It’s a heavily debated issue on how often you should train a muscle group. A new study published in July 2022 in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports claims that a small amount of daily activity can be more beneficial than a single high volume session of exercise. The four-week study split …
Follow @slikkfitness on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok for more by Alan Bishop Proven Lifts That Get Results Get strong, build muscle, stay healthy, and be ready to compete. Add these plateau-busting, upper-body exercises to your workout plan. Three Plateau-Busting Exercises One reason people plateau is that they fall in love with a few lifts …
Follow @slikkfitness on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok for more by Stuart McRobert How to Know If You’re Sabotaging Yourself To gain serious size, stop standing in your own way. Take this bodybuilding test to see if you’re on the right path. The Ultimate Bodybuilding Checklist Can you check everything off this list? Think of …
Follow @slikkfitness on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok for more by Dr. John Rusin Powerful Single-Leg Movements Take this popular exercise to the next level if you want big legs, great glutes, and healthy knees. Here’s what to do. Lunge Exercises: Non-Negotiable If you want to get stronger overall, increase leg size, and improve your …
Bodybuilding, the Pump, and Soreness Does the muscle pump matter when it comes to growth? Does how a muscle feels, before or after lifting, matter at all? Get the facts here. Muscle Pump and the “Feeling” of Growth Back in the Golden Age of bodybuilding (the 70s and 80s), everyone believed that the pump was …
Forearm Exercises You Need With the right training, you can build big forearms quickly. So there’s no reason for yours to be stuck at average. Here’s what to do. Build Big Forearms Everyone knows to train their largest muscle groups to look strong and powerful. To speed up the process of developing the coveted “power …
CRUSH ANY WORKOUT The best warm-up will get you physically ready to crush your workout. Get that feeling in under 10 minutes with this pre-workout strategy. LIFTING HARD? HERE’S THE BEST WARM-UP A warm-up is a transition stage from normal activity to athletic activity. The purpose? To optimize performance. Good warm-ups do more than just …
14 Variations to Try The inverted row is staple for any goal: size, strength, athleticism, or structural balance. Here are 14 challenging ways to do it. THE INVERTED ROW TEST If you can bench press your bodyweight ten times but can’t do the strict inverted row ten times, then your relative strength sucks, and so …
For fitness athletes, shoulder injuries tend to be the most common injury seen so paying special attention to your training schedule and overall shoulder volume should always be considered. For the shoulders, a little rotator cuff isolation work can be a great addition to your regular training to strengthen them and reduce your likelihood of …
Summer can be one of the hardest times of the year to stay on top of your routine. Between pool days, parties, kids off school for the summer, and vacations, it can be difficult to fit in all of your regular workouts. Work Harder, Not Longer Most of us are really busy during the summer …
