It’s 4:55 AM and my alarm clock goes off. I keep it away from my bed on a dresser so I have no choice but to get up to turn it off. I stumble to the dresser and hit snooze. 5 minutes later it goes off again and I grab my phone and lay there …
As some of you have already picked up on, johndoebodybuilding.com isn’t just about muscles, it’s about life. If you’re anything like me, then muscles are not just your main focus of life. They are a foundation that keeps you grounded and something to build off of into other areas of life. I often think about …
Some of the best athletes in the world are people who came from the gutter. Like it or not, right now there is some guy training in his garage that is 10 times more yoked than you, and he only has a few dumbbells and a squat rack. Maybe he doesn’t even have weights, it …
When I first began bodybuilding it was easy. I was in high school and in my spare time I was in the gym, cooking, and spending time with friends. It wasn’t hard to buy my own groceries working my part time jobs. It wasn’t fair to my parents to buy as much food as I …
Why work so hard for a nice body if your skin sucks? Thousands of bodybuilders have built these monstrous physiques that they can’t even show off because they are so covered in acne and boils. Shitty skin just sucks. It will mess with your confidence and takes a long time to clear up. There was …
I can remember being a kid and seeing all of my friends’ fathers drinking and smoking every day. I can remember seeing my own dad come home from work and have to slam 3-4 beers. I always thought to myself “why do they do those things all the time?” There was nothing worse than riding …
Today is Thanksgiving, I took the day off from the gym. Sure, I had a Thanksgiving meal, a couple of Irish coffee’s, and I have a bottle of Johnny Walker from 1964 I’ve been hitting on. Yes. I’ve celebrated life, I’ve celebrated the holiday. I’m also celebrating the first phase of a huge test I’ve …
One thing about many bodybuilders that led them to becoming so large, was something they were missing on the inside that they tried to improve by fixing the outside. There are plenty of very large individuals who despite having all of that muscle, deep down are still little lambs. Building more and more muscle will …
Back in the day everyone trained their forearms, the forearms were just as important as the biceps and triceps. Now all you hear is the same shit over and over “My forearms get hit enough grabbing onto the weights.” NO THEY DO NOT ASSHOLE! If they did, then your forearms would look better than average. …
If you want to be a bodybuilder, someone who sets themselves apart from the general population of slobs, then you cannot conform to everyday bullshit. Trust me, everyday bullshit will bring you down. As I’ve gotten older I have realized that I either A) Get along better with the younger guys who still have hopes …