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Looking for better results from your workout? Noted training expert Eric Velasquez shares his expertise in ProSource's weekly workout series, Muscle Mechanics. It's packed with precision-targeted routines and tips you can use to tweak your regimen to get the most from every moment you spend on the gym floor. read 'em and put 'em to work for greater gains!
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Upper Body
Don't rest between exercises. After each set of rows, run in place or jump rope at high intensity for 30 seconds.
Forget about flyes and lat raises. When you're short on time, you want to train as much muscle as possible and ...
We, as lifters, have a knack for making things too complicated. Well enough is never let alone and a deadlift can't simply be a deadlift. It must be transformed into something magical and loaded in such a way that the neuromuscular system is flabbergasted. All of this, in reality, is ...
Serge Nubret had undoubtedly one of the best physiques of all time. His routine, although basic on paper, is very difficult and yielded crazy results for this phenomenal golden-era French bodybuilder. This is a program I use a few times per year to shock the muscle into some growth, so ...
If you read last week's edition of Monday Morning Motivation, then you know we've asked you to stay committed to heavy lifting in 2013, even if it just makes up a portion of your overall training program. All those big lifts bring about greater strength and size while keeping you ...
How do you measure the effectiveness of a good workout? What values do you attempt to quantify to determine how much progress you can make? For most people, it boils down to reps. "I did four sets of 10." Total reps are great to keep track of because training within ...
[Editor's Note: This week at The Big Picture we welcome a new writer to the ProSource family. Josh Bryant, MFS, CSCS, PE, is the co-author of the EliteFTS Best Selling eBook, Metroflex Gym Powerbuilding Basics. IFBB Pro Johnnie Jackson has called Josh "the greatest trainer in the world." As an ...
Goal: Comprehension and efficiency
Target Muscles: Abs
Core training is one of the most debated, and, hence, confusing topics in the fitness world. Ask 10 top-tier strength coaches the best way to train the core muscles, and you'll likely get 10 different answers. What's more, it seems as if the ...
We're not that far removed from the 2012 Olympics that the images of gymnasts should be fully erased from memory. These athletic dynamos tend to boast some of the best physiques in all of sport, with cartoonishly-rounded off shoulders, thick, sinewy arms and powerful legs. The kicker here is that ...
Beefy, vascular forearms are the aim of every gym rat. Still, not everyone trains in such a way that they have a great shot at getting them. But even fewer forearm-seekers invest in the proper time or use the right training methods to build a grip that can choke the ...
Goal: Detail
Bodypart: Abs, Obliques
One move that everyone does when training abs: the crunch.
One move that everyone is sick of: the crunch.
What a tragic duality for this fundamental exercise. While the crunch is ultimately effective at building stronger, better-looking abs, it can be nauseatingly boring for the ...
People can spend enormous amounts of time in the gym trying to add another ten pounds to their bench press. They use crazy accessory lifts, varying rep ranges, and even forced reps. Some of it works, a lot of it doesn't. Today we are going to show you how to ...
Goal: Detail
Bodypart: Lower Lats
When it comes to training back, it's natural to chase that v-taper with a steady diet of wide-grip pulldowns, pull-ups and wide-grip seated rows. But to provide your back true, sinewy size you've also got to bring up those lower lats. The good news is ...
[Editor's Note: This week we have a special guest at Muscle Mechanics in the person of C.J. Murphy. C.J. is a celebrated training expert and owner of Total Performance Sports Gym & Athletic Training Center in Everett, Massachusetts, a recent recipient of a "Best of Boston 2012" award from Boston ...
Goal: Detail
Bodypart: Rear Deltoid
Sometimes in the pursuit of a bigger, better physique, we can lose sight of the totality of bodybuilding. Training programs are often directed at adding meat to the money areas like quads, chest and back but all too often, the lowly rear deltoid is lost ...
Goal: Size, Strength

Bodypart: Calves
Quick...look at your calves. You probably don't even realize the face that you just made. That's because most people who are serious about building a stronger, better looking body are likely to express disgust and disappointment when they peek at their calves. Some people think ...
Goal: Size, Strength
Bodypart: Back
When it comes to training back, lifters are quick to brag about repping the entire stack at the pulldown station or rowing a bar full of clanging plates. But how many pull-ups can you do? Five? Ten? It's not a surprise that few people run ...
Bolder shoulders begin with this foundational move
Goal: Size, Strength
Bodypart: Shoulders
The shoulders are a fun muscle group to train. We use the term "fun" subjectively, of course. But the fact is that a smart, well-rounded shoulder routine can have a drastic impact on your overall physique appearance -- ...
Carve out a beefy set of horseshoes
using this multi-joint triceps workout
Goal: Size, Strength

Bodypart: Triceps
What is the best mass-builder out there for triceps? Some might argue that it's the skullcrusher because it targets the meaty, long head of the triceps. Some might be quick to say that ...
Grow your upper pecs by mixing in an
occasional top-heavy chest routine
Attention, lifelong bench pressers: You aren't doing yourself any favors by starting every routine at the flat bench. In fact, if you compare your southern-heavy chest with the chests of the men you aspire to look like, the ...
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