Every year, I create a simplistic program that is designed to give you the greatest return on your investment. Well, this is the 2026 edition, maybe a little late. The principles are: The 2026 routine in a nutshell: Explanation: Upper Body The upper body exercises of choice are pull-ups and dips, but they can also […]
Disclaimer: That’s what I do. Obviously, you are responsible for yourself. Part 1: Basic Theory When people let themselves go, a.k.a. eat the way the modern world wants them to, they get skinny-fat. Some are “more fat” than skinny while others are “more skinny” than fat. Without Superman genetics (which 99% of people do not […]
By popular demand, I decided to engineer a super simple leg workout that can be done at home. Many natties reading this site have decided that they want to focus primarily on upper body muscles as suggested in many articles on here and maximization. Why? Because those are the “visual impact” muscles of a man. […]
The movie industry is focused on building fake worlds. Every single advancement in technology is gradually deployed to enhance the fakery. The goal has always been to attract the attention of the visitor by showing something that is either extremely rare or doesn’t even exist in the real, common world. Then, that attention is monetized […]
I will never forget that day. I was waiting for a van loaded with IKEA-style furniture (particle boards) to arrive. (We were renovating.) After 10 minutes, the delivery guys dropped the packages in front of the building entrance and left. At the time, I was a skinny 17-year-old skater boy with strength levels limited to […]
In 2014, I published the post 50 Ways To Spot a Fake Natural Bodybuilder. 10 years later, it’s time for an expansion/patch. So, let’s add 50 more ways to detect a juice head: 1. If a grown man has bitch tits and some muscle on him, it’s not a “hormonal imbalance” caused by hamburgers made […]
Yesterday, I found an old document in my Dropbox profile containing a table with topics that I had prepared for NattyOrNot.com in 2019. One of them was 5 Powerlifters and Bodybuilders Who Were Legit Criminals. Today, 5 years later, I present you this exact post. Let’s go, fellas. Jim Williams – The Perma-bulking “Crime Boss” […]
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 […]
The goal of this post is to compare the muscular development of men’s physique competitors to that of bodybuilders from the Golden Era of Bodybuilding [the 1970s]. The evaluation is based on statistical data taking into account bodyweight, height, body fat estimates and FFMIs [Fat Free Mass Index]. All bodybuilders and men’s physique models are […]
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 […]
[Disclaimer: The information in this article is for educational purposes only.] Steroids have been a part of bodybuilding since its inception because they have a direct and highly positive effect on the main objective of the sport/activity/beauty contest – stimulation of muscular growth beyond the conceivable. Every advancement made by the steroid chemistry has triggered […]