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Getting Big!
Have you ever seen a bodybuilder in person and felt like a scrawny wimp? Worse yet was it a female bodybuilder? Did you ever wonder what it takes to make the transformation from "normal" to extrordinary? Oh I'm sure you've heard it all before about the sweat and pain and dedication required. But what do they eat? How often? How much weight do they lift? How often do they train each muscle group? These are the real secrets. Do all of those muscle gain supplements work? If so which ones are safe and which are not? There are many "muscle magazines" out there that promote all kinds of dietary supplements to build massive muscle. Unfortunately most of them seem to be a waste of time and money. How does one make that transition from normal to extrordinary?
This site is dedicated to the sport of bodybuilding. Inside you will find muscle building programs reviewed, bodybuilding articles, video clips to entertain and inspire you, weight loss programs, and other information to help you in your quest to get in shape, build a workout program, and get big safely!
New Female Bodybuilding Section!
Female bodybuilding has always been somewhat taboo. Steroid induced females with buldging muscles similar to the character played by Jim Carrey on the old TV show "In Living Color" is not usually thought of by men as very attractive. However; this sport has recently taken off and become more respected in recent years. Women such as Lenda Murray have proven that muscles on women can be very attractive. Jumbo Muscle is currently building an entire section of this site dedicated to female bodybuilding. There are a couple of pages online now click here to view them.
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Why Your Muscle Pumps Have
Nothing To Do With Your Muscle Gains
Your back is firmly planted on the bench as you wrap your chalked hands around the cold, steel bar. Your training partner helps you un-rack the weight as you power the bar up and down, squeezing your chest and triceps on each grueling rep. You complete your 6 repetitions, re-rack the bar and stand up. Your chest feels tight and engorged with blood. You take a look in the mirror, thrilled with how full and vascular your pecs appear. You feel strong, powerful, healthy and motivated to blast through the rest of your workout with your newly achieved “pump”. Let's face it, a pump feels incredible. For those of you who aren't quite sure what I'm talking about, a pump is the feeling that you get as blood becomes trapped inside your muscle tissue as a result of resistance training. The muscles will swell up and increase in size, vascularity and tightness. There is certainly nothing wrong with achieving a pump in the gym, and it is simply a natural result of intense weight training. However, contrary to what the majority of weightlifters may think, a pump is in no way indicative of a successful workout. Anyone who uses the intensity of their pump as a gauge for the effectiveness of their workout is making a costly error. On countless occasions I've heard lifters raving about the massive pumps they get in the gym as they share methods for achieving the best pump possible. "Dude, this will give you a crazy pump!" If you have already been working out for a decent amount of time then you know exactly what I'm talking about. While a pump does feel extremely satisfying, just remember that it means very little in terms of muscle stimulation and growth. A pump is simply the result of extra blood within the muscle tissue. Think of it this way: if I took a pair of 10 pound dumbbells and performed 300 reps of a bench press movement, I would achieve an incredible pump. If muscle pumps meant muscle growth, then super light weight, ultra high rep programs would be the most effective way to grow. Any serious lifter with half a brain knows that this simply is not the case.
Do you want to know how to truly gauge the success of a workout? Here it is…
Take your workout records (in terms of weight and reps) from the previous week and compare it to the current week. Did you improve? Were you able to either increase the resistance slightly on each exercise, or perform an extra rep or two? If so, you had a successful workout, regardless of how much blood you were able to pump into your muscle tissue. Building muscle mass and strength is all about training with 100% intensity on every given set and then striving to improve from week to week. If you are able to consistently achieve this, your muscle size and strength will increase faster than you ever thought possible, with or without a pump. Read more here...
