Tag Archives: Muscle Gain

I am trying hard to gain muscle and I was told by my personal trainer that if I shouldn’t be eating 6 meals a day because it will speed up my metabolism too much and I wont be able to gain any. He suggested that instead of 6 meals I should eat 3 large meals. Is this true?

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Andrew Frisella

Not only is this completely untrue, it couldn’t be further from the truth! If your goal is to gain muscle, eating meals every 2-3 hours while you are awake is extremely critical to your muscle gaining efforts. If you don’t … Continue reading →

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A guy at my gym says you can grow just as much from lower weight, high-rep sets and higher weight, low rep sets. He’s crazy right?

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Chad Kerksick PhD

Much of the basis of strength and conditioning and resistance training principles have centered upon using 70% to 80% of your one-repetition maximum for 10 to 12 reps with low rest to maximally stimulate hypertrophy (Fry 2004; ACSM 2009). This … Continue reading →

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Muscle Physiology and Strength Research 101

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Chad Kerksick PhD

If I would like to understand more about muscle and how exercise training effects it, what are the key things I should understand? I guess you could call this Q/A a lecture titled “Muscle Physiology and Strength Research 101”. I … Continue reading →

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Stimulate Don’t Annihilate

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Chad Kerksick PhD

The scientific basis of resistance training and muscle growth (hypertrophy) is fairly straightforward and based on a few key principles: the overload principle, the progression principle and the specificity principle. All principles collectively should be the cornerstone of any exercise … Continue reading →

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Becker Built Hamstrings

Posted on February 17, 2010 by 1st Phorm Athlete Brett Becker

Ok people. A few weeks back I gave you my “to hell and back” quad workout that should have had you laid up for days! I got a lot of feedback from you guys saying that it was an intense … Continue reading →

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Will alcohol affect my muscle gain?

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Andrew Frisella

First I will assume you mean one or two drinks per day. A drink is defined as 1 ½ oz. of 80 proof spirits, a 12 oz. regular beer, or a 5 oz. glass of wine. We have all heard … Continue reading →

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What is the best overall exercise for building muscle?

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Andrew Frisella

When it comes to this question there are two kind of guys. There are squat guys and there are dead lift guys. Honestly guys, we are splitting hairs here…but I have to go with the squat. If I had to … Continue reading →

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I hate training legs! I love to train everything else except legs. Is it okay to not train legs?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Andrew Frisella

Uh, no. It is not okay to just blow off your leg training. I feel your pain…literally. It sounds to me that you need to change your outlook about leg training. You train all other parts of your body to … Continue reading →

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