This may come as a surprise, but muscle doesn’t grow in the gym. You can follow the best training program in the world, but if you don’t recover properly, your progress will stall—and injury is just around the corner. Proper nutrition and some light activity are important for recovery, but quality sleep trumps them all….
Try negative-accentuated lateral raises in your next shoulder workout. Raise the dumbbells with bent arms, then lower them slowly with your arms straight. This variation emphasizes the eccentric phase of the movement and puts your delts under serious tension. A few controlled reps can go a long way. To explore more negative-accentuated training methods, check…
One of my favorite TV shows was the Spartacus series on Starz, which ran from 2010 to 2013. The first season (Blood and Sand) and the six-episode prequel (Gods of the Arena) were fantastic. But in the second season (Vengeance), they introduced a new lead actor—one who didn’t have the type of muscularity you’d expect…