Ready to get stronger? Ready to shape those muscles? This workout will hit your entire body, but not JUST to burn calories! The longer one minute ‘work’ times will really get your muscles pumping and create hypertrophy to just not get you leaner but also develop and shape your muscles! Focus on the movements, keep them controlled and enjoy the pump!   1 Minute Standing Calf Raises Why: Simple, yet effective. The best way to target your calf muscles (gastrocnemius & soleus) without any equipment as you’re using your entire bodyweight as the resistance. How: Keep feet hip width apart....

There's more to Muscle Beach Venice than heavy lifting. Building big, beach-ready muscles is only half the battle. If you really want to show off those muscles, you're going to have to sweat. Smart cardio will help you lean down, but why torture yourself on the stair stepper when you can go free-range? That's what Muscle Beach Nutrition athlete Ike Catcher does using this beach bodyweight workout. This workout is simple yet effective. You'll trade in the cardio machines for sprints, kicks, and crunches. Since you'll be doing high-intensity bodyweight exercises, you'll strengthen your muscles and sharpen your cuts while you're burning...

Heather Eastman, NSCA-CPT •  4 min read If you want pecs that stand out like a Roman breastplate, you need to train like Muscle Beach Nutrition-sponsored athlete Gavin Matthews. As he explains, the M.O. of this chest workout is to start off getting a nice stretch, then build up in weight to work a little bit on strength, then finish off with a nice pump in the chest. "We're going to finalize this workout by breaking our muscle down," explains Matthews. "And finish off by pumping as much blood in the chest as possible." Full Chest Workout with Gavin Matthews  1 Bent-Arm...

Heather Eastman, NSCA-CPT •  5 min read We're back at iconic Muscle Beach Venice to learn which exercises helped turn Muscle Beach Nutrition-sponsored athlete Ike Catcher into the biggest man on the bars. Today, Catcher is taking us through his chest-and-shoulder workout. As Catcher explains, "I'm going to show you how to get that shoulder and chest armor to have you looking like a warrior, like a gladiator." The general rep range for this workout is 4-5 reps. So, you'll want to go heavy, and only take a short break of about a minute. Catcher starts with the chest first because...

Heather Eastman, NSCA-CPT •  4 min read When you hang out at legendary Muscle Beach Venice, you'd better have some serious beach muscles on display. Specifically, nothing grabs the attention of star-struck passers-by like a pair of huge, rippling biceps of the sort fashioned by Ike Catcher—a Muscle Beach Nutrition-sponsored athlete—over many years of serious training. "I like having big arms," says Catcher, at the risk of stating the obvious. "I call them 'think-twice' arms. You don't get into any problems with big arms, and all the ladies got something nice and chiseled to grab onto." At this point, you might be...