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5 Bodyweight Exercises For A Full-Body Workout

When training at home, bodyweight exercises are the key for building muscle. There are the well-known exercises like the push-up, sit-up, and squat, but there are also variations to these exercises that allow a great amount of muscle fibers to be recruited by increasing the resistance of the exercise. The following exercises can be combined into a full-body workout that could be done 2-3 times a week. When doing full-body workouts, if you are truly hitting every muscle, you…

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Pine Bark Extract and Lifting

Pine bark extract (pycnogenol) is an adaptogen and natural supplement that is sourced from the maritime pine tree growing in Southwest France. This tree is defined by it’s long needles and typically grows 90-120 feet tall. In France, pine bark extract is used to treat a variety of ailments such as ADHD, cognitive decline, and erectile dysfunction. As opposed to adderall or ritalin, pine bark extract can be used as a natural way to treat low attention spans and…

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How Stretching Helps Build Muscle

Stretching is one of the most overlooked facets of fitness. Many weightlifters choose to set aside mobility work and stretching and simply focus on lifting. This choice ultimately disadvantages you if you plan on lifting for long periods of time. By not stretching, you will not hit the absolute ceiling of your potential from training. This is because stretching allows you to execute movements with better form, send nutrients to muscles more effectively, prevent injury over time, and improve…

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How To Calculate Your Body Fat Percentage Easily

It is good to be able to calculate your body fat percentage. Knowing your body fat percentage is beneficial for several reasons. The primary reason is to be able to track your progress and compare your amount of body fat to your levels before cutting or bulking. Another reason is to see if you are within a general healthy range for body fat percentage and how much muscle mass you have. When cutting, weight can be a good tool…

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Is Cordyceps Worth It For Lifting?

Cordyceps is a medicinal mushroom and adaptogen that’s been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years and is claimed to be one of the reasons for the success of many Chinese athletes in the olympics. Cordyceps is also touted for immunity and has been credited by many people for winning their battle with cancer. Today, cordyceps is marketed as a nootropic for boosting libido and increasing energy. Based off the research that’s been done, cordyceps is able…

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Best Squat Equipment for Home Gyms

When constructing a home gym, finding the right equipment to allow you to squat is of high priority. There are multiple options for building a home gym that allows you to squat. Some of them are stand alone squat stands, squat racks, multi press squat racks, and simply dumbbells. You can also use resistance bands to squat. The main pieces of equipment for squatting are squat racks (with barbells), dumbbells, and resistance bands. All of these pieces of equipment…

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How Sex Affects Men’s Hormones

An often talked about subject is how to maximize your hormonal levels to obtain sex. There are thousands of guides online on how to increase testosterone and seduce the opposite gender but a less talked about subject is how sex impacts your hormones after the deed is done. Sex has an effect on your hormone levels in many ways. It is often stated that sex increases testosterone, which is partly true, but it is frequently overlooked how sex also…

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5 Compound Movements For High Testosterone

Increasing testosterone level is one of the crucial elements for getting better results from lifting. High levels of testosterone mean higher amounts of muscle can be built and maintained. High testosterone is also correlated with overall wellbeing, success, happiness, and health. For these reasons it is advantageous to maximize your natural testosterone. There are multiple ways to do this but an easy way when lifting is just to do these 5 exercises. Testosterone levels increase in response to resistance…

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Should You Fast To Increase HGH?

Fasting and intermittent fasting has become very mainstream in the last decade. Many people report to feel better, build more muscle, look better, lift more, and generally improve their lives just by not eating food for certain amounts of time. One of the explanations for these effects is that fasting supposedly increases human growth hormone (HGH) and thus boosts metabolism, energy, muscle mass, strength and more due to its higher levels. There is a lot of mystery surrounding this…

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Increase Testosterone By Decreasing Cortisol

One of the quickest ways to increase testosterone as well as improve overall life quality is to reduce stress. Stress is a result of the catabolic hormone cortisol, produced by the adrenal glands. Cortisol is the primary stress hormone and is released to help you deal with stressful situations effectively. Cortisol serves a vital function in the human body however is constantly elevated in modern times to an unhealthy degree. Some of the culprits of these higher amounts of…

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