Let’s be brutally honest. There is only one reason why you want to squat every day – to reach an arbitrary number as fast as humanly possible and post a video on Facebook and/or Instagram. You can choose to hide this blatantly obvious fact, but we all know it’s true. One of the biggest defenders of […]
A few days ago I wrote a comment on Facebook in which I stated that I still visit mainstream bodybuilding sites such as T-Nation, Bodybuilding.com and StartingStrength.com. A reader asked why am I going to those sites despite knowing that most of the information is backed by steroid users and therefore highly unrealistic. I visit those sites for […]
The Latin word for triceps is “triceps brachii muscle” which means “three-headed arm muscle”. Obviously, the reason for this name is the fact that the triceps have three heads. Out of the three, only the long head works heavily during pull-ups. The long head originates from the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula and therefore is part of […]
Making a straightforward natty or not diagnosis is not always possible. There is a specific group of muscle constructors that don’t jump out of the page as easily as men like Kali Muscle. Those individuals are muscular, but not very lean. Usually, they are also pretty strong for the average gym standards – benching 300lbs, barbell rowing 275 lbs, […]
More muscle mass equals more strength? Physical strength is the ability to exert a sufficient amount of force against resistance through dynamic or static muscular contractions in order to move or stabilize an object in a voluntary manner. Therefore, bigger muscles cannot possibly interfere with that task unless the range of motion is affected negatively […]
Hello. Welcome to Bodybuilding Broscience v.3.0. The claims below may seem outrageous to some of you, but they have been an integral part of the mainstream lifting doctrine for a long time. 1.I should always listen to people who are bigger than me because they will show me the path to ultra-growth. True and yet […]
Paralysis by analysis a.k.a. overthinking is very common in the iron community. My lifting background says that the less experienced you are, the more you think about issues that do not really make a big difference. Back in the day, I used to suffer from wrist and elbow pain. I had an overuse injury known as tendonitis. This made […]
Below you will find some more outrageous broscience beliefs which have somehow become an essential part of the mainstream bodybuilding doctrine. 1.Steroids are used solely to recover and train properly. I had one of my best laughs when I read on T-Nation’s forum that a natural can get as big as Ronnie Coleman if there was enough […]
Conventional bodybuilding wisdom a.k.a. the special kind of stupidity found in muscle magazines says that 60-90 seconds rest periods are optimal for “hypertrophy training”. As always, the ghost writers “forget” to tell you that steroids are the actual driving engine behind modern growth. Honestly, the rest periods between sets make no difference whatsoever. Besides, resting only 1-2 minutes […]
The first 4 days of this week were windy, rainy and cold for the beginning of April. Every day I would go out, feel the cold and complain to myself how tired I am from the long winter. “Where’s my Sun,” I would say to myself like nature cares about my wishes. This left me […]
The first step to writing a good lifting routine is setting concrete objectives. The more specific the goal, the higher your chances to achieve it. A good example would be a triple bodyweight deadlift or a one arm pull-up. Those are very specific missions that provide you with an opportunity to have a narrow focus – […]
Below is a list of exercises which I consider optimal for developing strong chest muscles. 1. PUSH-UPS Push-ups are a solid chest builder. When your reps get too high (over 20), add extra resistance. One of the ways to accomplish that is to ask somebody to put plates on your back. Another option would be […]