MAG Seated Rows
MAG Seated Rows
Pain free rowing at it's finest!
Barely Making Weight and My Results from Team Universe
Barely Making Weight and My Results from Team Universe
The days leading up to my competition were full of challenges and stress. My coach John Meadows listened and helped me formulate a plan for this show and the future.
John Meadows Ready for Vancouver Pro!
John Meadows Ready for Vancouver Pro!
"Keep goin' until you can't quit!" - Dave Tate
John Meadows Wins IFBB Pro Card
John Meadows Wins IFBB Pro Card
John "Mountain Dog" Meadows wins his Pro Card
A Dip Variation That Will Blast Your Pecs
A Dip Variation That Will Blast Your Pecs
Big pecs pay checks, featuring John Meadows
Starnes, Meadows, and Dolgner Ready for NPC Universe and Chicago Pro
Starnes, Meadows, and Dolgner Ready for NPC Universe and Chicago Pro
Keep track of how they place this holiday weekend. Don't forget to flip the burgers.
Pullover Machine Tricep Extension
Pullover Machine Tricep Extension
Tricep gains the Mountain Dog way!
The Self-Education Lessons I Learned from John Meadows
The Self-Education Lessons I Learned from John Meadows
The academic world will only take you so far. Once the formal education is over, how will you continue to improve yourself?
Bulgarian Squat Variation and Spider Bar Squat
Bulgarian Squat Variation and Spider Bar Squat
This is a great video if you are looking for new leg movements and want to shake things up.
Antoine Vaillant Backing It Up
Antoine Vaillant Backing It Up
"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body." -Arnold Schwarzenegger
elitefts™ Reverse Band Hack Squats
elitefts™ Reverse Band Hack Squats
John Meadows performs a Hack Squat with a Reverse Band alteration. Add Hack Squat to your training regime and also incorporate band or chain variations.
The Dante Row For The Lat Development You've Been Looking For
The Dante Row For The Lat Development You've Been Looking For
A forgotten back exercise that will pump blood into your lats like never before
Building the Yoke: Utilize the Function of the Upper Traps
Building the Yoke: Utilize the Function of the Upper Traps
Stop thinking of your traps and start thinking of your clavicles.
Over-Analysis and Training Effort
Over-Analysis and Training Effort
There's an overestimation that a wildly "smart" program will deliver some unprecedented form of results.
Regular Cardio Will Make You Fat?
Regular Cardio Will Make You Fat?
Determine which type of cardio is optimal for you.
Contest Prep Dieting and Training Modifications From 21 to 11 Weeks Out
Contest Prep Dieting and Training Modifications From 21 to 11 Weeks Out
By adjusting macronutrient ratios and splitting workouts into twice a day, you can overcome the lack of energy from low-calorie contest prep. You won't even have to do cardio.
What We Can Learn from a T-Shirt
What We Can Learn from a T-Shirt
The clothing we wear makes a statement of our fashion, but what does it say about our character?
What Is Post-Activation Potentiation?
What Is Post-Activation Potentiation?
This fancy term might make you sound smart, but is there a way to use it to your advantage in the gym?
Corrective Work: The Overlooked Necessity for a Long Competitive Career
Corrective Work: The Overlooked Necessity for a Long Competitive Career

You may not know it yet, but you need corrective work—your longevity depends on it.

Chocolate Caramel Covered Banana Bread Pudding
Chocolate Caramel Covered Banana Bread Pudding
Try this sweet treat that contains 14 grams of protein, 23 grams of carbs, and 5 grams of fat per serving.
John Meadows: The Journey Begins... again
John Meadows: The Journey Begins... again
The John Meadows story (re-post) as he begins his prep for the 2015 season.
WATCH: Leg Training with IFBB Pro Ken Jackson
WATCH: Leg Training with IFBB Pro Ken Jackson

John brings out another IFBB Pro to see what he’s got. Full training session with necessary equipment included.

Dr Serrano Discuss Dental Health With John Meadows
Dr Serrano Discuss Dental Health With John Meadows
Dr. Serrano gives us some tips on dental care and also touches on the connection between infection in your mouth and heart disease.
What Is Dave Tate Doing Wrong?
What Is Dave Tate Doing Wrong?
John Meadows tell Dave Tate exactly what his biggest problem is.
The Secret Diet for Gaining Weight
The Secret Diet for Gaining Weight
Finally someone tells the truth of how to gain weight!
Cheat Meals, Refeeds, and Triple-X Eating
Cheat Meals, Refeeds, and Triple-X Eating

Could abandoning your diet be the secret to a leaner physique?

IFBB Pro Andrew Hudson Speaks About Training With Meadows & Tate
IFBB Pro Andrew Hudson Speaks About Training With Meadows & Tate
"I got to train at the legendary Elitefts gym with my coach/friend/mentor John Meadows and the iconic Dave Tate... from the get go my goal was to puke like Evan Centopani did.. if I can do that then I'm hardcore right?" - Andrew Hudson
How to Dial in Your Bodybuilding Condition
How to Dial in Your Bodybuilding Condition

This is the introduction of my journey, explaining the training and nutrition I am implementing, to complete my goal of winning the overall at a National-qualifier.

Mountain Dog Training with Emphasis on Back Detail and Biceps
Mountain Dog Training with Emphasis on Back Detail and Biceps
Dave Tate, John Meadows, columnist Alexander Cortes, and IFBB pro Andrew Hudson train back and biceps at the compound.
John Meadows Podcast - How To Be A Beast!
John Meadows Podcast - How To Be A Beast!
On this week episode of Under The Bar Tom and Rawdon get the low down from the Mountain Dog himself John Meadows on all things required to be a beast in the gym
Ryan Munsey Shares Meadows, Tate Training Lessons
Ryan Munsey Shares Meadows, Tate Training Lessons
The true and motivational account of his time in London challenges the perception of Iron Success.
John Meadows Contest Prep Podcast
John Meadows Contest Prep Podcast
Chris Dufey interviews John Meadows on the topic of contest prep and fat loss.
Release of “Adjusting A Meal Plan Made Simple”
Release of “Adjusting A Meal Plan Made Simple”
Meadows' strategy and adjustments all included in limited edition eBook.
Marriage and Muscle
Marriage and Muscle

How I balance love and life to stay engaged in the things that matter.

New KILLER Article By John Meadows
New KILLER Article By John Meadows

A great article from John Meadows

New KILLER Article By John Meadows
New KILLER Article By John Meadows
A great article from John Meadows.
Training the Mind-Muscle Connection
Training the Mind-Muscle Connection

Get those stubborn muscles flexing with this neuromuscular innervation protocol.

Giant Sets For Back
Giant Sets For Back

This s a great combination for back hypertrophy. Give it a try.

Giant Sets For Back
Giant Sets For Back
This s a great combination for back hypertrophy. Give it a try.
The One Thing John Meadows Would Change About Modern Bodybuilding.
The One Thing John Meadows Would Change About Modern Bodybuilding.

You ever wonder what ONE thing should be changed about modern Bodybuilding?

WATCH: Advanced Programming for Leg Hypertrophy
WATCH: Advanced Programming for Leg Hypertrophy

Do you want quads that sweep like a janitor and hams that hang like horse’s balls?

Prone Rows with Grenades and Chains
Prone Rows with Grenades and Chains

Elitefts™ Founder Dave Tate and Elitefts™ Advisor and Owner of Mountain Dog Training and Nutrition John Meadows demonstrate prone rows with grenades and chains at the Elitefts™ S4 Compound.

WATCH: Hypertrophy-Based Back Training
WATCH: Hypertrophy-Based Back Training

Dave and the BIG DOG bring on scapular Armageddon by inflicting trapezoid tyranny and latissimus dorsi demolitiion with just a touch of rhomboidal wreckage.

Tsunami Bar Squats
Tsunami Bar Squats

Elitefts™ Advisor and Owner of Mountain Dog Training and Nutrition John Meadows performs squats with the elitefts™ Tsunami Bar.

Chained Rack Deadlifts with Iso-tension
Chained Rack Deadlifts with Iso-tension

John Meadows performs a set of chained rack deadlifts with iso-tension.

elitefts™ Chain Dead Shrug
elitefts™ Chain Dead Shrug

John Meadows performs a Chained Deadlift with Shrugs

Old-School Horseshoe Training
Old-School Horseshoe Training

I mix Mountain Dog and Westside to stretch the shirt sleeves.

Bradford (Over and Back) Press
Bradford (Over and Back) Press

Mark Dugdale demonstrates how to perform an Over and Back Press

Ladewski, Starnes, Meadows Hit the Posing Dais
Ladewski, Starnes, Meadows Hit the Posing Dais

Results from a weekend of most musculars and quarter-turns.

Elitefts™ Incline Bench 4" Grenade Ball Straight-Arm Pull Downs
Elitefts™ Incline Bench 4" Grenade Ball Straight-Arm Pull Downs

John Meadows performs incline bench straight-arm pull downs

Lat Pull Down with Tsunami Bar
Lat Pull Down with Tsunami Bar

John Meadows performs a lat pull down with the elitefts™ Tsunami Lat Pulldown Ba

Dave Tate Takes Control of Mountain Dog Training
Dave Tate Takes Control of Mountain Dog Training

Dave drags an exhausted two-week-out John Meadows and his zombie ass through a back training session.

Elitefts™ Mid Back Hybrid Movement (Upper Spinal Erectors)

Dave Tate explains a variation of the SS Yoke Bar Upper Bake Good Morning

Transitional Antagonistic Arm Training Block
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.

Elitefts™ Scrape-the-Rack Press & Overhead Shrug Combo
Elitefts™ Scrape-the-Rack Press & Overhead Shrug Combo

Elitefts™ Advisor and Mountain Dog Training and Nutrition Owner John Meadows demonstrates a scrape the rack press and overhead shrug combo in the Elitefts™ Collegiate Rack at T-Nation Headquarters.

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