Milko Georgiev owns a chain of fitness studios operating under the name of SpiderSport. He is famous for his lean physique built through strict low carb dieting and basic barbell and bodyweight movements. Milko Georgiev is 6’1″ tall, weighs 170lbs and maintains 4-5% body fat. Similar stats are within nattyornot.com’s limits for natural bodybuilders. According to […]
Ectomorphs are classified as skinny guys who can’t build muscle no matter what. They lift weights just as hard as anybody else and yet nothing happens. Welcome to the club! Why is it so hard for ectomorphs to gain muscle? 1.Gaining muscle is hard for everybody Gaining real contractile muscle tissue is hard for all […]
“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.” – Pete Seeger Confuse, Control and Enslave When somebody is ignorant you can make him or her believe that the Earth is a square and the Sun is actually the Moon. If they don’t know any better, they will believe […]
The bench press is the most dangerous exercise among the popular lifts. A single slip and you could end up dead or seriously injured. Here are a few tips that will allow you to bench press safely when you are alone in the gym or at home. 1.Bench press in a power rack The safest way […]
1.Falling for marketing tricks Marketing exists because it works. There’s a reason why all prices continue to end at .99. Don’t expect this to change soon. The bodybuilding world uses many different ways to manipulate a customer into buying something too. The most common one are promises of amazing gains with relatively little work. There’s no […]
Many comparisons on NattyOrNot.com are based on the physical development of bodybuilders from the Golden Era (e.g., as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mike Mentzer, Frank Zane, Serge Nubret and more). In this article, we will present information that explains Arnold Schwarzenegger’s use of anabolic steroids. This will make the parallels even more convincing. 1. During Arnold Schwarzenegger’s era […]
In general, raw lifting does not require special equipment – chalk, straps, stable shoes and a belt are among the few needed accessories. This is why most people are interested in raw rather than equipped powerlifting which requires the usage of bench shirts and other fancy entourage. THE SQUAT There are three types of shoes […]
The most dangerous exercise in the weight room is neither the squat nor the deadlift. It’s the good old chesticle builder – the barbell bench press. While there are many ways to kill yourself when you lift weights, the bench press remains the most straightforward method. The reason is pretty obvious – you are holding a […]
Squats are a very effective exercise for your posterior chain. The movement is basically a hip extension and requires a large involvement of the hip musculature. You cannot squat heavy weights with weak hamstrings and glutes. If you squat deep… When you perform deep squats, the glutes and the hamstrings are involved to a higher […]
Many popular powerlifters are in possession of big unaesthetic guts, resemble walking refrigerators, and experience significant difficulties in putting on shoes. An average person would never think that these guys are training hard because they are just way too fat and unhealthy looking. Does fat help you lift more weight? Even though fat isn’t a contractile […]
Denis Minin from Ukraine is a legendary practitioner of the so-called street workouts. Besides being a bodyweight master, he also has an aesthetic physique. Question is, did he build his body naturally or is he on steroids? 1. Denis Minin is not a big guy Denis Minin is 5’11”-180 cm @ 152 lbs – 69 […]
Bruce Lee was obsessed with forearm training – a mania shared by most martial artists. Lee spent a significant amount of time developing his grip and finger strength through various exercises some of which could be classified by normal people as borderline psychopathic. According to some sources, Bruce Lee believed that the forearms should be trained […]