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First of all I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year and thank all of you for all of the feedback provided on the site.  Remember that this site is for you and any feedback provided can only make it better!

Because we are closing on 2009 and starting the New Year I want to share with you several valuable resources that will help you to get started on the right track when you implement this year's bodybuilding program:

Combining The Best Bodybuilding Routines For Achieving Your Bodybuilding Goals:  With the New Year upon us, it is time to start revamping our bodybuilding training routines in order to add variety to our training programs. To help you with this, I've listed some of the best routines I used last year and how you can combine them to accomplish your bodybuilding goals in this new year.

Accomplish Your Bodybuilding Goals - Bodybuilding Guide:  To help you achieve your bodybuilding endeavors, I decided to put together this resource guide that will point you to all of the information that you will need to accomplish your goals, whether these may be losing a few pounds of fat with moderate amounts of muscle gain, bulking up, or even bodybuilding competition. You will find bodybuilding training routines, diet plans and supplements' advice.

Bodybuilding for Weight Loss: New section with articles from fitness and weight loss expert Anthony Alayon geared for those of you who simply want to use bodybuilding principles to lose some weight.

Lee Labrada's Ten Fast Fat Burning Bodybuilding Tips:  In this bodybuilding article, IFBB Pro and Hall of Fame Inductee Lee Labrada shares his 10 most important fast fat burning bodybuilding tips.

Dave Draper Bodybuilding Straight Talk: Benefit from the sage bodybuilding advice of Dave Draper, a bodybuilding legend, author and fitness expert with over four decades of practical experience. He holds the prestigious bodybuilding titles of Mr. America, Mr. World and Mr. Universe, in addition to being part of the Bodybuilding Hall of Fame.

Healthy Bodybuilding Recipes: High Protein Recipes, Low-Sodium Recipes, Low Carb Recipes, and No Sugar Recipes that can easily be incorporated in your bodybuilding diet.

New Body Part Exercise and Bodybuilding Training Routine Database: Check out the new body part exercise and bodybuilding  training routine database full of exercise descriptions and body part specific training routines.

Please comment and let me know what you think of all these resources.

I wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

Achieve a New You in the New Year! originally appeared on About.com Bodybuilding on Thursday, December 31st, 2009 at 01:17:16.

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Many of you who have embarked on a bodybuilding program recently have emailed me about your muscle soreness and whether that is normal or not.

Muscle soreness is a normal part of the recovery process that begins once you finish your bodybuilding workouts.  Muscle soreness is more pronounced at the beginning of your bodybuilding journey since your muscles are not used at all to lifting weights.  That is the reason why it is of utmost importance that you use the right beginning bodybuilding routine.  By doing so, you avoid getting injured or excessively sore.

There are various types of soreness that you need to be aware of.  The key thing is to be able to distinguish between good muscle soreness, which is the one that indicates you had a good workout, and injury type soreness.  For learning how to differentiate between soreness types, please take a look at my Types of Muscle Soreness article, where not only will you learn about the different types of muscle soreness, but also how to minimize them.

Good Muscle Soreness vs. Bad Muscle Soreness originally appeared on About.com Bodybuilding on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 07:21:09.

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The triceps pushdowns are an excellent bodybuilding exercise to work the triceps. With different cable attachments you can focus on different parts of the triceps.

For example, an overhand grip on a straight bar attachment will stimulate all three heads of the triceps equally.  Using a rope attachment however will emphasize the outer head of the triceps.  Finally, a reverse grip on a straight bar or a single handle will emphasize the inner long head of the triceps.

One thing that I love about this exercise is the constant tension that the cables place on the triceps. Performed properly, this exercise will help you to stimulate new growth on the triceps.

In order to know what the proper execution of this exercise is, please take a look at my Triceps Pushdowns Exercise Description.  For a good triceps routine that makes use of this exercise, you can check out Lee Labrada's Bodybuilding Triceps Routine.

Get New Growth On Your Triceps With Triceps Pushdowns originally appeared on About.com Bodybuilding on Friday, January 15th, 2010 at 07:33:54.

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