Some may think that wide lats are everything. “Must increase that wingspan…” Well, wide lats, but with no thickness look terrible. I’m specifically referring to the lats, and not the entire back in this article. Nice thick lats will give you that ‘lip’ at the lower lat where it connects with the lower back. … Read more
Wouldn’t you agree that a wide back is definitely very necessary to compliment that V-taper? It might come to a surprise to some, but a wide back is not due to large latissimus dorsi muscles, but to well-developed teres major. You can do pull-ups or pulldowns till you are blue in the face, but if you’re … Read more
The best way to make your triceps bigger is to develop/grow the long head of the tricep. That’s the head that gives your tricep that mass on the backside. It stands out the most remarkable during the side tricep pose, with beautiful synergy with the lateral head of the tricep on the double back bicep … Read more
Big biceps look good, but defined and fully developed ones look even better. When striking a double bicep back pose or a side tricep flex (yes, the bicep does compliment this pose) or the side bicep pose, you want that separation between the frontal deltoid and the upper bicep. Without that ‘cut’ there, it may … Read more
Nothing builds muscle faster and bigger than good old compound movements. Compound movements bring out the belly of the muscle, the fullness and the thickness. Whereas isolation movements are used to shape, define and perfect the muscle as desired. A perfect V-taper is a very much acquired feature for a bodybuilder, which is having a … Read more
L-ornithine is a non-essential amino acid, which your body can make from arginine. It’s found in very low concentrations in food and the highest natural source is freshwater clams. L-ornithine administration increases ketone bodies and free fatty acids and promotes lipid metabolism (fat oxidation), as well as lowers blood ammonia levels by activating the urea … Read more
I want to share with you something you probably never heard before…or heard the opposite of what I’m about to tell you. Dopamine is actually the happy hormone…Boom! Serotonin has always been thought to be the happy hormone, but science is realizing that that is not the case and that serotonin is associated with a … Read more
Some may think that free testosterone is the only form of androgens that can exert an anabolic/androgenic effect as only free testosterone is able to enter a cell, or bind to an androgen receptor. Total testosterone is currently classified in four major fractions: SHBG-bound testosterone (∼44%), albumin-bound testosterone (∼50%), cortisol-binding globulin–bound testosterone (∼4%), and unbound or … Read more
Manganese (Mn), named after the Greek word for “magic,” is one of 14 essential elements. Mn is found in all tissues in the body where it is required for normal amino acid, lipid, protein, carbohydrate metabolism and ATP generation. Mn also participates in blood clotting (assisting in keeping the blood the right viscosity), sugar homeostasis (stable … Read more
Estrogen, the female hormone, or the modern man hormone? Men always had estrogen more on the low side of the normal ranges, but nowadays, estrogen is rapidly on the rise and men do experience high estrogen symptoms. It’s not only due to the rapid conversion of testosterone to estrogen, but also the significant amounts of … Read more