Working Out After Neck Surgery

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Question Hi Dr. Clay, I first want to tell you that I have learned more about bodybuilding from you than any other person, mag, website, etc!! I really want to thank you for this and you better believe I tell all my buddies, peers, co-workers, etc, about your site, e-books, columns (t-muscle)!!! I also had [...]

Review of Hany Rambod’s FST-7

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Question: What do you think of FST-7? Joey G. Answer: FST-7 (Fascial Stretch Training Seven) is a particular method of bringing up a lagging body part that was created by bodybuilding coach, Hany Rambod.  He so named his method because it is a training technique whose primary goal is to enlarge a given muscle by [...]

Better BCAA Supplement: Chain’d Out or Xtend?

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Scivation Xtend vs ALRI Chain’d Out Question: Based on the ingredients, which is better product — ALRI Chain’d Out or Scivation Xtend?  Thanks.  Nick E. from San Ramon, CA Answer: That’s a good question, Nick, as these products are rather similar. So let’s take a closer look, shall we? Scivation Xtend Ingredients The exact ingredients [...]

Finishing with High-Rep Pump Sets

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Weight-training Question: Say on a day when i do arms, would it be such a bad thing to drop and hit 2 sets of say pushups, each set until failure? To fully exhaust my tri’s ? Although i can do alot of pushups, so i would end up doing way over 10, but would this [...]

How Far Should You Lean Forward on Low Pulley Cable Rows?

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Question: When doing low pulley rows how far forward should the torso lean?  i’ve seen vids of arnold doing them and he goes pretty much all the way forward.  in other vids i’ve seen the guys stay almost completely upright.  i know you really can’t always train like these guys, but what is the proper [...]