The Bruce Lee Workout Routine: The Secret To A Killer Body

Prelude: October 2011

I've been reading my Bruce Lee books. Again. I can’t help but feel inspired. Yet again. It’s time I wrote about the Bruce Lee workout and tried to figure out just what made it so effective.

Bruce lee is one of those guys who is a hero to most guys. Even nearly 40 years after he passed away, for many of us he remains the ultimate symbol of what the human body is capable of. He was ripped, he kicked ass, and he was one seriously cool cat too.



Bruce Lee is a

The Bruce Lee Workout Routine: What It Takes To Get A Killer Body

Periodization Training:Get In Shape Without The Struggle

The Truth: constantly pushing your training to the limit is the path to pain and frustration. If you don’t want your life to revolve around the gym and you still want to get and stay in great shape you need to know about periodization training.

What is periodization training?

Ok, simply this is breaking your training up into periods with a focus on different aims for each. The overall result is to reach a higher peak overall through focus on one aspect at a time.

It is a method quite

Periodization Training:Get In Shape Without The Struggle

Get A V-Shaped Body With 3 Back Workout Tips

Prelude: Summer 2010

I’m working out and I’ve forgot my headphones. It’s weird actually, I’m a lot more aware of what’s going on around me, and of people trying to catch my attention. Is this what the gym is like when you’re not in the zone? I've seen nightclubs with less social interaction!

I’m about 5 minutes deep and a lady comes over.....

“Hi. What exercises should I do for my stomach?” I smile inwardly, since she has just walked past 2 personal trainers to

Get A V-Shaped Body With 3 Back Workout Tips

Weight Loss For Men:The 5 Golden Rules

The Truth: There is weight loss, and then there is weight loss for men. Guys are typically different from women in what we like to eat, the way we eat, the way we learn and of course what methods we gravitate towards. Just a little bit then!

The fact is that many of us fellas just handle this thing differently, and pretty often that means we slip through the cracks of the billion dollar diet industry. No surprises there; it just is not designed with us in mind. If you’re a guy and you want

Weight Loss For Men:The 5 Golden Rules

Isometric Exercises For Rock Hard Abs

The Truth: Crunches, sit-ups, ab rollers; it's enough to make you want to sit down, roll over and throw it all away. The good news is that you can get a great set of rock hard abs that feel as good as they look without any of that jazz. Use isometric exercises, they promise to save you time, hassle and heartache on the way to a strong and super-sexy midsection.

The Tale: Autumn 1995

I've just moved school and gone from da 'hood to the 'burbs. It's just like The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,

Isometric Exercises For Rock Hard Abs

Upgrade The Mind To Muscle Link For A Great Workout

The Truth: Looking for a great workout? You're not alone However, way too often we think we have to do more to get it. This usually means more exercises, longer workouts, and increasing frustration at having to sacrifice larger chunks of our lives trying to get in shape. Chances are we end up over-trained and overcome as the results remain elusive.

The fact is that longer workouts are just like pretending to revise for an exam to impress your parents. Sure, you may look like you're

How To Get A Great Workout: Upgrade The Mind To Muscle Link

Tips To Build Chest Muscles For A More Attractive, Strokeable Body

Prelude: Just another day at the gym

I’'m working out and notice the new lady gym instructor hanging around. It’s quiet and she seems bored. She introduces herself and all that and it turns out she knows all about bio-mechanics. Pretty cool stuff.....

............Apparently she can see that I have got a dominance in my upper body pushing structure; too much working of chest is in pulling my body forwards. I thank her for the tip, but she’s not done. She starts showing me exactly

Tips To Build Chest Muscles For A More Attractive, Strokeable Body

6 Tips To Shrink Your Stomach

The Truth: When it comes to looking good your stomach size is a biggie. The thing is, it needs to be a smallie. Yes, I may have just made that word up, but it matters! See nothing has as big an impact on your look in or out of clothes than the size of your stomach. It's all about proportions, and knowing how to shrink your stomach will go a long way to creating that lean toned torso that turns heads towards you!

The Tale: Spring 2009

I've just run into a girl I used to see. She says I

6 Tips To Shrink Your Stomach

Keep Gaining Muscle: How To Stay Ahead Of Training Adaptations

The Truth: When it comes to your workouts it's a case of adapt or die. Maybe not literally but your progress in the process of gaining muscle will.

Your training adaptations are a double edged sword. On the one hand it is the adaptations that your body makes that improve your body as you grow harder, faster, and stronger gaining muscle in response to your routine. On the other hand, your body, wise old fox that it is, is so good at this process of adapting that it can soon render your

Keep Gaining Muscle: How To Stay Ahead Of Training Adaptations

Should You Chase An Ideal Weight For Men?

The Tale: Early 2008

Now I’m really going for it. I’m bigger than ever and have had to give away a ton of clothes that don’t fit the new body shape. No turning back now! Funny, I don’t quite look as good as I’d hoped, but the advice seems to be to focus on adding "enough" mass, then it will all come together. So every week I’m weighing myself, and the numbers are going up. That’s progress......isn’t it?

Is there an ideal weight for men where it all comes together?

The

Ideal Weight for Men

What Is Fitness & How To Workout For Your Real Goals

The Tale: Summer 2007

I'm hanging out with the fellas for a few post work beers and planning the weekend to come. They ask why I was late, I tell them I was training and they laugh. "Mikey, what exactly is it you're training for?"

It's a good question. See the stock answer is to say to improve fitness. But what is fitness? Am I fit? Well, I’m bigger and stronger than I was, but I’m slower, and less capable of moving around. In fact I’m feeling less capable of most things. I’m

What Is Fitness & How To Workout For Your Real Goals

5 Tips For A More Effective Workout With Attention Training

The Truth: With all the stresses and complications of modern life we get used to operating in a background of constant noise and distraction. It can be a struggle to find the time to train and when we make to to the gym it's often tough to really get into it. Learning the skill of attention training offers you a more effective workout.

The Tale: The bad old days.....

I used to spend well over an hour in the gym and I thought that the key to improving the look of my body was to spend even

5 Tips For A More Effective Workout

How To Get a Flat Stomach With This Forgotten Exercise

The Tale: July 2007

I'm in Southern Spain with the fellas; beach by day, bars at night, but the whole night owl thing isn't quite working out. You see I feel like a beached whale. Those "muscle" T-shirts of mine are fitting a little too snug in the belly area and I'm having to suck my stomach in. A lot. Try that while drinking beer! I'm wishing I knew how to get a flat stomach fast. There is only so long a man can hold his breath and I'm feeling dizzy.....

The Truth: We all want a hard

How To Get A Flat Stomach