Anyone who has been involved in resistance exercise for any length of time has noticed that some people seem to add muscle more rapidly than others. In this era of high-dose anabolic drug usage, it's easy to write off apparently rapid muscle gains to the use of the drugs. … [Read more...]
Does a muscle pump equal muscle growth? by Jerry Brainum
Although bodybuilders have long experienced what is popularly known as "the pump", few have ever expressed the feeling that it imparts as eloquently as did Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1977 documentary, Pumping Iron: "The greatest feeling you can get in a … [Read more...]
Natural Bodybuilding Training: The finer points by Jerry Brainum
In the inaugural issue of Applied Metabolics, I discussed the best evidence-based nutrition techniques for natural bodybuilders. To reiterate the meaning of the term "natural," that refers to a bodybuilder who doesn't resort to using any type of pharmaceutical … [Read more...]