Paul Tornabene: Upper Body

Paul smiles. His workout makes fun and is successful. What can we learn from the young fitness model from Allamericanguys? Proper form makes the success of an exercise, not the weight. Paul's movements are slow, concentrated and precise.

Paul Tornabene's workout is a wonderful example that sometimes stills are at least as demonstrative as a video, above all if you want to study an exercise closely. Below you see the initial and end points of Paul's movements and his proper posture.

Chest workout:Paul lifts the dumbbells vertically and keeps the balance for about two seconds, while his outstrechted arms are at right angle to his upper body.


Preacher curl for biceps:

Paul doesn't bend his back or shoulders. The whole work is done by the muscles of his arms.

Many new high-quality photos and videos with Paul Tornabene on Allamericanguys.

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Peter's Biceps

Peter likes concentration curls. "They're great for isolating biceps and make a nice peak", the fitness hunk from Allamericanguys says.

Peter explains that a lot of people do concentration curls wrong. They push back their hand with the dumbbell too far, nearly up to their shoulder (see below: pic 1). Then much of the weight lies on the bones of their legs. "I stop when I see that my biceps makes the full peak", Peter says (pic 2 & 3). Then his muscles do all the work instead of his bones.

The whole movement with the other arm:


And finally stretching and flexing:

Many high-quality photos and videos with Peter on
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Armwrestling: Myles vs. Ronald

Armwrestling makes fun. It's boyish and exciting to look who of two muscle men is actually stronger. Therefore I want to start a series with entertaining and motivating armwrestling photos.

The first two muscle boys comparing the strength of their arms are Myles and Ronald from Allamericanguys. The photos are from a very funny and exciting clip on AAG. Let's see who of the two hunks is stronger!

First right hand:

Then left hand:Many high-quality photos and videos with Myles and Ronald on

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Interview with Pavel H: A Fighter like Rocky

Pavel Hochman lives with his parents and his younger brother near the city Brno in the Czech Republic, in a region with a beautiful countryside, with woods and hills. When you listen to Pavel talking about his career, you soon think of Rocky Balboa, although it's not boxing but bodybuilding. But the ups and downs seem quite similar, and so are the personalities.

Pavel, please tell us about your way to bodybuilding and modeling.
I started with bodybuilding at the age of 16. The first gym I visited was the Gold's Gym in Brno. Since then I've been training consistently. I took part at contests, and that gave me the chance to do professional shootings.

There're several amazing highlights in your bodybuilding career. But you had to cope with a quite difficult time too, hadn't you?
Yes, I had. My first contest was in 2004. It was the Juniors Championship, in the category up to 176 lbs, and I was placed number eight. My target for the next season was to get more weight. And I succeeded. One year later I competed at the same contest in the heaviest category, that's over 176 lbs. I won. I was so happy. But five days later I lay in hospital. I had problems with my intestine, a surgery was necessary. I lost 20 lbs in eight days. In the next four weeks at home I lost again more than 2 lbs. My doctor told me better to forget the dumbbells. Five weeks after the surgery I started training again with four-lbs-dumbbells. After 15 weeks I stood again on the stage of a contest. My weight was 170 lbs. I won gold. Then the next contests, one of them the Aminostarcup 2005, where I was placed second in the category up to 165 lbs.

Do you have idols, persons who inspire you?
My biggest idols in bodybuilding are Frank Zane and Flex Wheeler. My favorite writer is W.S. Burroughs.

Do you have more interests?
I like good books and movies, and I like to go to punk concerts. But I don't have much free time.

What kind of support do you have?
My father is supporting me most of all. Family is the most important support. And I have a great trainer.

Can you tell us about your goals in life?
My personal goal is to be satisfied with me and with my life. I want my life to be useful. Regarding profession I would like to finish the School of Medicine and want to specialize in human nutrition. I would like to become an adviser for nutrition and training. I want to stay healthy, and try to win as often as I can. I wish that my work in the gym and on the stage makes me happy.

Thank you for the conversation, Pavel.
Read the post about Pavel's first workout DVD below. Many high-quality photos and videos with Pavel on CzechYoungMuscle.com.

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Nominated

I've never asked my readers to vote for my blog at a website award. But this time I... hmm... I at least ask you to take a look at this award site, and perhaps you like to think about WorkoutInspiration.net, because I actually feel honored to be nominated. The "Sa Grace Award d' Excellence", created by the GC Spotlight Magazine, has a tradition and is already in its 5th year.

Please know that there's no money for me to win. It's "just" for honor. But decide on your own. There're many other great sites.

The Award site:
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Voting ends on 31 January 2007. And if you actually vote for WI - thanks.

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Andrew Aponick: Big Triceps for Big Arms

It's obvious that Andrew Aponick is an expert on big arms. The fitness hunk from Allamericanguys has upper arms every workout enthusiast is dreaming of. "About 17 inches", he estimates while flexing. It looks like more.

Is there a secret, an advice? Andrew says, a lot of people work out above all their biceps to get bigger arms. "Don't forget the triceps!", he emphasizes, "Triceps actually counts about two thirds of your upper arm. You should actually focus - not more -, but at least equal attention on triceps. Bigger triceps make much bigger arms", he explains.

On the photos below you see Andrew performing a special exercise for triceps: push-ups with kick-back of the dumbbell. An exercise which trains a bit your chest, but above all your triceps.

These push-ups are "advanced and really hard", Andrew says. You keep the weights back on one side, and you raise your leg on the other side. His advice for the kick-back: "Keep your ellbow and your shoulder high." Then the movement is more effective. And feel the burn! Then your triceps will grow, and so will your whole arm.

More intense workout exercises soon here on WI.

Many high-quality photos and videos with Andrew Aponick on
Allamericanguys.