A Social Experiment Gone Wrong
Why can’t you speak to people face-to-face like you can on social media?
Skipload Manifesto
I am providing this information in detail in one location, not so much for people to use the information themselves (though this will obviously happen), but to explain the methodology to those who still don't understand it or feel that it isn't an effective way to get lean.
Online Trainers Going Broke: Don't Blame COVID-19 or the Government
The next few months are going to be incredibly difficult for the vast majority of online trainers. Consider me Dr. Phil for a minute as I provide four things that you can do to not find your dumbass in an anxiety-riddled situation when or if something like this happens in the future.
Supersets for Hypertrophy Training
The trick is to get the right combination for the muscle or the area of the muscle you are working. Inside I have the best supersets for each muscle group and some crazy options — just in case you want to go psycho and do something that everyone else doesn't have the balls to do.
Small Guys and Their Thought Bubbles
I want to get huge by summer, old bro. How do I get big like you?
How to Become a Successful Columnist for elitefts
Or in other words...here are five things I feel are important if you're going to be a successful writer. If I can do it, you can too.
5 Things Online Trainers Should Do To Be Successful
Though the method of promotion or exposure has changed dramatically, there are still things that have remained constant to be successful as an online trainer.
7 Exercises That Have Become Extinct
Trends come and go and with them, certain exercises. With that in mind, which exercises does a seasoned bodybuilder say are outdated?
I’m a Prep Coach, Not a Salesman
I was invited to a bodybuilding group on Facebook the other day and though I get a lot of these types of invitations and usually dismiss them, I decided to click on this particular one because the discussion being showcased was asking who in the group was a nutrition or prep coach.
11 Things You Shouldn’t Do On Stage (Unless You’re Huge)
Don't do any of these things... unless you can pull them off.
5 Reasons Why Your Chest Sucks
I have compiled a list of what I have noticed in the 35 years I have spent in gyms that I feel are the five biggest obstacles to growing a great set of titties. Also, ease up on the bench press.
Increasing My Back Width With The Graston Technique
It's early but it appears to be showing signs that it is working quite well
Skip's 2019 Off-Season Manifesto
A detailed breakdown of my training and nutrition changes to break the 230-pound mark.
Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes After a Bodybuilding Contest
I have always felt that a big part of my writing should be to save as many people as I can from making the mistakes I have made or witnessed others make in my 3.5 decades of bodybuilding. I've narrowed that list down to 10, and hopefully this saves you from yourself.
There Is ALWAYS Something To Learn
Adversity and obstacles usually provide an atmosphere for learning
How to Get Huge in Less Than 1,000 Words
Train hard and train to failure. That's it. That's really all it takes to get huge.
THIS is what it feels like to break 230 Pounds!
Distention, gas, choking down food and being miserable
Can I Continue to Build Muscle in My 40s Without Getting Injured?
Oh, lordy, are you over 40? Sure, you might not feel like 40 most of the time (or all of the time), but you need to remember you're not a 20-something anymore, so you can't be training like one, either. Back to the question in the title... Yes.
I’m Going To Die
As I close in on turning 50 this next March, I admit that death has had a much more profound impact on me, to the point of almost making me dwell on it... and taking a 3,000-mile-long trip to spend time with my mother-in-law who has stage-4 cancer didn't really help much, either.
