Take the core philosophies of 5/3/1, make two key adjustments in exercise selection and timed AMRAP sets, and you’ve got yourself a damn good strongman program.
Maintain strength and fullness with this program as you deplete your dietary stores to reach low levels of bodyfat.
After doing contest prep for thousands of clients over the last twenty years (real years, not rounding up ten years like a lot of online prep guys), here are some of the more common demons that competitors face to get insanely shredded.
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.
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.
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.
The first two you might expect. The third one will rock your world.
There are a number of thoughts, beliefs, and philosophies about life and training I once thought to be true that I no longer do. Here are the disagreements I have with my former self.
If you struggle to find motivation and have been training for only a handful of years, I would question your passion for training. If you struggle to find motivation after training for 20 years, I feel ya.
It may be tempting to put your entire trust in someone with experience, but there are a few things to consider first.
For reverse dieting and training there are several components that play the biggest role in an athlete’s success.
In this second part of the series I am going to discuss the top-three nutrition and training mistakes I see when competitors reverse out of a show, how they may affect long-term progress, and what to do if you make them.
If nothing else, this show proved I still have something left in the tank at 41 years of age.
It’s not always about who can diet the hardest; it’s about who can diet the smartest.
Direct from the minds of aspiring physique athletes, these questions zero in on common (yet complicated) dieting dilemmas.
While I was thinking about how stupid and selfish I was for my life decisions, I started thinking about my health. If something happened to me, how would it impact my kids?
Fill your calendar and your stomach with this annual guide for progress-driven nutrition.
