Weight Training: Time Under Tension (Part 1)

dumbbell rack

The next time you’re in the gym, take a look around you and watch how many people are half-assing their sets. Ask yourself how much their muscles really contracted during the movement. Anyone can bust out a quick set of curls or presses and appear to have done 10 or 12 reps. But the muscles …

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Performance Based Nutrition for Bodybuilders

raw steaks

Do you know what I’m getting extremely tired of hearing lately? I’m sick and tired of hearing all of these half-assed physique motherfuckers trying to tell everyone how to eat. The guy with the gut trying to tell me to go Paleo, the chick who looks like a meth head with rotten teeth trying to …

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What Doesn’t Kill You Only Makes You Stronger

dumbbells

And if it did kill you? You shouldn’t have been training with me to begin with! Piggybacking off my last post, I’d like to talk about the differences in training between the new trainee and the seasoned. When I first got into weights, I started with bodyweight movements in my bedroom, and a few simple …

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Disposable Heroes

He-Man and Castle Grayskull

I was a child of the 80′s, and as you know the 80′s and a good part of the 90′s were all about action flicks and heroes. It all started with my He-Man action figures. If you were going to be anything worth a damn in this world then you better look like He-Man. He-Man looked …

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Adapt and Overcome

man checking blood glucose level

So right now I’m going through some major shit, I went to the doctor’s office for blood work and the results didn’t come back good at all. It turns out as of right now I am diabetic. My fasting glucose was 346, and my A1C was 10.4, very dangerous levels. Nobody wants to admit when …

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Day to Day Adjustments When Bodybuilding

pipe wrench

As years went by in the gym I always followed a strict diet, and by strict I don’t just mean food choices but eating times also. I listened to all of the hype and made myself eat every 2-3 hours like it was the frikken gospel. What a waste, and how miserable it was! In …

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Bodybuilding Affordability

Capsules and cash

It’s 2013, and it’s getting harder than ever to afford anything anymore. Groceries are absolutely fucking ridiculous now! Those dreams I had of becoming a 250 lb monster are starting to dwindle away as I try to keep my family afloat and pay for basic necessities. We live in a world where it costs $5 …

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Nothing is Ever “Just Perfect”

the great outdoors

You know, the more I walk around and listen to people, the more I realize that as a society we have grown accustomed to having everything lined up before we pursue a damn thing. Think about it, how many people are waiting to have children until everything is just right? Or they make enough money? …

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Supplemental Protein for Increased Muscle Mass

protein powder

OK, so has anyone else noticed the ridiculous cost of protein powder lately? Absolutely absurd, and it’s a tough call between saving money and spending enough to actually get a decent protein supplement! I’ve tried a ton of different brands of protein powder throughout the past 25 years I’ve trained. I think the worst one …

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