Fat-Burning Body-Weight Workout

The four-move body-weight workout for maximizing fat loss.

Building muscle, increasing strength, and burning fat isn’t just a product of countless hours of lifting heavy weight. Body-weight workouts can be just as effective, and even place less strain on the body’s joints. Men’s Fitness met with Equinox Tier 4 coach Josh Stolz for a demonstration of a four-move fat-burning workout suitable for highly trained athletes or the casual gym-goer.
THE WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete four rounds of the following four exercises with 60–120 seconds’ rest in between rounds.
THE EXERCISES:

 1. lateral stepup: 6 repetitions per side

 

 

 

 

 

 2. archer pushup: 6 repetitions per side

 

 

 

3. ice skater lunges (explosive): 10 repetitions per side

 

 

 

 

 4. pushup pike with feet on a box: 6 repetitions

 

 

 

 

THE WORKOUT BENEFITS:
This workout targets the entire body with two upper-body movements and two lower-body movements to provide muscular balance. Performing the exercises with high intensity and at a rapid pace will boost cardiovascular endurance and maximize fat-burning and caloric expenditure. This workout is ideal for anyone looking to lose weight or develop a general base of strength without the strain of heavy weightlifting.
EXERCISE-SPECIFIC BENEFITS:
The lateral stepup is a lower-body exercise that increases strength and power in the quads, hamstrings, and glutes. As a unilateral exercise, muscular balance is achieved on both sides of the body.
The archer pushup is an upper-body exercise that increases strength and power in the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Performing the exercise in a side-to-side, “archer-like” motion will improve balance on both sides of the body.
Tip: Maintain a neutral spine and brace your core throughout the entire movement. Position your “lower” hand farther up or down to increase or decrease the difficulty.
The ice skater lunge is a lower-body exercise that increases muscular strength, power, and endurance in the quads, hamstrings, and glutes. Performing the exercise rapidly will also improve cardiovascular endurance.
The pushup pike with feet on a box is a combination exercise that increases muscular strength and endurance in the upper body, specifically the shoulders and triceps. The pike position also actively engages and strengthens the core.
Tip: Consciously remember to keep your core braced to prevent any rounding or slouching during the entire exercise. Perform a decline pushup if the pike is too challenging.

 

Body-Weight Workout: Plyometric Power for Athletes

The body-weight workout to perform your athletic best.

A game-changing difference between a good athlete and a great athlete is explosive power and strength. Make or break moments could come down to a higher jump, a faster sprint, or more slugging-power. Men’s Fitness met with Equinox tier 4 coach Josh Stolz for a demonstration of a four-move explosive power workout suitable for the competitive athlete or a pickup game ringer.
WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete four rounds of the following four exercises with 2 minutes rest in between rounds.
EXERCISES:
1. man-maker - 4 reps per side
2. jumping push-up - 4 reps
3. lateral burpee box jump - 4 reps per side
4. 180-degree squat jump - 4 reps
WORKOUT BENEFITS:
Fast and explosive exercises that involve the entire body are what build powerful athletes. They also improve coordination, balance, and stability.
EXERCISE-SPECIFIC BENEFITS:
The man-maker is an advanced progression of a traditional burpee. The exercise will actively engage the core throughout the movement while improving upper and lower body power and strength.
Tip: Don’t “sag” when in the plank position, and be sure to give yourself a wide foot position for more stability when lifting your arms.
The jumping pushup is an advanced progression to the traditional pushup that increases strength and power throughout the entire upper body, more specifically, the chest, shoulders and triceps.
Tip: Focus on timing and coordination; to execute the move properly you must push from both arms and leg simultaneously.
The lateral burpee box jump is a lower body power exercise that will improve coordination, lateral speed, and agility.
The 180-degree squat jump is a lower body exercise that improves power and explosiveness in the legs while also improving rotational power and core strength.

 

Upgrade Your Pushup

Force your pecs and deltoids to work overtime with this challenging twist on the classic pushup

 

Few exercises test core and upper-body strength as well as the front-loaded pushup. The reason: It shifts your weight forward, forcing your pecs and deltoids to work overtime to keep your body balanced, says BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., creator of Men's Health new DVD fitness system 10-Minute Torchers. 

Here's how you do it: Assume a pushup position. Lower your chest toward the floor, but as you do, push your body forward (your hands should end up near your waist). Return to the starting position.

Once you can perform the move with perfect form, try this grueling challenge: Do front-loaded pushups for 30 seconds straight. Shoot for 10 reps during that time. That's 1 set. Do 3, resting 60 seconds between each set. Too easy? Elevate your feet against a wall, pause at the bottom of each repetition, or lengthen the set and shorten the rest.

Abs Workout - 10 Steps to an 8 Pack

There’s a difference between “in shape” and “ripped.” If you’re just looking to get in shape, you can skip this story. But if you want true bodybuilder definition...read on.

  You don’t actually need abs that show.

Most men in America will go through their entire lives without ever having seen their abs, except maybe briefly one summer when they were 12. In fact, even many professional athletes don’t have abs their girlfriends can do laundry on. Few baseball pitchers, and no offensive linemen, see their abs when they suit up before a game.
But if you’re going to be fit, why not show it? For the average guy who’s in shape, getting abs isn’t that hard. It’s like taking an A- and turning it into an A+. Challenging, but hardly impossible.
Getting abs is a lot about diet, a little about exercise, and all about attitude. As a fitness model, trainer, and former natural bodybuilder, having defined abs has been part of my job description for the past decade, so I’ve learned to eat, train, and program my mind accordingly to keep them sharp. Below are 10 tips I’ve used that make the difference between regular and premium.

30-Minute Arm Workout

Build beach-ready bis and tris in under 30-minutes with supersets.

Both, biceps and triceps are very resilient muscle groups. They recover very quickly and can handle a lot of volume and high intensity training techniques. To get the most out of your arm workouts, you've got to hit them hard, and with a variety of different techniques. Certified personal trainer and founder of TRyMFitness, Tim McComsey lays out a 30-minute arm workout loaded with supersets and dropsets to bring up those bicep peaks and stack on the size.
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THE ARM WORKOUT >> 

1. Barbell Curls superset with V-Bar Tricep Push Down

 

Sets: 3 
Reps: 12
Rest: 60 seconds

2. Standing EZ Bar Close Grip Curls superset with Dumbbell Kickbacks

Sets: 3
Reps: 12
Rest: 60 seconds

3. Bench Dips superset with Seated Dumbbell Hammer Curls

 

 

Sets: 3
Reps: 12
Rest: 60 seconds

4. Machine Seated Bicep Curl [drop sets] 

Sets: 3
Reps: 10
Rest: 30 seconds
Drop sets: Slash the weight by approx. 10% after each set.

5. Cable Rope Press Downs [drop sets]

Sets: 3
Reps: 10
Rest: 30 seconds
Drop sets: Slash the weight by approx. 10% after each set

Back workouts - The Ultimate V-Building Workout

Your back helps you stand tall and look lean better than any other muscle zone does. Carve your torso into perfect shape with 3 hard-hitting back workouts .

3 Things You Don't Know About Your Back 

1. Building your back, with these back workouts can torch your belly fat. That's because the more muscle you train, the hotter your fat furnace burns. And there are no larger muscles than the latissimus dorsi, a.k.a. the lats. Master the pullup to bolster these muscles fast. 
2. Your arms will lift more weight than the larger back muscles if you let them. For a better back workout, initiate rowing movements by squeezing your shoulder blades back. Then think about pulling the weight with your elbows, not  your hands. 
3. Anytime you train your back or chest, or even sit at your desk, your lats become stiff. Since these muscles attach to your spine and wrap around to your ribs, they're used in most upper-body activities. Stretch your lats every day to stay loose.

Pick Your Plan: 3 Back Workouts for Custom Results 

THE RECORD-BREAKING PULLUP CIRCUIT
Raise your personal best in pullups by three to five reps in 4 weeks, using a technique that emphasizes the lowering portion of the lift. It's a simple way to build the largest muscles of your back—your lats.
How it works: Do as many pullups as you can. (If you can't complete a single rep, go to the next step.) Without resting, use a bench to hop up to the bar, and then lower yourself to a count of 10. That's one rep. Do three reps total, then perform the seated close-grip row for 12 reps. Rest 60 to 90 seconds, then repeat the circuit twice. Try this back workout 3 days a week, resting for at least a day between sessions. 

THE TALL-AND-MIGHTY COMBO
Shoring up your lower-back muscles, rear shoulders, and middle trapezius will instantly improve your posture. These two moves can do the trick. 
How it works: At the start or end of your back workout, perform the Swiss-ball back extension and cable scapular retraction. Do two sets of 10 to 15 reps for each move, resting 60 seconds between sets. Complete this back workout one to three times a week. 

THE BIG-MUSCLE FLEX PLAN
Mix and match your moves every time you use this routine(back workout) , for new challenges and fresh back workouts. This variety means you'll be more likely to stick to your training program. 
How it works: Start with either the dumbbell single-arm row or barbell bent-over row. Do three sets of 12 reps, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets. Then do either the seated wide-grip row or the seated close-grip row. Again, do three sets of 12, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets. Finish with a "drop set" of lat pulldowns—that is, complete 10 reps with the most weight you can handle. Without resting, reduce the weight and do 10 more, then reduce it again for another 10. Do this routine(back workout) twice a week.

The Record-Breaking Pullup Circuit

Raise your personal best in pullups by three to five reps in 4 weeks, using a technique that emphasizes the lowering portion of the lift. It's a simple way to build the largest muscles of your back—your lats.

WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS
Try this 3 days a week, resting for at least a day between sessions.

1. Do as many pullups as you can. (If you can't complete a single rep, go to the next step.)
2. Without resting, use a bench to hop up to the bar, and then lower yourself to a count of 10. That's one rep. Do three reps total.
3. Move immediatley to the seated close-grip row, performing 12 reps.
4. Rest 60 to 90 seconds, then repeat the circuit twice.

1. PULLUP
Grab the bar with an overhand grip (palms forward), your hands slightly more than shoulder-width apart. Hang with your arms fully extended. Pull yourself up over the bar, and then slowly lower yourself to the starting position.
Pull yourself up until your chin is over the bar. Do as many pullups as you can.

2. NEGATIVE PULLUP
Use a bench to hop up to the bar, and then lower your body at the same rate of speed to a count of 10.
That's one rep. Do three reps total.

3. SEATED CLOSE-GRIP ROW
Attach a V-handle to a low pulley cable and sit on a bench or the floor. Grab the handle and hold it with your palms facing each other. Pull the handle toward your midsection, and then slowly straighten your arms back out in front of you. (Staring straight ahead will help you keep your back straight.)
Perform 12 reps. Rest 60 to 90 seconds, then repeat the circuit one time.

The Tall-and-Mighty Combo

Shoring up your lower-back muscles, rear shoulders, and middle trapezius will instantly improve your posture. These two moves can do the trick. 
WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS
At the start or end of your workout, perform the Swiss-ball back extension and cable scapular retraction. Do two sets of 10 to 15 reps for each move, resting 60 seconds between sets. Complete this routine one to three times a week.

1. SWISS-BALL BACK EXTENSTION
Lie facedown on a Swiss ball and push your feet against a wall or hook them under a bench. Your chest should be off the ball. Cross your arms and bend forward at the waist until your midsection covers the ball. Then raise your torso up off the ball.
Your torso should be in line with your lower body at the top of the move.

2. CABLE SCAPULAR RETRACTION
Attach a bar to a low pulley cable. Sit on a bench or the floor and grab the bar with an overhand, shoulder-width grip. Without bending your elbows, pull your shoulder blades back as far as you can and squeeze them together. Return to the start.
This is a slight movement. The bar should move back only a few inches.
Do two sets of 10 to 15 reps for each move, resting 60 seconds between sets

The Big-Muscle Flex Plan

Mix and match your moves every time you use this routine, for new challenges and fresh workouts. This variety means you'll be more likely to stick to your training program.  
WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS
Do this routine twice a week.

1. Start with either the dumbbell single-arm row or barbell bent-over row. Do three sets of 12 reps, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.
2. Then do either the seated wide-grip row or the seated close-grip row. Again, do three sets of 12, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.
3. Finish with a "drop set" of lat pulldowns—that is, complete 10 reps with the most weight you can handle. Without resting, reduce the weight and do 10 more, then reduce it again for another 10. 

1A. DUMBELL SINGLE-ARM ROW
Holding a dumbbell in your right hand, place your left hand and left knee on a bench. Hold the weight with your arm straight. Use your upper-back muscles to pull the dumbbell up and back toward your hip. Pause, then slowly lower the weight.
Pull the weight up so your elbow passes your torso.
Do three sets of 12 reps, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

1B. BARBELL BENT-OVER ROW
Stand holding a barbell with an overhand grip, your hands slightly more than shoulder-width apart. Push your hips back and bend forward until your torso is almost parallel to the floor. Draw the bar toward your rib cage. Pause, then lower the bar. Maintain a slight bend in your knees throughout the movement.
Do three sets of 12 reps, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

2A. SEATED WIDE-GRIP ROW

Sit on a bench or the floor and bend forward to grab the lat-pulldown bar from a low pulley cable. Using a wide overhand grip, pull the bar toward your midsection. Resist the weight as you extend your arms back out in front of you. Keep your back straight as you pull the bar to your abs.
Do three sets of 12, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

2B. SEATED CLOSE-GRIP ROW
Attach a V-handle to a low pulley cable and sit on a bench or the floor. Grab the handle and hold it with your palms facing each other. Pull the handle toward your midsection, and then slowly straighten your arms back out in front of you. (Staring straight ahead will help you keep your back straight.)
Do three sets of 12, resting for 30 to 60 seconds between sets.

3. LAT PULLDOWN
Sit at a lat-pulldown station and grab the bar with an overhand grip, hands slightly more than shoulder-width apart. Keeping your head and back straight, pull your shoulder blades down, and then pull the bar to your chest. Let the bar rise.
Keep your elbows pointed down as you pull the bar toward you.
Complete 10 reps with the most weight you can handle. Without resting, reduce the weight and do 10 more, then reduce it again for another 10.

Your Perfect Muscle-Building Day

Between work, family obligations, and the occasional weekly hangout with the guys, finding time to meet all of your health and fitness goals can prove to be quite challenging. Compound those events with the conflicting ideas concerning optimal workout times, meal frequency, and other factors and the whole idea of building muscle becomes a confusing mess. To help simplify the process, we’ve laid out a step-by-step game plan to your ideal muscle-building day. Follow the steps below to set yourself up for success in achieving your dream physique.

6AM-8AM

1. Hydrate
After spending six to eight hours horizontal in bed, your body is likely dehydrated. Taking into account that 75% of muscle tissue is water, the lack of hydration can really put a damper on your muscle-building abilities. Replenish the water you missed out on overnight with a tall glass first thing in the morning - before your first cup of coffee.
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2. Eat a high-quality breakfast
While the intermittent fasting craze has taken off as of late, breakfast is still an important meal especially for guys looking to build muscle. Your muscles likely aren't breaking down from lack of nutrition after only six to eight hours without food, but a solid breakfast is one of the best ways to get a jumpstart on proper fueling for the day and curb cravings. Plus, most guys have more time in the morning to focus on eating properly (provided you don't miss your first alarm). Start with a high-protein breakfast including a few sources of dietary fat. Finish the meal with another large glass of water.
 

9AM-11AM

 

1. Eat a high protein snack
Like many other arenas, the best offense against snacking temptations is a good defense. Plan to take down a high-protein snack mid-morning to keep energy levels high and to prevent yourself from binging on the coffee cakes and cinnamon rolls.
2. Hydrate
Like many of your other coworkers, you’ve likely downed a few cups of coffee by mid-morning. Supplement your java habit with 10-12 ounces of water. The extra fluid will help to keep you hydrated and also prevent hunger pangs (combined with your high-protein snack) that tend to strike at this time.
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3. Move
If you're like the majority of the American population, you spend the bulk of your day seated in front of a computer. That position can both wreak havoc on your posture and ruin your chance at your desired physique. To make matters worse, excess sitting has been correlated with metabolic disease, depressed mood states, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Beat them all by moving around mid-morning. After planning out your day and answering any pertinent emails, take a quick walk around the office. Try to move for at least 5-10 minutes. If you don’t mind being dubbed the office health nut, throw in some bodyweight squats and push-ups. Keep moving throughout the day trying to be seated for no more than an hour at a time.

12PM-2PM

 1. Workout
Afternoon workouts are beneficial for several reasons. First, your body is likely more warmed up than first thing in the morning leading to less risk of injury. Second, hormones like growth hormone and testosterone are at higher levels ensuring that you get the most muscle-building benefit from your lifting session. Lastly, the demands of the workout session ensure that your energy levels are high, and you avoid the mid-afternoon slump.
To get the most out of your afternoon workout, focus on hitting your entire body combining multi-joint exercises like squats and deadlifts. This type of whole-body focus will further elevate your hormones and help you get in and out of the gym quickly.
2. Eat a high protein lunch
Protein is crucial to take in, particularly post-workout. Alongside your serving of this muscle-building macronutrient, be sure to include some fast-digesting carbohydrates like potatoes or rice. The carbohydrates will slow down catabolism – the body’s process of breaking down tissue during your workout. This results in a faster recovery and jumpstart on the muscle-building process.
3. Supplement with creatine
Creatine is one of the most popular sports supplements on the market for one reason – it works. The strength builder has been backed by numerous studies and offers a safe way for men to increase muscle mass. If you need to take back your daily dose, the best time is after your workout, so knock it back with your post-workout meal.

2PM-4PM

1. Take a nap
Skip out on the afternoon coffee and instead opt for a mid-afternoon nap. The quick snooze will leave you feeling rejuvenated for the rest of the workday. Afternoon naps also lead to increased productivity and memory function. To make matters even better, you only need a short time (10-30 minutes) to reap all of the benefits. Can’t skip out on work for a quick sleep session? Practice meditation instead. The quiet time can help you refocus your energy and attack the rest of the day with vigor.
2. Hydrate
While the rest of your coworkers are searching for energy drinks, load yourself up with a cup of water instead. The continued focus on hydration will help to replenish fluids lost during your workout as well as maintain energy levels. It also helps with digestion and prevents cravings for the sugar-filled temptations that lurk in the kitchen cabinets.

6PM-8PM

 1. Eat a homemade dinner
After a long day of work, the last thing many guys want to do is hop behind the kitchen counter to whip up a gourmet meal. However, now isn’t the time to ruin your perfect day by hitting up the drive-thru on the way home. Top off your nutrition with a blend of protein, carbohydrates, and fat. Don’t be afraid of piling on the carbohydrates. Provided you’ve kept your consumption in check throughout the rest of the day, the increased carb intake might actually help you sleep better at night.
2. Limit the booze
A stressful day might tempt you to indulge in some evening cocktails. However, the excess booze intake could be detrimental to your hard work in the gym. While alcohol in moderation poses little threat to growing muscles, overconsumption decreases key hormone production and ruins sleep (not to mention the extra added calories). To build your optimum physique, keep alcohol consumption to a minimum (0-2 drinks/night).

How to Build Shoulders Like Vin Diesel

Make broad, powerful shoulders the cornerstones of your physique.

There are two secrets to building cantaloupe-size shoulders like Vin Diesel’s. First, go slow and don’t hurt yourself (more on that below). Second, make sure you develop the deltoids evenly, giving the rear head as much love as the front, which you’re no doubt already pounding with pressing exercises. In eight weeks, you can correct any imbalance to get your shoulders worthy of a close-up.

HOW IT WORKS

Because the joints in the shoulder are very mobile, they’re more susceptible to injury than other body parts, especially when you’re pressing heavy weights. Warming up properly so that the shoulders are pumped and well-prepared for heavier training to come cuts down your risk of feeling something pop or strain. That’s why we want you to follow the warmup we’ve included before the real lifting begins. It’s also why we put traditional meat-and-potatoes muscle-building moves like the military press later in the workouts. Yes, the exercises you do beforehand might fatigue you and limit the weight you can use on these lifts, but you’ll make it up in short order as you adapt.
We’re also focusing on the rear delts, which you’ll hit early on in each session. Because you can’t see them in the mirror, the rear delts tend to be forgotten, and their lack of development can result in a lopsided, incomplete look. Prioritizing the delts and pumping them up with plenty of reps will bring them up to Diesel proportions fast.

Directions

The program has two parts (Phase I and Phase II), each lasting four weeks. In both phases, you’ll train shoulders only one day per week, so you can complete your other training on separate days (allow a day before and after chest training). Perform the warmup before each workout.

1. Band Dislocation

Sets: 3  Reps: 10
Hold a band with hands outside shoulder width, keeping it taut. Raise the band over your head and behind it, keeping your arms straight. Go as far as your shoulders will comfortably allow, but feel the stretch. Rotate your arms forward and back for reps, choking up on the band more as your shoulders loosen up.

2. Dumbbell Halo

 

Sets: 3  Reps: 8
Hold a dumbbell with both hands and circle your head with it, rotating the weight around, behind, and in front of you.

3. Dumbbell Y-T-W-I

Sets: 3  Reps: 8 (each direction)
Set a bench to a 45-degree incline and lie on it facedown with a dumbbell in each hand. With thumbs pointing to the ceiling, raise your arms to make a Y shape. Lower them and raise your arms to form a T. Lower again and raise them with bent elbows to make a W. Finally, make an I shape.

4. Spider Crawl

Sets: 3  Reps: 3 (up and down)
Wrap a loop band around your wrists and place your hands against a wall with your arms straight. Move your arms apart so there’s tension on the band and walk your hands up the wall and then back down. Keep pushing your hands away from each other so you feel your shoulders working. Each trip up and down the wall is one rep.

5. Band Pull Apart

Sets: 3  Reps: 10
Hold a band, hands shoulder width and arms extended in front of you. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and move your arms outward as if you were pulling the band apart. Change your grip on each set. You can grasp the band underhand, with palms facing each other, one hand choked up on the band, etc

 

 

 

Back and Biceps Muscle-Builder Workout

Get big with this back and biceps workout designed to give you an intense pump.

 

A back and biceps workout is a classic, old-school split. And even with the growth of circuit training, group exercise, and CrossFit, split routines will never die. Why? Because they work. We've asked training contributor to HUMANFITPROJECT, Doyle Tonneson for workout to pack on size and strength with a great pump.
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WORKOUT INSTRUCTIONS:

Complete each group as a superset. Rest one minute then repeat two-three times. After completing two-three sets of a group, rest one minute and move to the next grouping.
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THE WORKOUT:

GROUP ONE

Wide-Grip Pulldown: 20 reps
Straight Bar Curl: 20 reps

GROUP TWO

Behind-the-Neck Pulldown: 12 reps
Alternating DB Curl: 12 reps

GROUP THREE

Straight-leg Deadlift: 10 reps
Preacher Curl: 10 reps

GROUP FOUR

Seated Cable Row: 10 reps
Dumbbell Hammer Curl: 10 reps

GROUP FIVE

Reverse-Grip Pulldown: failure
Concentraion Curl: failure

Home Exercices - Twice A Day Workouts

Even though the newest training methods most frequently used by trainers today are full-body workouts or upper/lower-body splits, some guys still believe that a body-part setup is the way to go.
These men feel that just doing a bench press for their chest muscles isn’t going to get the job done, and they insist on performing a number of exercises for each body part they want to work on.
However, because you obviously can't do three to four exercises for every single muscle group in a single workout, the body workout needs to be split over a number of days. Typically, a body workout split would look something like this:

• Monday: Chest
• Tuesday: Legs
• Wednesday: Shoulders
• Thursday: Back
• Friday: Arms
  

If this looks like your weekly workout schedule, then you'll be happy to know there is a better way, and that way is with twice a day workouts. Read on for more information on how you can get more out of a single day of exercise.

Problems with workout splits

The biggest issue with training in this manner is lack of rest. While you are, theoretically, allowing much more than the recommended 48 hours between training a particular muscle group, if you look closely, you’ll notice you really aren’t. In the workout split schedule above, for instance, when you work your back you’ll inevitably be working your biceps as well, therefore, working them specifically the next day isn’t recommended. Plus, while you may prevent muscular overtraining with this type of setup, you will not be doing anything to prevent central nervous system (CNS) overtraining.
The CNS is going to be stimulated any time you pick up a weight, regardless of whether it’s during a squat or a bicep curl. If you're lifting weights too many days in a row, the CNS is going to falter to recover and this is exactly where the problems begin.
So, how can you get around this? Answer: Twice a day workouts.

Why twice a day workouts work

The primary reason why twice a day workouts are going to be beneficial is that they will free up more days during the week where you will have total rest. It cannot be stressed enough that if rest is not playing a solid role in your program, you aren’t going to get results. Working a muscle before it’s had a chance to build back up and become stronger is just going to further break it down. Do this often enough and you will actually begin to get weaker.
While light workouts do help with this problem, they do not provide the same effect as a day of complete rest does.
So, by doing two workouts a day you get a day off in between. This could mean the difference between you gaining 10 pounds of muscle this year instead of only gaining two.
The No. 1 reason many guys out there cannot build muscle is not a lack of training, it’s the opposite; it's too much training. The second reason why twice a day workouts are good is because they will still allow for more volume than a full body workout does.
The body can only handle so many sets during any given session, so by splitting your session up you literally almost double this number.

Factors to consider with twice a day workouts

There are some important factors that you will need to consider with these twice a day workouts: First is going to be the timing of your workouts. If you are going to opt for twice a day sessions, you should be scheduling one in the morning and the other in the evening, or at the very least later on in the afternoon.
Asking your body to give 100% for both sessions when they are only a couple of hours apart is asking for a whole lot of trouble.
Remember that you need to provide down time in between.
Secondly, during this time in between it’s going to be important that you are resting. If you have a job that keeps you moving around at all times this may not be the best set-up for you as you likely won’t have recovered enough to go for a second round.
After that, it’s also going to be incredibly critical that you pay careful attention to nutrition. Immediately after the first session you need to eat and eat well; this means a high volume of carbohydrates (both fast and slow digesting), along with a good solid source of protein.
At this time, not only are you replenishing your muscles from the workout you just performed, but you’re also preparing your muscles for what lies ahead. Skip out on this and your later workout performance will, without a doubt, decline.
You also want to ensure that you get in a good pre-workout meal before the second session takes place. Again, this should be composed of carbohydrates and protein. Fat in both of these meals should be left out as it will just slow down the delivery of the carbohydrates and protein to the muscle tissue.
The meals in between the pre- and post-workout should be a mixture of protein, carbohydrates and fat or in accordance with whatever dietary approach you happen to be following. Be sure that on your twice a workout days that you increase your calories so you are providing the energy needed to complete both sessions.

Twice a day workout setups

Now that you understand the principles and benefits of the twice a day workout it’s time to look at the specifics. Most men will choose to do the lower-body workout first, since it is the most demanding. However, if you find that you don’t perform well in the morning, you may opt to reverse this. It really will be an individual preference, so don’t get too hung up on the specifics.
This is still going to work best with an upper/lower or a push/pull type of split as this will allow you to work each muscle group three times a week, while still having three days off.
This may be your choice of a twice a day workout setup:

• Monday: Lower a.m.; upper p.m.
• Tuesday: Off
• Wednesday: Upper a.m.; lower p.m.
• Thursday: Off
• Friday: Lower a.m.; upper p.m.
• Weekend: Off or cardio training
  

Note that you should try as much as possible not to do any cardio training on Tuesday and Thursday as you will really need that recovery time. If you do decide to do some, be sure to keep it light. As for choice of exercises, again focus on the compound movements of squats, deadlifts, military press, row, and chest press, but also allow for more isolated exercises that would normally be left out of a full-body program. This would include movements like bicep curls, triceps extensions, lateral- and side-shoulder raises, reverse flies, leg extensions, hamstring curls, pec flyes, and calf raises.
You will want to keep the rep ranges for each exercise performed at around 25, keeping the total set number performed at around 20 if you're using mostly compound movements or 30 if you're combining compound and isolation exercises.

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So, if you’re game to try a new approach to your workouts, give twice a day sessions some thought. Moving from a five-day-a-week body-part split to something like this could produce significant gains in the gym as a result.

Fitness pocket - How to Accelerate Muscle Recovery

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Fitness lion - How to gain muscle fat

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Chest Fitness - the best and easy way

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