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Dan Ray / M+F Magazine IFBB pro League classic physique competitor Charles Donaldson is doing a good job of not letting work get in the way of, well, work. In between weekday 6 a.m. fasted cardio and late-night weight-training sessions, the 2017 NPC Masters Universe Classic Physique winner...

Per Bernal / M+F Magazine As is true with almost any skill, the more you lift, the better you get at it (and the bigger you get as a result). The more frequently you train a muscle, the faster it’s going to respond by growing. So if you’ve only ever trained one or two body parts in a...

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Four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler may not hit the stage to show off his physique these days, but the 45-year-old bodybuilding legend doesn't look too far off from competition shape. That's a guy you want to take training advice from, and fortunately, he's more than happy to share it. In an...

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I haven't run a log in a long damn time. Seeing as I'm running a new compound to me (bold) and I have some time to do a log I figured I'd include you guys. First a little background. Been into the weights since I was fifteen... I'm 37 now. I competed in the Arnold physique once just to say I did...

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Edgar Artiga / M+F Magazine Most guys dream of it, but very few can attain a strong, powerful, highly developed chest. We’re talking about the perfectly proportioned, slightly squared and rock hard pecs you see on many athletes and fitness models. In pursuit of the ideal chest, lets first...

Per Bernal Dips are a must-do foundational move for a big chest, but by tweaking them, you can reap even better gains. That’s because conventional dips focus only on the pectoralis major, not the pec minor, the smaller but no less important chest muscle that lies beneath the pec major. This...

Westend61 / Getty In this four-week program, you’ll blister and bruise your pecs with several familiar moves. However, we want you to slow down and take critical note of your training form. Making small adjustments will mean big changes in your progress. Within certain exercises, we’ve zeroed...

Per Bernal LOOSEN UP Lifting weights, and moving around in general, can create imbalance in your body. You might notice some aches and pains in particular in the anterior deltoids and the chest. Hey, it happens. But at least you can do something about it. THE PROBLEM “Muscles like the...

Similarly sized with the same strengths, when they shared an IFBB Pro League stage seven times in 2005-06, they were sometimes ring shots side by side. In his initial pro years, Branch Warren came out ahead in six of those battles, while Mustafa Mohammad, in his final pro years, took only one...

OPENING ARGUMENTS DEFENSE Horizontal pressing movements engage three primary movers: the chest, the triceps, and the front delts. Changing your hand position allows you to focus the load on one or more of these muscle groups. For chest, the best hand position is a wide hand spacing, either...

QUESTION I'm a hardgainer when it comes to packing on pec mass. What's your advice for breaking down the barriers to building a bigger chest? ANSWER In my earliest days as a competitor, I thought my chest was a weak point and wanted seriously to bring it up. At the same time, I knew that...

It's easy to focus on the 40 or so pounds that separate Breon Ansley from William Bonac and think their physiques share little in common. In fact, both 5'7" bodybuilders debuted, not that long ago, in the 212 division—Bonac in 2012 and Ansley in 2014— before, after one year each, moving on to...

Per Bernal Pecs make the bodybuilder. They form a breastplate, armor cast in flesh, vigilant guards before the engines of life itself. So there’s that. But they’ve also become so emblematic of “jacked” that today’s kids are as likely to hit a most-muscular as a double biceps when asked to “make...