Belly Fat Loser

Cardio or weights to burn fat if you’re going to do only one? That is the question. I’ve come down on the side of weights here at BFL, on the theory that you need muscle to do the actual burning. After all, it’s your metabolic fires that actually melt away your extra fat, and what [...]

Eccentric reps can be a great way to increase your results or break through a troubling (is there any other kind?) plateau. You always do eccentric reps when you’re lifting, because it’s merely the lowering phase of any lift. The key is to use them to your advantage once in a while. To effectively perform [...]

There’s just something about having great music when you workout that can make or break your workout. It drives you, and keeps you going when you want to do nothing more than pull off, have a cold drink and relax. With the right music, you can get that one, last rep at the end of [...]

One of the most common fitness related questions is why do muscles get bigger when you lift weights? It  comes somewhere directly after “How do I lose weight?” and “How do I make my muscles bigger?” There is a simple, 3 word answer to why your muscles grow when you lift; adaptive muscle hypertrophy. It [...]

Football is one tough sport. It requires a mixture of speed, agility, and strength like no other. You’ll find world class sprinters on the field with some of the world’s strongest men, that also happen to be fleet of foot and more agile than any 320lb individual has a right to be. The collisions are, [...]

Weight training routines are personal things, different for every person, depending upon their body and their individual needs. Maybe you want to be the next Mr. Olympia, you might want to win power lifting competitions, or you just want to lose weight, build some muscle, or look better. Many people lift weights primarily to improve [...]

If you’re in an intense lifting program, you may reach a point where you have trouble supplying your body with the nutrients is needs in order for you to make good progress. Sure, you can just eat, and eat, and eat, but that brings with it something you probably don’t want; excessive calories and fat [...]

Almost every teenager, bodybuilder, and weekend athlete wants to build bigger biceps. For many people it remains a dream, although there are a lucky few that seem to have been blessed with giant guns from the get go. Why can’t you seem to build larger biceps, even though you’ve tried and tried? For many people [...]

There’s nothing like training with weights to initiate a real improvement in your body. In fact using weights and other forms of resistance training can make a larger impact, in less time, on your looks and performance than almost any other form of exercise. Here are some weight training routines that will make you stronger [...]

Shoulder workouts are one of the foundations of a fantastic physique. After all, your shoulders define your look in front or rear silhouette. Do you want full, rounded delts, or slumped shoulders that look like you’ve never done a workout in your life? If you want a workout to make you proud of your shoulders [...]

A dumbbell workout can be the greatest thing to hit your fitness routine since, well since you started the thing. Dumbbells have several advantages over resistance bands or barbell weight equipment. Sure, you can any of those pieces of equipment to gain strength, increase muscle size, or lose fat. Dumbbells however, offer advantages the others [...]

Is it possible that that old bodybuilding standby, squats, is the best fat loss exercise? There is a strong case to be made here. There are several things that make the case for squats as being the best fat loss exercise. Squats as the best fat loss exercise – The case for: Squats involve a [...]