Paul Carter is a well-known and respected muscle scholar. He’s been playing the inject-lift-teach game for a long time, and many people are interested in his philosophy. Lately, he’s been spreading the idea that muscle damage is not a requirement for hypertrophy. [The guy has also criticized the Mentzer/HIT ideology and most of his points […]
I was crazy naive and stupid. More often than not, I would fall for the following reasoning: All mainstream ideas (e.g., bodybuilding magazines) are lies and deception. Alternative systems are the key. In other words, I trapped myself in the web of the Good Cop – Bad Cop strategy. One of the doctrines that […]
<<<<This may hurt.>>>> 5 Brutal Truths about the Rise of the New Muscle Constructor Sam Sulek 1. Looks Decide Everything The million-dollar question that many fitness professors have been asking themselves is: “Why is Sam Sulek so popular? What’s so special about him? I curl and inject too.” I will tell you the truth for […]
The online realm is filled with pretentious mini-clips from podcasts constantly saying that bodybuilders can’t fight and will be destroyed by <insert an MMA name here> in an instant. It’s probably true. Yet bodybuilding remains the ULTIMATE self-defense martial on the planet. It’s better than MMA, Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do, Taekwondo…etc. “How so? How […]
Long story short, I did the following chest routine over the last 6-8 months (or maybe more. I forgot when I started this routine.) Incline DB press – 6 sets of 8 reps (This movement wasn’t a new addition.) Gironda’s neck press – 6 sets of 8-12 reps My goal was to improve my upper […]
1. 1876: Cocaine Use in “Pedestrianism” The leaves of the plant Erythroxylum coca found in South America, Mexico, Indonesia and the West Indies have served as a source of strength and energy for centuries. After the Spanish conquest of Peru, European scientists began analyzing the plant. Around 1860, the German chemist Albert Niemann isolated cocaine […]
Don Howorth (b.1935) is a popular bodybuilder from the 1960s whose otherworldly deltoid development earned him the title “the Duke of Delts”. There are many photos of him in which he showcases incredible width that immediately steals the attention of the spectators. Don Howorth initiated his muscular ascension in the summer of 1955 and peaked […]
On the surface, this may bе a silly question, but once a man delves into it, a new layer of the human world reveals itself. But first, let me drop the politically correct answer to this inquiry: Mr. Olympia has been a drug tested event since the 90s. The International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness […]