bodybuilding

The 8 Week Functional Bodybuilding Hybrid Premium Program

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If you’re anything like me, you started functional fitness to get in killer shape, add some muscle, and feel better. It’s no secret that I’ve published a ton of programs for free on this site, and I continue to do so. I’ve also received a lot of requests for custom programs for athletes around the world.

The 8 Week Functional Bodybuilding Hybrid Program

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If you’ve been around gyms for any length of time you’ve probably asked yourself which is better, functional fitness or bodybuilding?  Trick question nerds, there really is no difference between the two, or at least there shouldn’t be.  Keep reading to see why you should do this 8 week functional bodybuilding hybrid program.  Fair warning, I hope you don’t mind high volume.

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Bodybuilding and Functional Fitness: A Case Study on Anabolic Steroid Use

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We all know that performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are in common use in athletics.  They are at least partially responsible for most if not all world records set in the strength sports, and alas, fitness competition is no exception.  Recently we’ve seen a rash of positive drug tests for top level athletes, and even more lame excuses.  This article will explore some of the realities of PED use through an excellent study on anabolic steroid use in amateur bodybuilders.

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Functional Fitness Hypertrophy Plan: What 200 Research Studies Recommend

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Ok functional athletes, why aren’t you bodybuilding?  I mean, you already spend all your time in the gym, and are obsessed about what you eat, so you might as well go full tilt.  There are several great reasons why you’ll want to complete a bodybuilding cycle: improved strength, improved body composition, and scary biceps.

This article will look at over 200 research articles on hypertrophy and muscle development, and I will tell you how much muscle you can actually gain per day, and what that means for your performance. I will also give you a free 8 week plan to get jacked and tan, based off of these scientific studies.

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Natural Muscular Limits of the Functional Fitness Athlete

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Most people came to the gym because they want to become healthier, look better, and have more self confidence.   Often times they first learn about functional fitness from Youtube, or watching fitness competitions on ESPN.  These top level athletes have amazing physiques, rivaling natural bodybuilders.  This leaves most athletes wondering how muscular they can become.  Keep reading to find out where the sport is heading in terms of natural muscular limits, and the timeframe to achieve that type of development.

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Bodybuilding for the Functional Fitness Athlete

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Few things cause as much angst for functional fitness folks than the prospect of bodybuilding.  Since it’s inception there has been a natural tension between these two different tribes of gym bro’s.  On one hand, bodybuilders couldn’t care less how functional they are as long as someone’s mirin’ on their instagram.  Where as functional athletes spend the majority of their time talking about metcons, paleo diets, and rolling their ass’s on pieces of foam.  You might think that these two groups have very little in common, but you’d be wrong.  This article will cover recent research on increasing muscular size, hypertrophy, and how this applies to us, because lets face it guys, secretly we want to be jacked and functional.

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