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, […]
Visiting training forums/cults could be a highly dangerous activity when you don’t know what you are doing. Every training forum has an exclusive vibe and a bag of broscience that all recruits are expected to embrace. Since you are always judged according to the forum’s prejudice, it is very difficult to have a meaningful conversation with the […]
The body is a slave to the mind. It cannot do anything without authorization from the head. One of the brain’s roles is to function as a central processing unit (CPU). Some people have the amazing ability to generate an enormous amount of force thanks to their powerful CNS. One could say that those individuals […]
If you go to a training forum and write that you are 6′ and 160lbs, you will be advised to eat more to avoid evaporation from the planet and get to the magic 200-220 pounds. Cool, except that it‘s not nearly that easy. Most people have extremely delusional ideas how much one could weigh without […]
I stumbled upon something interesting while looking for information on popular old time strongmen such as Eugen Sandow, Arthur Saxon and George Hackenschmidt. I was particularly interested in their diets. In an online article, I found the following text which sheds light on the nutritional plan of the Saxon Trio. For breakfast they ate 24 eggs […]
Bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting and powerlifting are mean to tall people. Extra height requires extra work to succeed. Past a certain threshold, every additional centimeter is not helpful but detrimental. The taller you are, the heavier you need to be in order to make it work, and that’s hard. 5 kilograms on a short person could make […]
Johnny started a new training routine consisting of pull-ups, dips, squats, and push-ups. Insecure about the outcome of similar training, he asked a big bro for advice. “Is this routine any good,” said Johnny. “No, it’s garbage. I can see exceptional shoulder and ankle imbalances forming,” replied Chris. “Muscle imbalances? What are you talking about, […]
It takes about one or two gym visits to meet a captain upper body – a lifter devoting most of his time and effort to the arms, chest, and back. The usual excuse of the biceps warriors for not training the legs is a history of volleyball or basketball. “I used to do a lot […]