It’s Sunday and watching football has kept me horizontal for the past three hours, rising only for the essentials: to drink water, to expel water, and to refill my bowl of ice cream (cheat day). Sunday is my lazy day. I did, however, still get up at 5 am and hit the ground running, but […]
Use Different Angles to Build a Better Muscle
Depending on what plane we’re using, we can work different aspects of the muscle. Take the traps for example. When we’re upright, performing a shrug, we work the upper trap. When we’re faced down on an inclined bench, we’re working the mid/upper portion of the trap. As that angle changes, and we move into more […]
Why Superheroes Need Muscle
Superheroes Need Muscle The hero has always been a flawed version of the ideal. Courage is his (or her) most prized attribute, along with honor. From Boewulf to Lancelot. William Wallace to King Arthur. The hero’s physical skill and stature rivals the strength of his spirit. He’s never a mindless brute, as Wallace displayed time […]
How to Master the Pull-Up
Would you believe that a 40 something woman can rock out more pull ups than me and probably you too? Not likely. Take a look at these pull ups: http://youtu.be/hp7TqZw_mCw I’m seriously impressed with her, so I asked her for a few tips for you to improve the quality and quantity of your pull ups. […]
5 Essential Vitamins for Men
We’ve talked about essential supplements quite a bit; those pills and powders that help us recover, train longer and with more intensity. But what about vitamins? You know, those things you can find at the local grocery store – no need to even set foot in a supplements store. In this article we’ll look at […]
Alkalize Your pH Levels to Build Muscle & Burn Fat
Having a healthy pH is important. An incorrect – or acidic – pH blood level negatively effects protein synthesis. If you want to build muscle, burn fat, or have high energy levels, this article is an important read. Life is about balance, true? I agree and disagree. To reach a goal I think we need […]
How to Build More Muscle After You Hit 40
How to Build Muscle After 40 Building muscle ISN’T a young man’s game. What I mean by that is… our teens – or even in some cases our early twenties – ISN’T the easiest time to build muscle, for a number of reasons. For one, our metabolism is too fast, and two we’re much more […]
Becoming the Alpha Male: How to Naturally Raise Testosterone Levels in Men
Testosterone is a hot topic these days. When men talk about it, women roll their eyes. They hear steroids, pimples on our backs, and steroid-rage, all the while envisioning our necks disappearing due to trap development, while we’re talking about our health, eggs, animal fats, and being the men that nature intended for us to […]
Become An Alpha Male: How to Lower Estrogen & Cortisol Levels
It’s hard to find a better example of a true alpha male in the animal kingdom than the lead male in a pride of lions. A singular male leads a community, is responsible for mating and protection, all the while getting first dibs on food. Sounds like a great life, but it comes with an […]
How to Gain Muscle, Lose Fat & Be Healthy on A Budget
It boggles the mind how much more expensive healthy foods – meat and produce – are than crap. Crap – the MacDonal’s, BK’s, and Subway’s, even the cereal and frozen sections of our grocery stores – is what leads our society to early death. That crap is also directly linked to our massive health care […]
Think Weight Training Isn’t For You? No Matter Who You Are, You’re Wrong.
Weight Training Isn’t For You. Weight training is for the guy who wants to make his neck disappear. The behemoth in the corner, grunting, screaming with every hip-thrusting curl, or vein-popping deadlift. Weight training isn’t for the average person, the house-wife, the grandparent, the skinny girl who wants to stay skinny or the fat girl […]
The Only Bodybuilder You Should Listen To
The Only Bodybuilder You Should Listen To. I struggled… When I was 15 I picked up my first dumbbell. In hopes of building muscle to become a better athlete, I walked into my high school weight room and began lifting weights. I had no mentors at the time, no one keeping an eye on me, […]
THE PUMP, Single Limb Training & Making Big Muscles
The Pump & Single Limb Training The best program is the one you’re not doing. Confused? Well, simply put, the most effective rep range, exercises, sets, and tempos, are those that we’re not doing right now. Why? Because our bodies are too damn amazing to allow training to be so simple as to go to […]
How to Become a Legend: Get Ripped, Eat Right, Date Well, Succeed in Business, & Reach Your Dreams
Be Legendary. Unconventional Tactics for Life, Work, and Fitness… Be Legendary says it all. The blog consumed with helping us – the author included – become Legends. Ra’s al Ghul says it best when he tells Bruce Wayne, “if you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal and […]
How a Real Man Gets 6 Pack Abs
There are three kinds of six pack abs. The first is that of the skinny, who’s abs exist purely out of a lack of abdominal fat, not due to any respectable amount of muscle. Most of us have this kind of six pack when we’re young, wiry, and can eat anything and yet still not […]
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