There are three questions you should be asking yourself before investing in equipment.
Direct from the minds of aspiring physique athletes, these questions zero in on common (yet complicated) dieting dilemmas.
This is a great training facility in Memphis, Tennessee owned by strength coach, athlete, and EliteFTS columnist, David Allen.
Train with me for one day and I will know more about you than I could learn from a year outside the gym. If you spend time with the weights, you’ll learn more about yourself, too.
In the weeks leading up to my vacation, I intentionally out-trained by ability to recover in attempts to spur super compensation. Here’s what I learned.
Nobody who is serious about forward progress enters the gym without a plan, without a set of guiding principles. I’ll argue the same is true in life.
Now that I’ve found solutions to many of my own problems, I’m faced with a new challenge: helping my IFBB coach out of a lengthy retirement.
Building calf size takes time—a lot of it. This is the system I’ve used countless times to bring up my calves and the calves of my clients.
Dropping bodyweight doesn’t have to mean dropping pounds off your total. If you have reasonable expectations, there are ways to maintain your strength while cutting weight.
There are simple rules to follow to keep your nutrition 90% perfect, without letting diet control your life. This is how I do it.
A little creativity can go a long way when time and sanity are on the brink.
Training in the S4 Compound means knowing when and how to turn up the intensity. In this back session, Dave and John do exactly that.
Are you conscious of where you’re placing your elbows during presses, rows, flyes, curls, and pullovers?
We have known for years that the Glute Ham Raise (GHR) was regarded as one the best movements for the posterior chain (lower back, glutes, hamstrings and calves).
Trends dominate the personal training industry. Rely on self-education to determine the difference between what sounds good and what IS good.
Be careful who you place on a pedestal. The ramifications may leave you highly devastated.
Your appearance can be the gateway to meet new people and share a conversation. It’s up to you whether you see it as a pain in the ass or as an perfect opportunity to help someone.
The bench press is typically the weakest lift for women. It’s no mystery why—they require a targeted approach.
There’s a right way and a wrong way when pursuing the balancing act of physique symmetry. Do this, never do that.
As a bodybuilder, I frequently abuse my body through training. I had heard of the benefits of Graston for years and finally decided to give it a chance to treat several specific issues.
Don’t become so caught up in your own head that you lose objective grounding in your assessment of the world. Here’s how to properly use detachment to reach your goals.
If you don’t know your audience, you can’t communicate your message. If your audience doesn’t have your knowledge, you can’t assume they’ll understand.
You may or may not like it, but your girlfriend would love to bang a Men’s Physique guy. Can you really blame her?
If you want to rise to the top in bodybuilding, you have to start at the bottom. These ideas about gratification and perspective will help you on the climb.
