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As the summer comes to an end and the list of contests on my calendar gets shorter, my mind starts to wander. I will admit that even I try to look a bit past the horizon at times and I start to day dream about muscle gain, and how I'll improve my physique in the next few cold months even before the competition season is over. I know I am not the only one gui[...]

Everyone wants to get ripped and peeled, but usually only a few ever make it. With the hot months on the horizon, everyone at the gym starts talking about their upcoming diet and how excited they are to get the ball rolling. Photo Credit: Iron Man Magazine A common scene really, but it’s uncommon that someone’s efforts actually payoff the way they or[...]

How did you get started? At 16 years of age I started to mess around with weights. All through middle school and high school the culture made me feel as if I was going to some sort of fashion show. The income in my household was somewhat limited, so I decided that if I was not able to buy clothes as nice as the rest of the kids, I was going to try to look b[...]

Every year dozens of athletes commit to stepping on stage and do so after months of preparation. I hear similar conversations every time backstage at bodybuilding shows. As they exchange stories one thing is for sure, most everyone put forth a great amount of effort to get on stage. Most of them had a well thought-through plan, but very few had things go acc[...]

It’s quite the shock when a novice lifter runs into his first plateau, and simply attending the gym ceases to yield the desired results. Sadly, the honeymoon stage is over. As time continues, these plateaus become even more challenging, and we run into them more frequently. You find yourself having to add more variety to your current protocol in order to [...]