You Down with OCD?
One of the best things you can do for yourself is to not overcomplicate something simple.
How Becoming a Father Changed My Training and Nutrition
Are family obligations reasonable excuses to slack on your gym goals or do they reinforce your reason for becoming your best?
Transitional Antagonistic Arm Training Block
I explain the logic of how I'm transitioning from my current post-contest shape to prep for the Olympia.
3 Pointers to Vault from Average to Full-Blown Meathead
Diverse strategies to accelerate your strength performance.
Mark Dugdale's Last Week Conditioning Hacks
When it becomes time to step on stage, these tips and tricks add the final bit of refinement to a pro-level champion.
Deload, Detrain, Decondition...Defeated?
Three months out of the gym, how much have you really lost?
Is Bacon Healthy? Don't Be Stupid
Bacon blasphemy: If you worship at the temple of pork, you sing the praises of a false God.
Seven Juicy Dieting Morsels
Seven things to consider when going to that dark and lonely place called dieting.
Three-Way Matrix Upper Body Hypertrophy Emphasis
If you want to upgrade to a 2XL t-shirt, this program can get that done.
Blasting Back and Destroying Delts for the IFBB Stage
I double mountain dog dare you to try my intense giant set training.
Goal-Smashing Programs
Different people, different needs, but three programs that guarantee success.
Equivocation, Obliquity, or Prevarication?
Find out why Skip got banned from Kroger (and it has nothing to do with an inappropriate toe-tapping incident in the men’s room stalls).
Ten Simple Tips to Get Bigger, Stronger, and Smarter
Straightforward diet and training fixes approved by Coach X.
What Kind of Straps Should You Be Wearing?
Every sport can benefit from wearing some type of straps. What straps will work best for you?
Rustproofing the Iron Warrior
Aging is inevitable. What are some ways to manage its unforgiving cycle?
Metabolic Damage or Adrenal Fatigue?
Lately, everywhere I turn someone is blowing off about metabolic damage.
How and Why I Add Specialty Bars to My Programming
These two specialty bars will not only push you to new levels of strength and muscular development, they reduce wear and tear on soft tissues.
Bulking for the Drug-Free Lifter
It' s not about the amount of sets and reps you do, it' s about how much effort you put into each set.
Eight Things I Learned from Dorian Yates
Those of us that believe we have nothing to learn from others are doomed to limit our progress. Here is what I picked up while spending a week in the dungeon with Dorian Yates.
How Strong is Kentucky Strong?
What is the stronger state in the USA? How does this play into the Arnold Classic?
#I'mBulking #NoYouAreNot #YouAreAFatAss
The chances of you getting ripped without cardio are pretty slim.
A Mountain Dog Chest Training Session
Looking to build pro level pecs? Mark Dugdale shares a workout designed by coach and elitefts™ advisor John Meadows.
Amit Sapir: From Soldier to IFBB Pro Bodybuilder
How Amit Sapir grew from a Israeli Soldier to an IFBB Pro Bodybuilder.
Revisiting Duchaine
Fourteen years after his death, is Duchaine seen as supplement swindler or human performance pioneer?
Overcoming Adversity: My Bodybuilding Battle with Auto-Immune Disease
Do you let life knock you down or can you overcome adversity?
Integrative Bodybuilding: Are You Training Enough to Build Muscle?
Is improper training frequency cutting your muscle gains in half?
Mountain Dog Leg Day: Dugdale Quad Assault
How did IFBB pro Mark Dugdale train his legs this week? Find out how with this punishing lower body blitz.
Kentucky Strong: Three Common Strongman Programming Mistakes
Try these simple adjustments to drive your progress forward.
Can We All Just Get Along?
Hard work and commitment should be respected, no matter how you choose to train or compete.
How I Control Training Volume on the Mountain Dog Program
My goal in training is simply to be able to train my ass off for as long as I can.
Integrative Bodybuilding: When It Comes to Diet, One Size Fits One
Tell people what they want to hear and you can sell them just about anything.
WATCH: Skip Hill Seminar (Part 3)
In this third installment, Skip Hill covers his training, supplementation ideas, nutrition, Skiploading, and other aspects of life as a bodybuilder.
Darden Diaries: I Can Do All Things
It took him more than a decade to answer my prayers. But in 2006, when he did, it helped to form me into who I am today.
WATCH: Training IFBB Pro Cory Mathews
Josh Bryant shares training videos that explain mechanical advantage drop sets, origin and insertion supersets, and eccentric movements.
WATCH: Skip Hill Seminar (Part 2)
In the second installment of this seminar series, Skip answers questions about muscle imbalances, training styles, and the difficulties of training clients.
Skip Hill Seminar (Part 1)
Skip Hill in Jamaica, covers training philosophy, elevation training, adjusting protocols for different lifters, and genetics.
Christmas Planned Over Training
The best plan is to stick to your normal diet every day except for Christmas Day, but many do not.
Iron Subculture Podcast: Hypertrophy! (Episode #10)
IFBB pro bodybuilder Ben Pakulski talks training with John “Mountain Dog” Meadows and Dave Tate
Learn to Train 7 Roundtable (Part 3): John Meadows
Team elitefts Learn to Train 7 roundtable panelist John Meadows talks about changes in programming and fasted state cardio.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Peri-Workout Recovery Supplementation (Part 3)
The final installment in Stevenson’s Peri Workout RS Series.
ThanksGripping
Elitefts coach JL Holdsworth hosts the very first ThanksGripping contest at the Spot Athletics.
Choose Your Iron Legacy
No matter your beginning, you can always choose to leave an honorable legacy.