Monday, March 1st, 2010
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There are many reasons why people fail to achieve their bodybuilding goals. Unfortunately, when goals are missed, many people get frustrated and toss the whole bodybuilding program and never come back to it. However, if you are frustrated with your progress, the best strategy is to regroup, take a look at your training journal (I am assuming you have one), analyze the reason the goals were missed and create new goals.
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Tags: bodybuilding goals, Hugo Rivera, reasons why people fail at their fitness goals
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Cardiovascular exercise is necessary for most of us in our quest to achieving the lean bodybuilding look that we are looking for. Few can achieve the lean appearance required to see a full six pack of abs without cardio. In addition to fat burning, cardiovascular exercise offers many benefits such as an improved glucose metabolism as well as a lowered heart rate, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Now that we know why we need cardio, let’s look at ways to make it more enjoyable and effective.
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Tags: cardio exercise tips, Hugo Rivera, working out while listening to music, workout partners
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Friday, January 15th, 2010
The triceps pushdowns are an excellent bodybuilding exercise to work the triceps. With different cable attachments you can focus on different parts of the triceps.
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Tags: arm workout, Hugo Rivera, triceps exercise, triceps pushdowns
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Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Before we go into the details of what bodybuilding diets are composed of, let’s first and foremost define what the word diet means.
What’s A Diet?
The word diet typically sends shivers through people’s spine as it is often associated with starvation and with being food deprived. However, a diet is merely the food choices that one makes on a daily basis. For a bodybuilding diet we need to make sure that we select foods that help us to repair and grow from the workouts that we perform while at the same time fostering either a fat burning or a muscle gaining environment.
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Tags: bodybuilding diets, bodybuilding nutrition, Hugo Rivera, working out
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
The Holidays are approaching, Thanksgiving leading the way with Christmas and New Years closely behind. They are a time of joy and happiness. However, unfortunately, it is during this time that most people tend to forget about their workouts. If you are thinking about doing that, let me remind you that the only road that leads to is to a larger waistline. Remember that if you choose the path of laziness eventually the Holidays will end and your joy and happiness will turn into horror as you will be left with having to face yourself in the mirror afterwards. (more…)
Tags: bodybuilding training, holiday workouts, Hugo Rivera
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
For bodybuilding, having low body fat levels is essential if you want to display the muscles that you have worked so hard for. A big mistake however that many bodybuilders make is that when they want to get ripped, they focus too much on losing weight instead of just focusing on losing fat. (more…)
Tags: Hugo Rivera, the difference between weight loss and fat loss, weight loss vs fat loss
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Introduction
Through the years I have gotten many compliments on my back development. I’ve also gotten many questions regarding how to achieve a wide and thick back. In this article, I discuss back training and the principles that I’ve used to design good back training routines for myself and many others. By using this information, I guarantee you that you too will get a wide and thick looking back.
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Tags: back exercises, back workouts, bodybuilding, bodybuilding back routines, Hugo Rivera
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Bodybuilding training is composed mostly of weight training exercises. For the best results possible, your bodybuilding training should be composed of mostly free weight exercises that use dumbbells and barbells for resistance. However, I often get asked the questions: “What about bodyweight exercises? Are these useful for bodybuilding?”
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Tags: bodybuilding, exercise tips, exercises, Hugo Rivera, using body weight for exercising
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Soreness is a normal part of the recovery process that starts once you finish your bodybuilding workouts.
There are several degrees of soreness that we need to be aware of:
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Tags: bodybuilding, Hugo Rivera, muscle soreness, supplements to prevent soreness, ways to prevent soreness
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