

Tip 3) Give Your Body a Break

The main period in your workout that your muscle builds the most is when you are sleeping. Getting at least 8 hours a night of sleep is crucial, if not more. Naps after workouts and in your spare time will give you even more benefits and help your body recover faster.

If you follow these 3 easy tips in your schedules, you can expect to see muscle build quickly and more efficiently. - 17273

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10 Easy Ways To Elevate Your Natural Testosterone Output

By Ricardo d Argence

Testosterone is thought to be the only substance referred to as the "holy grail" of muscle growth. Testosterone, a vitally important muscle-building hormone, is a determining factor when you are trying to build muscle in your body. This is just a sampling of the numerous incredible advantages to elevated levels of testosterone: Increased muscle size and strength, decreased body fat levels, decreased levels of "bad" cholesterol, improved mood and increased sex drive and sexual endurance.

It sounds pretty good because it is great, and in this article I'm going to outline 10 simple steps to naturally increase your testosterone levels and achieve all of these incredible benefits. While these steps will not result in "steroid-like" muscle gains, they will definitely contribute to your overall bottomline results.

1) Your workout exercises should have compound exercises as a foundation. I'm talking about the basic, bread-and-butter lifts such as squats, deadlifts, bench presses, rows, chin-ups, dips, lunges and military presses. At the gym, you can maximize your workout with these exercises because they provide the greatest muscle resistance and make your body produce more testosterone.

2) Always put forth maximum exertion and intensity when preparing. You must be willing to really push your body to its physical limits if you hope to build muscle. The more stress you put on your muscles in the gym, the more testosterone your body will create.

3) It is necessary to train your legs with the same intensity with which you train your upper body. As you might already know, you can stimulate the growth in the back of your chest as well as arms, by doing some intense leg training. This is partly because your testosterone increases from your leg training.

4) Increase your EFA consumption. Essential Fatty Acids from sources such as peanuts, avocadoes, fish and healthy oils like flax seed, olive and canola are a great way to naturally boost testosterone levels.

5) Minimize your consumption of soy. There is a direct negative effect on testosterone levels when the estrogen levels in the body increase, which can be caused by soy protein.

6) Limit the amount of alcohol you consume. Testosterone levels are significantly effected by the intake of alcohol. It is important to monitor how much alcohol you drink and avoid drinking binges.

7) Up your dietary consumption of cruciferous vegetables. Broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, turnips, cabbage and brussel sprouts have all been shown to dramatically reduce estrogen levels, thereby raising testosterone.

8) Lower your daily stress levels. Being overly stressed stimulates the release of "cortisol", a highly catabolic hormone that will cause your testosterone levels to plummet.

9) Increase your sexual activity. Sexual stimulation causes the body to increase the production of oxytocin which increases endorphin production, the "feel-good" chemical, and this also raises testosterone.

10) Be sure that you are getting a decent amount of sleep each evening. Your level of testosterone will decrease when cortisol production increases, which can happen when you don't get enough sleep.

To boost your muscle size and gain strength, implement these techniques regularly for a noticeable difference. - 17273

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