By popular demand, I would answer a question that seems to concern a surprising number of people. It goes as follows: can an average man acquire the muscular development of “MattDoes Fitness” naturally a.k.a. without chemical enhancement? I don’t follow the YouTube scene anymore and had to do some digging to find the necessary data. […]
George Eiferman (1925-2002) was a popular bodybuilder from Philadelphia whose name shook the bodybuilding scene in the late 1940s. He joined the US Navy in 1942 at 17 years of age. During his service, he began exercising and added 40lbs/18kg of lean muscle tissue to his frame. In 1948, Eiferman won two bodybuilding contests – […]
Once infected by the hunger for hypertrophy, a man activates his radar for specimens showcasing glorious muscular development. Qui-Gon Jinn’s quote “Your focus determines your reality.” explains the phenomenon neatly. A man only sees what he is looking for. The same mechanism increases natural bodybuilders’ interest in rock climbing. But since the outdoor version requires […]
People are like computers. Our senses are periphery [input channels] transferring data to the processor [the brain] which renders it and selects a reactionary output expressed through the musculoskeletal system. The code that we process is a first-person adventure game known as Life. The architects of this world are aware of this mechanism. They monitor, […]
1. Low bar Squats/Cheated Good Mornings Powerlifting was the sport that breathed air into low bar squats. The goal was to lift more weight by shortening the range of motion and increasing the involvement of the posterior chain – the collection of muscles that modern gurus and Instagram whores show deep appreciation for. The trade-off comes at […]
The system is relying on a net of fairly sophisticated strategies to extract maximum profit from single men. The mechanism is simple and very subtle – various establishments create venues and blueprints that seemingly contain a pathway that could potentially produce the desired female interest, companionship, meaningful sexual experiences and maybe some of that mythical feeling known as love. The most basic example would be night clubs […]
The first thing they tell you when you join the iron game is that you should focus on compound movements if you want to gain real muscle mass. The choice is always the same – squat, bench, deadlift, overhead press, pull-ups. The noobs are brainwashed into thinking that slaving to those exercises will give them […]
Nothing has changed in the world of lifting. The professors still sell the same old dreams directly and indirectly. The only difference is that the buyers are new. What happened to the previous crowd? They did their squats and ascended? Yeah, right. They just left. One of the biggest scams ever told to any natural […]
The world is a scary place, my friend. You are born in a body you didn’t choose and answer to laws and urges you can neither change nor understand completely. As a bonus, you are getting old in the process and every living creature on this earth is a potential antagonist. To survive this cycle […]
Hardcore lifting produces big muscles. You become so massive that you need to change your entire wardrobe. When you return home for the summer to see your relatives, they think you are a movie star or a stripper at the wrong address. Your mom complains to Siri: “Search: my son is using steroids”, but she’s […]
Every now and then a kid with a serious look on the face enters the gym and captures the squat rack. He is ready to “kill it” like real men do. A hardcore beat is pumping through the headphones; the adrenaline factories are working overtime; the feeling that it’s a life or death situations infects […]
1. It Fits the Definition of a Pyramid Scheme A pyramid scheme is a structure that allows few to benefit at the expense of others. The members make money by selling a dream to new recruits who are expected to do the same to receive a higher rank. The earlier you join a pyramid scheme, […]