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More About Gaining Size

by Pete Sisco

When I did my post about size gains my central point was that weightlifting provides important improvements in a person’s health and that focusing on how big a muscle gets is a minor issue. The post drew a record number of comments but almost all of them were from people wanting to know what to [...]

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Strength Training and Size Gains

by Pete Sisco

We’ve had a few comments come in this week from people struggling with their lack of progress and dissatisfaction with their size gains as compared to their strength gains. I’ve written about this before and showed the geometric relationship between the area of a muscle and its cross-sectional size. This is a law which can’t [...]

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Build a Bigger Upper Body in 3 Workouts

by Pete Sisco

While women and men both generally want a trim waistline, men have an advantage. Men can appear to have a trimmer midsection by deliberately increasing their chest and shoulders. The vaunted V-taper is highly desirable in the male physique. I’ve already told you how to get great abs. Here is a quick way to put [...]

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Three Best Exercises for Adding Muscle Fast

by Pete Sisco

Adding more muscle to your body isn’t just for macho guys who love to sweat and grunt in dank gyms. Men and women at every age and every walk of life are beginning to hear about the enormous health benefits of having more lean mass: more calories burned every day, more fat burned off, lower [...]

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Strength Gains vs. Size Gains in Muscle

by Pete Sisco

There are many people who believe there is a difference in the way you train to build strength versus the way you train to build muscle size. The truth is there is a direct correlation between a muscle’s size and its strength. For a muscle to be stronger it has to be bigger and vice [...]

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