I get a lot of emails from guys who were in the same situation that I was in when I first started training. Guys in their early 20’s or late teens asking for advice about how to gain lean muscle mass, and I completely understand your frustrations; I was under 150 lbs of skin and bone […]
Supplements are supposed to “supplement”, not replace
The two top questions I get asked when I’m at the gym are: What are you training for? What are you taking? “Taking” of course means what supplements am I using. My attitude towards supplements is a bit of a mixed one. “Real foods” are packed with more nutrition, and a steadier stream of amino […]
5 tips to get more “Bang for your Buck” from a workout
Here are 5 tips to help you get the most out of your workouts. 1. Have some coffee. I don’t drink it on a regular basis but I will have it before a workout to give me a little more pep in my step. But what a lot of people don’t know is that coffee […]
7 sites EVERYBODY should know about
Here’s me at a historic “site”. Not the kind of “site” I’m talking about in this article tho. Hey guys here are 7 site’s on the internet that I keep a close eye on. They’re not all fitness sites, actually most of them aren’t, but they all have great and helpful content. In no specific […]
What’s at the top of your list?
In the grand scheme of things how important is being healthy and physically to you? Is it right at the top of your list, or is it something that’s more or less secondary to things like your family, friends, your career or even having a good time? A lot of the time we grade what’s […]
The war on calories
Everywhere I look I see “zero calorie” this and “zero calorie” that. But since when are calories the enemy? Just like much of us are focusing on weight loss rather than fat loss, many of us are just as focused on eating “no calories” and we are focused on eating “the right calories“. Calories area […]
How to get a 6 pack video
Add weighted exercises to your abs routine It wasn’t until I started treating my abs like every other muscle, that I started seeing some real results. Even if you’re just after getting a flat stomach, or toning, mixing in some weighted exercises is going to help build the muscle and burn the fat around your […]
8 words I never want to say
photo by Erica Chan “I wish I took better care of myself” Those words scare the hell out of me, and in a world where there is a lot that is out of our control, this is one of the big one’s that we can influence and even prevent. I never want to have to […]
fat loss vs weight loss – Cardio for fat loss
Cardio for fat loss Is your goal fat loss or weight loss? A lot of the time we say our goal is weight loss, but the weight we want to lose is fat. So why not have our goal be fat loss? Rather than concentrating on eliminating the fat in our body by eating healthy […]
fat loss vs weight loss – 5 steps for fat loss in the weight room
Part II Weight training for fat loss Before I got things all figured out with my training, I’d have two different workouts, one for fat loss and one for gaining lean mass and neither of them actually worked all that well. What I’d did is what a lot of people are doing, adding reps for […]
fat loss vs weight loss
Fat Loss vs Weight Loss … 3 part series Part 1: Eating to lose fat In the next three posts I’ll be talking about fat loss and the mentality that weight loss is the way to go. I’ll cover diet, weight training and cardio. I hear it all the time, “my goal is to lose […]
Video: dumbbell snatch
Hey guys and gals, I shot a quick video at the gym yesterday demonstrating a great compound exercise for fat loss and gaining lean muscle. The exercise is the dumbbell snatch, it’s a variation of the Olympic lift – the snatch – and it’s great for building power in your legs and hips as well […]
7 examples of real men. Part 2
Sometimes the best examples of real men aren’t famous, they’re not celebrities or in the history books, but they have provided you or me with the best example possible of what it is to be a real man. They, and not the guys in the history books will have the most profound effect on the […]
7 examples of real men: Part 1
King Leonidas, Sparta, Greece Here’s another installment of the”7 things” article series, but with a bit of a twist. 7 men who represent what it is to be a real man. When I think of what a real man is, I think of character, wisdom, resolve, and a guy who knows what’s important in life. […]
Hey! My Mom thinks I’m good looking
Dead serious Do the people around you believe you can achieve your goals? Do they tell you this, give you their support and give you a hand when they can? Or do you hang out with the kind of people who tell you that dreaming big will leave you crushed, unfulfilled and feeling like you’ve […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- …
- 58
- Next Page »