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Interview Q&A Series with Ben: Hormones

Question: “Will taking simple carbs after a workout negate the effect of growth hormone production from your workout and kill ...

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Shopping Guidelines: The Nutrition Label Quandary – Are you Being Deceived?

Is marketing B.S & deceptive food labelling costing you your health & slamming the breaks on your progress? We give ...

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What Times Should I Be Eating Carbohydrates?

There are essential fatty acids, and there are essential amino acids, but there are no essential carbohydrates – our body ...

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Interview Q&A Series with Ben: Progressive Diet Structure for Fat Loss

The old saying, "eat less move more", can actually be a GREAT way to end up 'skinny-fat! If your goal ...

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Interview Q&A Series with Ben: Tips for Maximal Recovery

Question: “We all know that it’s essential for anyone who trains hard to recover sufficiently to continuously improve their performance and physique.  What ...

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Deconstructing Dopamine

In the quest for the perfect physique, hormones often take center stage. Testosterone, estrogen, cortisol, insulin…they get all the glory ...

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Leg Presses

Ben's top-shelf tips for leg pressing your way to massive legs!

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Quad Isolation Exercises

Leg extension's - love them or hate them, they're great for quad development... if done right! Here's how to ...

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Trap 3 Isolation

Building an impressive physique starts with a strong foundation... these are an awesome tool to add to your arsenal!

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The Core-40 Exercises

 

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Lunges / Split-Squats

Whether your goal is to target the glutes, hams or quads, Ben explains you how to lunge your way ...

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Side-Delt Movements

Want side delts like BPak? Here you'll find his best execution pointers for the medial delt exercises you should ...

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Lower Back Isolation Movements

 

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(1) Reverse-Crunch Hyperextensions

(isolation for lower back / lumbar spine)BE1

  • lock-out hips / pelvis against the pad of the back extension machine
  • round the spine on the descent so the abdominal wall is closed as the bottom
  • while descending, imagine a hand or bar under the abdominal wall and crunch around it
  • come back up only until the body reaches a horizontal plane at the top

* to make this a little more advanced, add a twist on the ascent (alternate sides)