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April 2012 Fitness Photoshoot: Photos and Techniques
A few days ago I've done a fitness photoshoot and today I will share some photos and details with you. You will also learn about the programs I used and what I've learnt during the photoshoot prep. Check out the pictures: And since it's always fun to compare the before and afters, here is a fitness progress in the past two years: How It All Started It was December 2009, the end of the year and I was frustrated with my results … [Read More...]
Do This and Expect Huge Muscle Gains
Do you go to the gym to just lift weights? Do you make sure you progress, lift heavier week after week? Well, what if you do all you've read in the fitness magazines, but without any results? What if you look the same month after month? Then you really need to read this article. Here at Muscle Pyramid we talk about getting a good workout plan a lot and really often, because that'd the foundation of everything. Well-designed workout … [Read More...]
A Wise Man’s Approach to Training
What if I told you there was a shape, an ideal shape you could build? Would you be interested? And what if I told you that your perception of what you think looks good to women is actually wrong? In other words I would challenge you that you have this completely wrong. Would you be interested? Most people have such a strong belief and opinion based on what they heard and experienced that whenever someone says anything different to the way they … [Read More...]
10 Crucial Tips for Building Confidence and Good Looking Body
Here is a fact: Women want a confident man. No matter what job you have or what car you drive, you have to be confident to be desirable by women. Unfortunately most guys don’t know how to learn and project confidence and when it comes to women they are insecure and afraid of rejection. Hell, most even don't know you can gain or learn confidence, to them it's like a genetic information you either have or don't have. I believe that … [Read More...]
The Benefits of Being in a Killer Shape
This may seem like a simple and easy to answer question, but is it? If you think about it most people are NOT in shape and most people that want and try to get in one fail or just give up. One way of looking at this may be that the underlying issue is the fact that you may not understand exactly what being in shape means, what can it help you in your life, what benefits does it carry or how would your life be different if you got in a … [Read More...]
Fasting 101: How Can Fasting Help You Lose Fat?
The practice of fasting is as old as humanity. It was used for health benefits and religious reasons among others. While I don't really understand the religious reasons, I find the health and fat loss benefits very intriguing. If you have been in the fitness community for a while you have probably noticed several fitness experts using and recommending this "technique" for fat loss. Martin Berkhan and Brad Pilon being the most famous … [Read More...]
Break All Diet Rules and Lose Fat
If you look at the current fitness industry you will find out that it's pretty pathetic. Everybody is an expert and they think that just because they took a summer course in diet or training they understand it all. ...And that they can make public claims based on their own feelings, beliefs and theories. Take this video as an example: Dr. Mark Haub is a Kansas State Nutrition Professor, who wanted to show public that fat loss is only … [Read More...]
How to Eat to Gain Muscle
What diet should you follow to gain muscle? I guess you expect some common answer like high protein diet with lots of fish, veggies and only raw food. While this food won't do you any harm, it doesn't mean you have to eat like that if you don't want to. This is probably the biggest myth in the fitness industry that made billions to supplement companies and food chains specializing on the bodybuilding clientele. The question is thought, … [Read More...]
What Everybody Ought to Know About Strength Training
Are you spending 100 bucks at least EVERY month on supplements? Well, if you have been working out for two years that is 2400 bucks! And that's a lot of money. You could set up a home gym for that amount of money, so this rise a question. What exactly have you those supplements helped with? Have you gained 30 pounds of muscle like they advertise? My guess is that you didn't. And there is a pretty good explanation for that. You can … [Read More...]
If You Don’t Learn the Truth about Supplements Now, You Will Hate Yourself Later
The amount of supplements you can buy today is pretty insane. Here is just a shortlist of what you can buy today: Glutamine BCAAs Intra-workout supplement Pre-workout supplement Creatine monohydrate Creatine ethyl ester Creatine micronized Micellar casein protein Egg protein Fish Oil Vitamin packs Whey isolate Night protein Hydrolyzed whey protein Soy protein Whey protein Fat burners Fat … [Read More...]
