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Natural Bodybuilding FAQ – What’s a Good Advanced Natural Bodybuilding Workout Routine?

Question: Hi Hugo.  I’m a big fan of your articles and columns.  Thanks for all of the great work you do.  I have a question.  I realize that I am a natural bodybuilder but I would like to do some high volume routines, like Arnold used to do.  Is there any way that as a natural bodybuilder I can get away with doing a high volume workout program?  Also, I want to emphasize my leg development.  Can you help me with this?  (more…)

Quick 25 Minute Natural Bodybuilding Workout Routine for Arms

In this natural bodybuilding workout routine article, I describe how to perform a quick 25 minute routine that can incinerate the arm muscles in the comfort of your home. All you need is some adjustable dumbbells and you are good to go!

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Natural bodybuilding is great for kids as well! Even though for years there have been myths of how natural bodybuilding can disrupt growth in kids by closing the growth plates and causing injury, a growing amount of recent evidence suggests the exact opposite.  This comes as no surprise to me as I have never read any concluding research on the myth that bodybuilding exercise will stunt growth.

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Calves are a vital component to your bodybuilding training routines and without them you will never be able to have the complete head to toe physique you strive for. In addition, bigger looking calves give the optical illusion of having bigger looking thighs as well.

Calves besides being one of the most neglected body parts in the gym, are ones whose training is most misunderstood. Some people claim that you need to hit them every day with high reps while others claim that low rep low volume works best. In my experience I found that an approach of heavy training twice a week worked great…or so I thought. (more…)

Sometimes, the best natural bodybuilding workout is the one that breaks all the rules. As someone who has been practicing the bodybuilding lifestyle now for 20 years, I have learned that it is ok to break the bodybuilding training rules from time to time, and that doing so, will result in a shock to the body that will deliver more gains.
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Natural Bodybuilding Question: How to Design Natural Bodybuilding Workouts That Fix Disproportionate Muscle Growth?
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In this natural bodybuilding article you will learn about a natural bodybuilding routine that allows you to train your arms in 25 minutes!
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7-Min Home Dumbbell Glutes/Hamstrings Natural Bodybuilding Workout Routine: Learn how to train the glutes & hamstrings (back of the leg) in 7 minutes simply using some dumbbels in the comfort of your home.

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Natural Bodybuilding FAQ-How To Get Big Arms?

Next to abs, the question on how to get big arms seems to be the second most frequently natural bodybuilding question. In this FAQ, I hope to answer how to win the arms race.
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