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At 45 years old, Hugh Jackman, aka The Wolverine, never ceases to impress me. The conditioning he manages to achieve for his films is incredible, drug usage or not. Many guys (and women) LOOOOOVE to complain about their ages, and how Life Sucks™, and My Metabolism Hates Me™, and Just You F***ing Wait Until You’re Older™ […]
Most people aren’t going to debate whether or not the deadlift is a fantastic strength builder. It recruits more muscle fibers than just about any other exercise, and trains your body to work as a unit. This strength tends to carry over well into real-life functional strength, which of course is great for your health. […]
I think this lack of awareness is THE biggest obstacle in terms of people achieving their fitness goals. It’s just like any other goal; there is always a struggle involved. People in our society don’t seem to be capable of taking responsibility for their actions any more, and in case you haven’t noticed, the “I’m a […]
I was nineteen years old. I had successfully cut for the summer before – I knew what I was doing, right? Wrong. Be Objective, Don’t Fool Yourself First year of university had been unkind to me. Or at least, that’s how I perceived it at the time, being the typical dumb kid who refuses to take responsibility. Lots […]
SO many guys fail to do this, and end up ballooning after their cutting period, where they were extremely deprived, and couldn’t wait to get bulking again. It’s arguably one of the most crucial periods, the “Transition Period” as I like to call it, for those who care about staying lean year-round. This is the […]
As you are probably aware (otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this), success with fitness is really, really important. Success in your fitness life promotes a huge self-confidence boost, and carries over into all other areas of life, as I describe in my book. But, if it’s so important, why do 90% of people fail to […]
Read parts 1-4 of this muscle gain series – here, here, here and here. Strength and Size More strength is more muscle. If you lift big, you get big. This is why the best bodybuilders that ever existed were strong like bulls. They knew strength equals size. Here’s how this works: placing stress on your muscles causes […]
It seems that many of you have an irrational fear of cardio and its muscle-burning potential. Let me assure you that this fear is indeed irrational. As always, 80% of your body composition is determined by your diet, so as long as you don’t starve yourself, your cardio will not burn through all your muscle. Make […]
Parts 1, 2 and 3 are here, here and here. These will provide context for you if you haven’t read them yet. Building Your Base – Eating For Muscle Gain So, now we know how to train correctly, in order for our journey to building Rome to be a profitable one. The question is, how […]
Parts 1 and 2 are here and here – you will need to read these before reading this article. This will focus on training for muscle gain, nutrition will follow shortly. Building Your Base – Training For Muscle Gain We’ve heard it all before, but I will say it again… “Rome wasn’t built in a […]
