The Get-Big Diet for Bodybuilders
You can’t eat like a bird and look like a beast. Here’s how to calculate your calories, plus a sample eating plan.
The Truth About Bodybuilding Arm Measurements
If you want to know the true size of your arms, measure them correctly. Here's your guide.
Poetry in Motion 5
That title makes you think of a graceful, fluid movement, like that of a ballerina performing a perfect pirouette. Well, dumbbell deadlifts just ain't ballet.
Question of Strength 29
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Bad Protein
You probably know by now that soy protein is pretty awful stuff for athletic populations. Here’s the article that first exposed the dirty truth.
Poetry in Motion 4
Think of bodybuilding as a language, and think of the exercises we do in the gym as words in that language.
The Top Seven Upper Back Exercises
Here are the top seven upper back exercises that should make up the core of your upper back training.
Dawg School - 2
New to lifting weights? Got newbie questions? No problem. Here are the answers to some of the beginner questions we receive.
Question of Strength 28
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Preparing for the Ultimate Workout
Most trainees have the habit of waking up, shoveling down some Fruit Loops, and heading off to the gym before they've truly awakened. In other words, given the amount of prep work they've put into that particular workout, they might as well have left their Fozzie Bear jammies on and stayed in bed.
Question of Strength 27
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Dawg School 1
But wouldn't it have been nice if we would've had a mentor, some experienced lifter to teach us how to squat and eat right? He would have saved us from years of slow gains.
Workout Du Jour 3
If you don't do what's best for your body, you're the one who comes up on the short end.
Testosterone Replacement
Testosterone replacement is an issue that concerns most men over the age of 35 or 40. Although these men may feel great, they know, deep down, that they feel differently than when they were in their twenties. Granted, a lot of it has to do with general wear and tear and a host of age-related declines, but some of it has to do with the steady decline in testosterone production.
Question of Strength 26
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Smart Training 2
Dr. Ken Kinakin, much like Dr. Mike Leahy, knows your pain. In fact, he's made a living off of it. The doc is one of the best in the world at devising training protocols to help make you injury-proof. Yeah, he likes bodybuilding and powerlifting routines, too, but when it comes to figuring out how to fix what ails ya', he's one of the best.
Smart Training 1
The old adage goes something like this: Two guys try to chop down a tree. One is using an axe, and the other is using a sledgehammer. Both are working hard, but only one is working smart.
Resurrecting the Oak, Part 2
"Every day, I hear someone say, 'I'm too fat. I need to lose 25 pounds, but I can't. I never seem to improve.' I'd hate myself if I had that kind of attitude, if I were that weak. I can lose 10-40 pounds rapidly, easily, painlessly, by simply setting my mind to it. By observing the principles of strict discipline that bodybuilding taught me, I can prepare myself for anything."
Question of Strength 25
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Eat Like a Man, Part 2
It didn't hit me until that first week in the grocery store. There I was with a shopping cart full of eggs, hamburger, sausage, huge blocks of cheese, and an entire cow.