http://musclehacker.com Build Muscle & Lose Fat with MuscleHacker Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Musclehackerhttp://feedburner.google.com http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/bench-press-free-weights-or-machines/ http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/bench-press-free-weights-or-machines/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Leigh Wighton http://musclehacker.com/?p=637 The bench press. For whatever reason it’s the most popular exercise in almost any gym. “How much can you bench?” Is a common question among both gym and non-gym going guys. I’m glad that no one’s asked me that question lately because I can tell you that I SUCK at it. I’ve avoided the exercise [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/bench-press-free-weights-or-machines/feed/ 6 http://musclehacker.com/motivation/new-years-resolutions-find-your-real-motivation-and-keep-them-going/ http://musclehacker.com/motivation/new-years-resolutions-find-your-real-motivation-and-keep-them-going/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:06:14 +0000 Leigh Wighton http://musclehacker.com/?p=628 Seeing as it’s the start of a new year I thought I’d share some thoughts and ideas on new year’s resolutions. Most of us have made a new year’s resolution at some point in our lives. If we haven’t, I’ll bet my last dollar you’ve heard a friend or relative tell you that they’re going [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/motivation/new-years-resolutions-find-your-real-motivation-and-keep-them-going/feed/ 5 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-weeks-8-9-and-10/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-weeks-8-9-and-10/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:50:22 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=618 First off, I’d like to apologize for the delay in adding this last post to the THT 4.0 HIT Experiment collection that I have been logging here on MuscleHacker.com. While I was able to complete the workout cycle to my satisfaction, I was also horribly swamped during the following week with RL stuff. I managed [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-weeks-8-9-and-10/feed/ 2 http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/you-cant-turn-peanut-butter-into-a-steak/ http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/you-cant-turn-peanut-butter-into-a-steak/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:15:15 +0000 Brandi McAtee http://musclehacker.com/?p=587 I know I haven’t had much time to write for this site, and I apologize for that, but when I do, it’s very passionate! I was at work a couple weeks ago, and one of my regulars struck up a conversation about my training and competitions. I told him I was trying to put on [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/you-cant-turn-peanut-butter-into-a-steak/feed/ 2 http://musclehacker.com/motivation/604/ http://musclehacker.com/motivation/604/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:07:19 +0000 Leigh Wighton http://musclehacker.com/?p=604 Let’s suppose you had a thoroughbred race-horse horse valued in the millions of dollars. Would you let it stay up all night eating junk-food, drinking booze and smoking cigarettes? Not likely. You’d probably pamper, feed and house the animal as best you could to make sure that it reaches its potential. And why wouldn’t you? [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/motivation/604/feed/ 3 http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-7/ http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-7/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:45:48 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=596 Week #7 was an auspicious week for me. It was right near the top of my overhead press capabilities. It was a point where I was really picking up steam in revamping my bicep curl exercises. It was also a time where I was on my last “3-day” week due to scheduling concerns. So, without [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-7/feed/ 0 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-diet/what-is-myra-marshall-eating/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-diet/what-is-myra-marshall-eating/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:40:53 +0000 Myra http://musclehacker.com/?p=550 People ask me what I eat. They have a special interest in how many calories and what the macros are. Honestly, off-season I do not count. My head can’t take it. It is easy for me to think too much and obsess. Here’s an idea of what I eat in a day though, just in [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-diet/what-is-myra-marshall-eating/feed/ 3 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-6/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-6/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:59:12 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=580 As noted previously, I’m compiling directly from my logs as I’m behind in my writing. My apologies about that. Day #1: Hack squats – 370lbs x 6 (a big jump from the end of week #5) Smith bench press – 280lbs x 7 (once at this point, you’re seriously pushing for every rep) Smith incline [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-6/feed/ 0 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-5/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-5/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:27:15 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=575 To be fair, I’m writing these next few entries solely from my logs. I ran into a tornado of fun at work (We’ll call it fun) and I was left without much time for this sort of stuff in the evenings. I did manage to get in my workouts tho. Day #1: Hack Squat – [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-5/feed/ 0 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-4/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-4/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:03:44 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=564 This was “the” week. After 3 weeks of solid, linear gains and also my first real hiccup, I was unsure of what I was up against. I was optimistic, I was upbeat about the week to come. But truthfully, I couldn’t call whether I was going to see a full fourth week of gains. So, [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-4/feed/ 2 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-3/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-3/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:38:06 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=560 This week was a good week for sure. My first day on, I was cut short by other obligations and the rep notes reflect that. Day #1 Hack Squats (90 degree or lower) – 310lbs x 8 Smith machine bench press – 250lbs x 8 Pec deck (narrow grip) – 290lbs (no work, missed out [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/tht-4-0-hit-experiment-week-3/feed/ 0 http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/lift-like-a-girl/ http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/lift-like-a-girl/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:32:11 +0000 Brandi McAtee http://musclehacker.com/?p=300 A few weeks ago I ran into a friend I hadn’t seen in a month or so. She asked about my upcoming competition, and commented on how good she thought my arms were looking. She asked how to get her arms to look muscular. My reply, “Lifting weights and eating the right foods”, and then [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/lift-like-a-girl/feed/ 4 http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/losing-weight-is-easy/ http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/losing-weight-is-easy/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:52:03 +0000 Leigh Wighton http://musclehacker.com/?p=501 I know that some will disagree with me here but I firmly believe this to be the case. Losing weight and maintaining a healthy body is actually very simple. So, before a lynch mob comes for me, I’ll explain why and, more importantly, how you can lose weight safely, efficiently and easily in a few [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/losing-weight-is-easy/feed/ 2 http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-2-tally/ http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-2-tally/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:13:19 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=530 There’s no need to beat around the bush here. Here are the raw numbers for my week that just was. Week #2, Day #1: Hack squats – 300lbs x 7 reps Smith machine bench press – 250lbs x 5 Narrow-grip pec deck – 290lbs x 5 Bent-over barbell rows – 120lbs x 6 Seated calf [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-2-tally/feed/ 2 http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-1/ http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-1/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:18:35 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=515 This will be a weekly-updated series of posts that go into some detail (for now) with my personal experiment with Mark McManus’s THT 4.0 / Total Anabolism training guide – specifically, the HIT portion of it. For those of us who are regular MuscleHackers, we’re quite familiar with a few core terms from Mark’s THT [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/total-anabolism-4-0-hit-experiment-week-1/feed/ 1 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/listen-to-yourself-when-you-lift/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/listen-to-yourself-when-you-lift/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:27 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=498 Some time ago, I was faced with a REALLY bad back injury. No external trauma, but interally I was really messed up. It was actually more of a cascade of low physical fitness coupled with a pulled muscle… which devolved into multiple muscle sprains/pulls in a matter of days. I went through muscle spasms so [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-testimonials/listen-to-yourself-when-you-lift/feed/ 0 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/healthy-eating-cooking-is-overrated/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/healthy-eating-cooking-is-overrated/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:44:19 +0000 Leigh Wighton http://musclehacker.com/?p=478 Hopefully I got your attention with this headline. In this article I’m going to explain how to eat healthier. Most importantly, I’m going to show you that it’s easier than it sounds and that you barely even need a shred of cooking ability to do it. So, if you’ve recently embarked on a journey of [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/healthy-eating-cooking-is-overrated/feed/ 7 http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mans-diet-insulin-and-the-fat-phobia-2/ http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mans-diet-insulin-and-the-fat-phobia-2/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:20:21 +0000 Andreas http://musclehacker.com/?p=459 Yes I know, horrible title but hopefully you will look beyond it and remember this article for it’s information and message. The MANS referred to in the title stands for ‘Musclehack Anabolic Nutritional Strategy‘ and is one out of two muscle building diets you can find on the MuscleHack page. The MANS diet is a [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mans-diet-insulin-and-the-fat-phobia-2/feed/ 5 http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/be-an-ambassador-for-efficient-weightlifting/ http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/be-an-ambassador-for-efficient-weightlifting/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:40:37 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=455 This is a multi-meaning article. I try to live by this tenet each day, whether it’s in the gym or just hanging out with friends. An example was last night: two patrons at the gym were attempting bar squats on the Smith machine (the only way I do bar squats). However, their feet were too [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/be-an-ambassador-for-efficient-weightlifting/feed/ 5 http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/simplest-method-to-get-bigger-and-stronger/ http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/simplest-method-to-get-bigger-and-stronger/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:32:41 +0000 Raymond http://musclehacker.com/?p=394 If  my plans are to get bigger and stronger then simply I would just keep on lifting heavier and heavier weights until I’m benching at least a 1000+ pounds!  Yeah? No. Sounds good in theory but we can’t “naturally” keep on lifting heavier weights indefinitely so the secret for progress is to increase workout intensity (only juice allowed here [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/building-muscle/simplest-method-to-get-bigger-and-stronger/feed/ 10 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-supplements/anabolic-steroids-should-you-take-them/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-supplements/anabolic-steroids-should-you-take-them/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:08:58 +0000 Abdullah http://musclehacker.com/?p=398 [Please note that any arguments for the use of steroids do not reflect the MuscleHack philosophy, which is entirely about natural bodybuilding. Nor do they reflect the opinions of MuscleHack owner Mark McManus.] Illegal, unethical, immoral, wrong, cheating, are all adjectives which spring to mind when discussing the extremely controversial topic of ANABOLIC STEROIDS. Many [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-supplements/anabolic-steroids-should-you-take-them/feed/ 33 http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/the-story-of-a-guy-who-wanted-to-change-himself/ http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/the-story-of-a-guy-who-wanted-to-change-himself/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:04:15 +0000 Adam Weichel http://musclehacker.com/?p=373 Well, here’s the opening shot: that guy isn’t me. The “guy” in question is one of my best friends and his name is Oscar. I met Oscar over ten years ago while we were both attending the same college. We hung out with the same people but for different reasons: he was pursuing an accounting [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/the-story-of-a-guy-who-wanted-to-change-himself/feed/ 5 http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/sport-specific-trainingoptimize-your-performance/ http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/sport-specific-trainingoptimize-your-performance/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:46:30 +0000 Abdullah http://musclehacker.com/?p=356 Often the question arises as to what the extent of training should be in preparation for a specific sport. Be it as a sprinter, a soccer player, a rugby player etc. The answer most certainly does not lie in a single factor, but rather in a combination of key elements which contributes to an improved [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/uncategorized/sport-specific-trainingoptimize-your-performance/feed/ 1 http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/how-to-make-quick-and-easy-snacks-and-still-get-six-pack-abs/ http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/how-to-make-quick-and-easy-snacks-and-still-get-six-pack-abs/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:38:06 +0000 Raymond http://musclehacker.com/?p=324   Sounds paradoxical eating snacks and still being able to get a defined 6 pack Abs but it’s true. And I don’t mean as a cheat meal but you can eat these daily! OK there is a punch line, I need to be doing these few things first to be able to eat like this, [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/bodybuilding-recipes/how-to-make-quick-and-easy-snacks-and-still-get-six-pack-abs/feed/ 11 http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mma-core-workouts-alternative-cardio-routine-for-fat-loss/ http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mma-core-workouts-alternative-cardio-routine-for-fat-loss/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:18:19 +0000 Raymond http://musclehacker.com/?p=237   MMA or Mixed Martial Artists are some of the fittest athletes in the world. You have to be fit to hold up your hands for 5 rounds with 1 minute rests while someone is trying to punch portholes into you. If fat-loss is a goal and you are bored of doing endless “TV watching” [...] No related posts.]]> http://musclehacker.com/fat-loss/mma-core-workouts-alternative-cardio-routine-for-fat-loss/feed/ 11