Sit-ups Or Crunches: Which Are Better?

By Paul Becker, Copyright © 2008 by Paul Becker - Traditional sit-ups emphasize sitting up rather than merely pulling your sternum down to meet your pelvis. The psoas muscles run from the lower back to the front of the thighs. This muscle action is to pull the thighs closer to the torso. This action is the major [...]

Vince Gironda’s Diet – Stone Age Nutrition For Modern Bodybuilders

By Paul Becker, Copyright © 2008 by Paul Becker - I get this question all the time, “What workout or exercises should I do to get rid of fat?” Regarding the reduction of body fat, these problems are almost always diet, not workout, related. The “Iron Guru” Vince Gironda stated “body sculpting is 80% diet…if you don’t [...]

How To Build Muscle Without Weights, Dynamic-Tension Revised

By Paul Becker, Copyright © 2008 by Paul Becker. Why would anyone want to workout without weights? Everyone knows that using weights and machines is the fastest most efficient way to gain size and strength. While this is true, there are many resons why someone would want to, or even be forced to train for a while without the benefit [...]

Are You Exercising and Dieting Right For Your Body Type?

By Paul Becker Copyright © 1999 by Paul Becker. SECTION ONE: BODY TYPE 1) My bone structure is: __ (a) Very Large  __ (b) Large to Medium   __ (c) Small to Frail 2) My body tends towards: __ (a) Carrying too much fat   __ (b) Being lean and muscular   __ (c) Being too skinny 3) [...]

The Physics Of Weight Lifting, Part 5: Power

By Paul Becker - In our final installment of this series we’ll look at the formula for power and how to use it to make training more productive. The formula for power is: Force X Distance -:- Time. And is measured in foot-pounds/second. In the last article we talked about work and how to calculate your [...]

The Physics Of Weight Lifting, Part 4: Work

By Paul Becker, copyright © 2008-2010 Paul Becker - In part 4 of this series we’ll look at the formula for work and how we can use it to monitor our training. The formula for work is: Force X Distance. When we workout we use a certain amount of muscular force to lift a weight across a [...]

The Physics Of Weight Lifting, Part 3: Mechanical Advantage

By Paul Becker, copyright © 2008 Paul Becker - Here in the third part of this series we will examine mechanical advantage and how this effects weight training and how it can be used to our advantage to get better/faster results. Mechanical Advantage – is the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force [...]

The Physics Of Weight Lifting, Part 2: Friction

By Paul Becker, copyright © 2008-2010 Paul Becker - In part 2 of this series we’ll look at friction and how it can affect our training. Friction is defined as – (1) A rubbing of one object or substance against another. (2) The resistance to motion of moving surfaces that touch. When working with machines friction can [...]

The Physics of Weight Lifting, Part 1: Gravity

By Paul Becker, copyright © 2008 Paul Becker - This is the first of a series of articles that will look to the science of physics to help us make our training more effective. In this article we will look at the simple law of gravity and how this effects lifting weights. Gravity is defined as – [...]

Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty Training Advanced Secrets

By Paul Becker, copyright © 2008 Paul Becker - While many people know the basics of Heavy Duty training, the advanced techniques are known by only a few. The advanced and super advanced techniques were fully researched and tested by Mike in the late 70′s, but following the infamous 1980 Mr.Olympia, Mike retired from competition. After that [...]

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