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Bodybuilding Muscles - Back on Track

I have been so busy with my Youtube community. It's almost become a full time job !!! Life is very busy with family, work and bodybuilding. But I do intend to get this blog back to daily posts. I have a post that will be ready this afternoon - so check back later.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Muscles| Biceps Big Guns

We always seem to be waiting for the right time to do things. I know I often do this and then set a date sometime in the future to get started. That date often seems to be extended till I decide it is no longer a good idea and then drop it. That is normally because I realise I am never going to get round to doing it.

Here is an outstanding example of a young person who decided now is the right time. Even though he does not have everything he needs, he has improvised to get the results he wants anyway. I have found this to be such an inspiration. It has helped me in all the areas of my life and I hope it will do the same for you.  It has helped me with my training and also with my work. I hope this helps you to make a decision to take action today on what you want to achieve.  If you need to improvise then do that as you will find there is never a right time in life to do things.  

Hey Baz I just wanted to tell you, I don't know if u remember but I had asked you a while back about how to work out if u don't have money to buy weights and such and the tips you gave me are really working. I use 2L bottles filled with water inside of tough garbage bags and use that as a dumbbell and that works great with hammer n dumbbell curls. I also made a cheap barbell set with the same method of 2L bottles filled with water in bag but I tied them to the end of a strong broom stick (I tied them in a way I know that the bag wont slip out) and the broom can with stand the weight of 50 lbs, 25 lbs on each side and this works for barbell curls n tricep raises (excuse me for not knowing the technical term) also if you have a good place this is great for bench presses.

When it gets down to it your tips really helped out and I’m working out on a discounted price. I mean a broom, some bags, and 2L bottles don’t cost much and I get the same results. This would be a good topic to cover for the viewers who watch you but are in the same boat as me who maybe can’t afford weights. (I know you get a lot of video request, just thought I add another one into your busy schedule lol)

Baz you’re the best I said this many of times and it’s been a true statement

God bless you and your family and hope your success continues

your fan/supporter
Jason

Bodybuilding Muscles How to Train and Build Massive Chest and Shoulders

I come across so many people who are constantly changing exercises and doing several different exercises for the same muscle in one session. It is almost as if they believe if they do more and train for a few hours they will build more and get bigger. This is not the case. Keeping it simple is the best way. One really good proven basic exercise is all you need. What will make the difference is how you do the basic exercise. If you are strict and you focus on every rep with intensity, you will do far more than just pumping away with weights. If, during the training, you have not used your mind to overcome fatigue to get out the extra few reps you have not trained right. Training is not complicated like so many try to make it. It is just common sense.

Drink Water

This is most important. Remember any physical activity requires hydration, so drink a lot of water. Water intake is vital to ensure you are hydrated and energised, and will also help to cleanse your body of toxins. I can't stress strongly enough how important water is to your health. Try to drink at least two litres a day to help cleanse your liver and kidneys, making sure your body is in a healthy state of detox on a regular basis.
The body is an engine and needs to be maintained by being constantly cleansed, lubricated, exercised and fed on a regular basis. That is why our daily intake of nutrients is the key to good health which in turn will stave off both minor and severe illnesses.

I know from many conversations I have had with people that the most difficult part of keeping nutritionally fit and healthy is the time and effort required to maintain a balanced diet. Even doctors will go on a fitness regime and eat all the right foods only to let it all slip later on down the line. These are people who know almost all there is to know about the body. You have to make the effort and if you do you will see amazing results.

This is a response from one of the many people I have helped and he has posted this on www.youtube.com/bazblog

Thanks
Baz I have to say thank you, it’s been almost 2 months since I started working out, and because of your valuable advice on what to do and what not to do I’ve achieved a lot in these two months now I’m even receiving good comments from my fellow gym members and I owe it all to you, thank you once again and god bless, you are truly are one of my idols

Bodybuilding Muscles| Passion and Intensity to Build a Massive body | Chest

Most people think that, to build a good looking body, it is about going to the gym a few times a week. They believe as long as they do a few different exercises, and spend some time chatting away to people there, that is enough. When they are at home they eat a few fast food meals and watch TV and that is fine because, after all, they believe they deserve it as they have trained. Nothing could be further from the truth.

There is a lot involved in training. The mental approach is so important; then the food that you eat. Finally the weights that you lift and how you lift them.

Bodybuilding can be so simple. It is more about common sense than anything else regardless of all the confusing information that we are fed on the internet. I honestly think that people are putting out this stuff on purpose - to make you think that you have buy what they are offering or you will never make it. 

Below is a young man who has all the ingredients. He has made remarkable growth with regard to how much he can lift. Notice what he has to say. He has given me a fantastic testimonial even though I had no part in his being able to lift such a huge amount of weight.

Testimonial and Proof of Intensity, Passion and Focus.

heck... ever since I started lifting weights I’ve always focused on my chest more than on any other part of my body (mainly because I think it’s fun to train it, as weird as it may sound). I'm currently 17 and can bench press over 335lbs, but even then I find this video, along with the others from baz, to be really awesome, and just like seeing this guy make his videos with such love for what he’s doing. Keep up the good work man, cuz you’ve got a fan right here =). (This can be seen on you tube. )http://www.youtube.com/comment_servlet?all_comments&v=OLchOh5fOws)

He says he focused on his chest. That is vital to achieve anything in life, being able to focus. He believes it is fun to train. He has a belief in what he is doing and he has made it fun. He obviously trains with a great deal of intensity or he would never be able to lift what he does.

For you to change the way you look, you will not have to lift as much as this young man, but you will need the same type of attitude to your training. You can decide what will be fun for you  and what type of build you want to have and then go for it.

Bodybuilding Muscles - How to train and build Masssive Muscles

Motivation behind your training

it is really important to make your training interesting. So often it just becomes a habit that we really do not enjoy, and then one day we decided what we are doing is a waste of time and we quit. This is because we do not have the right kind of information. To train the body takes thought. We never really think about what we think - we just think ! I have learned that, in order to get a result, you have to think correctly. You have to put the end picture of what it is you want clearly in your mind. Most important is to take full possesion of the thing right now in your mind. All that is left to do then is to put in the action.

That is what I do every day. That is why I have the motivation to get up and look forward to training. You can use this same principal for anything you want to achieve in life.

This testimonial is proof that it works, and one I am extremely proud of.

Testimonial from www.youtube.com/bazblog

Dear Basil,

Hello I am a 16 year old boy from Norway and I've always found working out hard and boring, after watching your videos on Youtube how to do it properly and most effective i have actually started to enjoy working out and building up my body. So I decided to send this letter to thank you :) So here it is; Thank you very much for the great videos and the good advices, keep up the good work :)

Greeting from Norway

Bodybuilding Muscles- How to Train and Build a Massive chest| shoulders| biceps| legs| six-pack

The many problems Steroids can cause

I received this from one of my viewers who was replying to a young man who believes that using steroids it the answer to building a great body.  The problem with most young people is they want instant results - a bit like buying good fitting clothes off a rack. The really huge bodybuilders who enter competitions do this at all cost, and often have no regard for the problems they could be causing to youngsters who are just entering the game. They often openly brag about what you should be taking to “get big”. While they look good everything is rosy till the drugs start to take hold of the body.
I am sure, after you have read this information, you will agree that it is better to play safe then to be sorry for the rest of what could be a miserable life.

I've always felt misinformation about steroids, or drugs in general are part of what causes their abuse and misuse. Here in the US children were and in some places still are told crazy urban legends about drugs over the course of their education. The result, someone tries a drug, discovers what they were told in school was a lie, and winds up abusing the drug and then suffering health problems and addictions. It works that way with steroids and marijuana & LSD in particular. Rumours abound that steroids will rapidly cause all sorts of horrid side effects after taking them just once. A kid hears that; then sees his favourite athletes breaking records and winning championships, and he realizes he's been lied to. He goes and tries a cycle of Dianabol and gets bigger and stronger in a matter of weeks. Hey this worked, I'll do it again. Before he knows it he's addicted to the gains, and the side effects start occurring. Painful hours of long erections, testicle shrinkage, joint problems, jaundice, acne, aggression and depression, and then he stops cycling. Bam, here is a young man with a pair of saggy fluid filled tits and no sex drive at all. Then there's the liver and kidney damage. After a few cycles he's got the liver of a man 3 times his age. There's a raised potential for testicular cancer.
The most sinister thing about steroids is that the bad effects aren't immediate, and the positives are noticeable in a very short period. Your liver could be impaired for a decade before you really notice, and by that time it's too late. It's really sad and I've seen friends fall into that trap, so I feel a need to inform people about these things.

Bodybuilding Muscles. How to Train and Build a great looking body

I have had a lot of really great things happen to me in my life. I have always tried to help others in one way or another. I must admit never in my wildest dreams did I think that through doing a bodybuilding video and trying to get myself in shape would I have influenced someone else like this.
This has to be one of the finest things that have happened to me. When I got this message from this young man I had tears in my eyes and immediately showed it to my wife Lorraine. To know that our actions could mean a lot to someone else and has really made me realise I should always try to be my best at all times.  You just never know what influence you could have on someone else. I think it is really important that you always try to be a good influence.

Testimonial of Note - I received this as a result of one of my bodybuilding videos on my Youtube.

Hey ...
Date: 19 Jun 2009
 Hey Baz I hope you are fine ^^ I just wanted to stop and tell you something ... my Dad he is about your same age, he is 56 ... he will be 57 soon ...he was in the army when he was young but you know when you get older you are not the same and my father really got out of shape.  There was lot of problems here and there and when I thought that things can’t get any worst my mother died. This was like a year ago and you can imagine the depression of my father - 31 years of marriage. Well my dad lost almost all the hope you can have left to get in shape and start a new life. I showed  him your videos and your age...you are 57 right ... I think and my dad said... wow 57 he looks like he is 38 and he watched all your videos and I have got to say my dad was very motivated. He has started to go to the gym again with me and we have spend more time together like father and son ... and the best of all he is healthy again ... and I just wanted to thank you ... thanks for being such a motivation for me and my father...now I just hope that he is healthy enough to be around me for a long time to come ... thank you Baz and hey don’t give up...God bless you

My friend, that is one of the very best things I have ever heard. I cannot thank you enough. I feel so privileged to have been a part of helping your father and you to be the best you both can be. I would like to think your dad will be around for a long time because he is looking after himself. I know I certainly am planning on another 30 odd years.  I know we really do not know what the future holds for us but if you are in good shape you certainly have a much better chance.

Thank you for such a heart warming testimonial. I would very much like to use this on my website with your permission. I will not use your name if you like. It really would mean a lot to me and to the people who read my website www.buildingmuscles.org.uk as well as my site www.basil-mienie.com. Please let me know if you are OK with that. Baz (he replied that it would be fine to use this).

New Chest DVD

I am very excited as we have our first DVD completed on training the chest. I have done this in a way that is a complete follow along DVD. It shows in detail how to train correctly. I have taken time to show you the way to hold the weights, the dos and don’ts of weight lifting and the things to consider for your safety. The most important thing however, is showing you how to get the best possible results in the shortest possible time. 

This is not one of those magical get muscles in 6 weeks DVD’s. It is real life and if you want results you are going to have to work for them. You will get results in a few months but it will mean you have to eat right and you will have to train with focus. Once you know how, you will be really looking forward to how simple it is to get results.  You will only have to really work out for around 12 minutes at a time on your chest to see major changes.

The DVD is about 30 minutes lon. It explains a lot of things and you can see how to do a combination training of higher reps with lighter weights and coming down to lower reps with heavy weights. This not only gives you muscle, but also tone and conditioning. It does wonders for your overall fitness and stamina. It is the complete workout.

 
You can check out the intro video I did, and you can also buy the DVD from my website - focusonlife.org.uk. Click here to go directly to the DVD page. You can also see my latest basic chest workout below.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Shoulders | Deltoids

I thought that is would be a good time to talk about fitness and what it is. It is made up of three areas.

1) Aerobic conditioning

2) Flexibility

3) Muscular conditioning.

Bodybuilding on its own will build muscle and give you a lot of strength, but will do very little for the heart and lungs - which means there is not a lot of endurance.

Arnold Schwarzenegger did a lot of research into this and for that reason he is a big believer in aerobic training. He was a competitive swimmer and football player. 

1) Aerobic conditioning - is an activity that uses up a lot of oxygen e.g. running and cycling. It is also continuous high repetition activity. This will certainly add to you having higher energy levels but it will not give you muscle. It is great for burning up excess fat.

When you want to train and build massive shoulders it is good to add some of this into the training. The system I use starts with around 12+ reps. I then gradually go down in reps as I increase the weight. This gives me a bit of all that is required. I fully realise that I actually need to do so some aerobics as an exercise, so I normally do around 20 minutes as often as I can on the stationary bike.  By doing this you get the lungs and heart working and they then can deliver the needed oxygen to the muscles you are working - so it is really very good for you.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Huge Back| Lats

Training lats are very important to give you the V shape that most of the bodybuilders are looking for. There are loads of different exercises you can do for this. You can use a straight bar, dumbbells or pulling equipment for the back. You can get a fantastic workout doing a simple wide grip pull up. As you get stronger, you can make the training more difficult by suspending a weight from a belt.  The more resistance you add to a muscle the more it has to work and the more blood you get into the muscle. This is what will cause the muscle to get bigger.

2) Flexibility is one of the things necessary for over all fitness. Muscles, tendons and ligaments tend to shorten over a period of time. It is not a bad idea to get involved in a Yoga program or some other sort of stretching program.  This type of exercise will make you flexible but certainly will not add muscle or give you endurance.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to train and Build Killer Abs| Six pack

Here again I keep getting people asking me how much they must do to get a fantastic six pack. I do not want to disappoint anyone but no matter what you do you will never have them if you eat wrong and you are fat. Fat tends to go the abs first and if you have a layer of fat over them how can you see them?

I often say this - almost any of the recognised abs training will build great abs. Simple sit ups, leg raises or crunches will do the job. Never fall into the trap of thinking there is a miracle training that will give you abs. There are none that can do it in 6 weeks, or none that will do it in 3 minutes a day. These are just sales gimmicks. Abs come from a proper training plan the same as for any other muscle. You need to do around 4-5 sets of exercises and if you use weight then there is an added advantage as your core and abs will get stronger and you do not have to do hundreds of reps. There are many people doing 100-300 sit-ups a day to try to get abs and this is so unnecessary.

3) Muscular conditioning. Using weights one of the few ways you can strengthen muscles. When you add resistance your muscles have to contract against the resistance and that causes conditioning and growth.  The more weight you add and the more you train the better you will condition your muscles.

Getting into a fitness program is one of the best things you can do. I will absolutely help to reduce ageing and certainly makes you much more productive. It removes stress and gives you an added advantage over others who are couch potatoes.  Once you have a good level of this kind of fitness who knows what sports you might want to engage in.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Massive Chest

Many younger people have a good look at a lot of the bodybuilding champions and then decide it would be a good thing to be like them. They then embark on a training course to build a much bigger body. The purpose of this is to enter competitions and ultimately win the big one - Mr Universe. The bad news is it probably will not happen. Not because they are not training properly. It is to do with our genes. Muscles are made up of bundles of fibres and are wrapped together and bound in a sheath. We are each given a certain number at birth and you cannot make more. When you train these with weights and feed them they will get bigger and stronger but a person with more will be bigger than you. It is as simple as that.  That is why, no matter how much you train and build your chest or any other muscle, there will come a time that you will get to a limit and that is it. Taking steroids, and other things that I consider as harmful, will still not get you bigger when you reach your limit. That is why it is so important when you train that you have the right mindset. You are doing this for you and you need to be able to look in the mirror and be proud. If it happens that you get bigger than others and can win a competition, that is fantastic. But you must always remember you are doing this for you. If you are not bigger than others but you are happy with you, then you are a winner.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build Huge| Arms| Triceps
I often get people telling me they are out to build big, and so they are doing a lot of training. They will even train up to 3 and 4 hours a day. I have seen some of their training schedules which include loads of repetitions of an exercise. This is like doing calisthenics. It is a fixed resistance. No matter how much you do of them, you are always contracting the same muscles with the same resistance. All that will happen is you will have more endurance - but you will not build or get stronger. To get stronger you have to continue to increase the resistance. That is why you can have a fantastic tricep workout by just doing 5 sets of one exercise. The result will be far better than someone who does 3 different exercises and about 5 sets of 20 repetitions for each exercise. They will be gaining endurance while you will be building strength.

Bodybuilding Muscles| How to Train and Build |Arms Biceps| Big Guns
As I explained before, our muscles are made of sets of fibres wrapped up in sheaths. The harder you train, the more you will call on the muscle fibres in the sheath to work. We do not use anywhere near all the fibres we have. The more you train the more you will bring others into use and that is why you get bigger and bigger. There is a limit though. When you have them all working for you, that will be your size and you cannot get any bigger.  It is good to know what the purpose of a muscle is. Its sole function is to contract. It has opposing muscles which also contract to bring it back to its original position. It is through contraction that we move. We are designed to move and to keep moving. If you under-use a muscle, it will shrink and that is called atrophy. If you train and increase the size of a muscle that is called hypertrophy.  Because we are designed for movement, it is important that we have strong muscles. There is a very strong link between how our body works and our minds. A great body almost always causes a great mind. Having a great mind means a better life. If you have a fantastic set of big guns you will find it will affect you mentally and make you feel good. When you feel good you will get good results, not only in bodybuilding but in life in general.