This story took place a long time ago when I was still a naive rookie eager to discover the mystery of muscle construction. Summertime was just beginning, and I had a 2-month break from school ahead of me. Sounds good, but it wasn’t. I was at that age when the summer is more of a […]
Today was no different. I started the computer and launched YouTube only to see another permabulker suffering from an inflated ego trying to convince me that squatting is as complex as a heart transplant. “You have to keep your back as tight as possible when you squat,” said Mr. PermaBulk. Thanks, man. Nice tip. Until […]
The headache was strong and persistent. There was a little voice inside of me constantly repeating the phrase “Disregard all. Acquire muscles”. I tried to make it go away, but it kept on coming like a boomerang. This time it was serious. You can postpone things only so much. Eventually, the denial and rejections accumulate […]
To make money you need a crowd, preferably a big and dumb one. If that’s not covered, the bank manager will not be smiling. Have you seen the people who do magic tricks and dance on the street? Their business plan is simple – higher traffic = more potential revenue. The same is true for […]
The number of crazy things that I have seen in this muscle game can cause serious brain damage and lower your IQ really fast. If there was therapy for that, I would probably pay to get it off my chest. Luckily, I can get away with it for free by just sharing some of this […]
There’s nothing magical about training splits despite the enormous amount of attention that they receive. Persistence rather than “the perfect training split” is the engine. You can follow a subpar training routine and still do very well if you just keep pushing. Below are a few training splits which you may find useful depending on […]
The functional training community is not nearly as innocent as many of you think. It has contributed greatly to the enormous amount of delusional beliefs found in the muscle building sector. Below I have listed a few major unrealistic ideas supported by the so-called functional training camp which includes the following branches: 5×5 zealots kettlebell […]
One of my readers wanted me to look into a training method designed to deliver sick natty gains. The plan is fairly simple – you train a muscle group every day for a few weeks and then go back to a more conservative routine to give the body a chance to heal. During the downtime, […]
Many videos of professional bodybuilders allegedly contain the secret to extraterrestrial muscular hypertrophy. One of the special tactics often promoted in those clips is the mind-muscle connection – a term describing the ability to activate a muscle during a lift. According to the iron scholars, if you are simply focusing on moving the weight, you may […]
5×5 strength training programs and their by-products are supposed to be the ultimate blueprint for natural muscle construction. The legends surrounding this type of training are now reaching epic proportions. Many noobs still believe that miracles happen when you do squats for 5 sets of 5. As a result, we had the chance to witness […]
In Defense Of The Leg Press: Reasons NOT To Squat When I started visiting an actual gym, I was already under the heavy influence of the so-called functional lifting community. Most of the information that I found was promoting free weights as the best way to train. Exercises done on machines were described as a […]
Lifting has the capacity to quickly turn into a rather boring activity. You do the same workout day after day, week after week, month after month. Here and there you add a little weight, set a small PR and post about it on Facebook or Instagram. Sometimes this is just enough action to keep you going, […]