This is a guest post by Shannon Clarke, a certified personal trainer and nutritionist. If you’ve recently made the decision to put in some time and effort to improve your body, weight lifting is definitely an exercise that you should be doing to see optimal results.  No other exercise form is going to be as effective for changing your body as weight lifting will be so if you’re looking to make a transformation, this is the solution for you. Getting started with weight lifting can feel slightly intimidating at times however, so by having a solid game plan in place, you can make sure...

In order to pick the best training program for you, several factors need to be considered. Is the program specific to your goals? Does it take into consideration your body's individual differences? Warning: Don't buy a weightlifting program until you've answered the following seven questions... Far too many people just randomly pick program in hopes it will work for them. Or they see a program working for a group of people and assume it will work for them too.. Before you pick any bodybuilding program, all you need to do is run through this quick list of seven questions and make sure...

By Elliott Hulse Co-Creator of Lean Hybrid Muscle If you're like me, you probably want nothing more than to feel like a 'super-stud' every time you take your shirt off in public. You want to have the confidence to say, 'Boy, this sweaty shirt is chaffin' me', then reach over your shoulder and tear your shirt off like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. When you know that your pecs look like two soup bowls inserted beneath your skin, and your abs are as hard the asphalt you stand on, it's tough to keep your shirt on! Today you are gonna learn the...