Muscle mass is the straw that stirs the drink in the sport of bodybuilding. Talk all you want about symmetry, shape and definition, but in the final analysis, muscle mass is the defining element of a physique. The mass building equation has three components: a correct diet strategy, hardcore training and high tech supplementa…

Thirty-six-year-old Laura Metcalf has been doing ab work for 15 years. “I do countless crunches at the gym,” says the active mom, who lives in Indianapolis. “But when a trainer recommended I try a full sit-up, I couldn’t believe how hard it was to do just one,” says Metcalf, who now vows to do a …

Here’s a sign of the times: You can actually hire people to come to your house and organize your closets. They’ll also do your garage, your attic, and the shed in your backyard. These people are tough on pack rats. They ask questions like “Why do you have this box of dog leashes, but no [...]

Male bodybuilders who take muscle-building anabolic steroids risk sexual problems, reduced fertility and heart trouble, a study confirms. Among bodybuilders who voluntarily started taking anabolic steroid pills or shots for the first time, repeated testing over two years showed a dip in levels of male hormones, shrunken testi…

Advanced bodybuilding training techniques, like set extension techniques, are applied on an occasional basis by the advanced bodybuilder to introduce variety into the bodybuilding routine in order to further stimulate muscle growth. The purpose of such bodybuilding techniques is to take the muscle beyond the point of failure.…