The quads and calves are the two target muscles you need to focus on to make real gains with your vertical jump workouts. You will also be inadvertently working out your other leg muscles in the process-which is a good thing!-but really tightening the focus on your quadriceps and calf muscles are where the best [...]

The human body has the capability to remove body waste or excess heat generated during workouts or physical activities. High power and intensive bodybuilding workouts are only made possible for a professional or armature bodybuilder by his or her thermo-regulation capacity. Success in body building and even the health of a bodybuilder is strongly pegged [...]

When we look at those beautiful stars and models in television we would feel like having those beautiful bodies. But have you ever thought for a second to get that great body how many other things they would have sacrificed. It is not that easy to get a great body you have to exercise regularly [...]

Among the many tools employed by bodybuilders looking for a change of pace or means to break through the proverbial wall is a method called tourniquet training. Tourniquet training involves tying an elastic band around an extremity of the body, and then training the muscle group. The change in blood flow to the region, coupled [...]

Liver disease is any disturbance of liver function that causes illness. The liver is responsible for many critical functions within the body and should it become diseased or injured, the loss of those functions can cause significant damage to the body. Liver disease is also referred to as hepatic disease. Liver disease is a broad [...]

Do you know what it means to feed your body at the cellular level? I’m sure all of us have experienced the feeling of being hungry, eating a meal, to only feel unsatisfied or still hungry. Our cells, the very thing that makes our body what it is are not being fed what they need [...]

It does hit a little closer to home than some would like to admit. While they train side-by-side using the same exercises, bodybuilders and power lifters are quite different. Likewise, at the dinner table, there are many differences as well. Bodybuilders and power lifters have two very different goals. The goal of a bodybuilder is [...]

Losing weight from difficult areas such as the arms may require the eventual loss of a high percentage of fat because the body draws energy from all over rather than from one specific place, even if there is regularly exercise for the arms it will often tone them up before fat will reduce in the [...]

Caffeine is a drug that is used daily by 90% of Americans. The advantages for most include alertness and increased energy. It has been tested for decades, and aside from obvious abuse at levels of greater than one gram per day, caffeine is relatively safe for most of the population. But there are some side [...]

Everybody wants those amazing looking abs that you see on the photos of models strewn across the many health and fitness magazines being sold today. Having strong abs are not just a cosmetic thing about looking cool. Your abdominals pay a very important role in the health of your body. Also known as the core [...]