Pull Through Reps: How To Maximize Back Gains
Pull Through Reps: How To Maximize Back Gains

It is my opinion that most body parts do not necessarily need to be worked through a full range of motion to be effective. Exclude the back.

The Art of the Carb
The Art of the Carb

Here are three timing principles that I use with my clients and feel strongly will allow almost anyone to ingest carbs and get leaner.

Stimulate Don’t Annihilate
Stimulate Don’t Annihilate

After all these years and cycles through training trends, it turns out that Lee Haney might have been right all along.

My Wife and God Cause All of My Stress
My Wife and God Cause All of My Stress

While I was recently wallowing in my own self-pity, I had an idea: what else could possibly go wrong?

You’re Not Hot, You’re Just Old
You’re Not Hot, You’re Just Old

Feeling young and looking young are two entirely separate things.

Why Bodybuilders Have a Love/Hate Relationship with Vacations
Why Bodybuilders Have a Love/Hate Relationship with Vacations

I get asked a lot about what to do about workouts, diet, etc., while on vacation. My response?

Selfish or Selfless?
Selfish or Selfless?

Everyone has a line. You may not know where it is and you may never reach it, but it’s there.

Understanding Self-Sabotage — Too Legit To Not Quit?
Understanding Self-Sabotage — Too Legit To Not Quit?

There are legitimate reasons that sidetrack us, and there are situations where we want to find an obstacle so we don’t have to work. Do you know the difference?

Whiny Physique Competitors, Let’s Get Something Straight
Whiny Physique Competitors, Let’s Get Something Straight

It occurs to me that the large majority of whining is coming from physique competitors. Apparently no one has been honest with you up to this point.

Quit Blaming The Judges
Quit Blaming The Judges

I’m getting tired of hearing words like “politics” thrown around to scapegoat a lost competition. Yup, it’s rant time.

Do You Have a Fat Slob for a Wife?
Do You Have a Fat Slob for a Wife?

I’ve been married for 23 years and have had a wife fluctuate from one extreme to another. Just hear me out.

3 Old-School Exercises You Need in Your Training Plan
3 Old-School Exercises You Need in Your Training Plan

Growing and progressing is the name of the game. You should do what works even if it isn’t new.

Why Comfort Can Kill Your Progress
Why Comfort Can Kill Your Progress

Familiarity and comfort aren’t always bad things — I drive the same route home every day. But in your diet and training? Be ready for change.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…Someone’s Blue
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed…Someone’s Blue

There’s a difference between using someone’s ideas or concepts and flat-out stealing them. It’s very simple to figure out, even though a lot of you blow it.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Where Everybody Knows Your Name

If I left work and went to the bar instead of the gym, would it really make a difference?

Debunking Dieting Myths: Is Skiploading Unhealthy?
Debunking Dieting Myths: Is Skiploading Unhealthy?

For sixteen years I have been honing the method of Skiploading and only now am I starting to hear complaints from inexperienced kids who don’t understand it. Let me break it down for you.

The Boards vs. Social Media — Can We Have Both?
The Boards vs. Social Media — Can We Have Both?

There was a time not that long ago that you knew where to go for positive discussion about a shared interest. What happened? Can we get it back?

I’ve Earned the Right
I’ve Earned the Right

You’re welcome to whine about my methods or my opinions. And I’m welcome to not care.

5 Easy Ways To Become A Shitty Client
5 Easy Ways To Become A Shitty Client

Are you trying to make your coach’s life hell? Do you aspire to be the biggest pain in the ass possible? I’ve got the plan for you.

Observations From My White Trash Vacation
Observations From My White Trash Vacation

Every year my wife and I take our kids on a vacation, and that usually means a cruise. If you’ve been on a cruise, you know what I mean when I say “white trash.”

Four Sure-fire Ways to Harvest Calf Meat
Four Sure-fire Ways to Harvest Calf Meat

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.

3 Old School Bodybuilding Techniques We Need to Bring Back
3 Old School Bodybuilding Techniques We Need to Bring Back

Calf raises with my training partner’s sweaty ballsack on my back can stay in the past, but it’s time to bring back these other forgotten exercises.

Everybody Knows Somebody
Everybody Knows Somebody

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.

How Should You Train When You're Sick? Should You At All?
How Should You Train When You're Sick? Should You At All?

Not sure if you’re too sick to train? Use the red light | green light system to determine whether you should spend your afternoon on the couch or the bench.

Bring On the Regulation
Bring On the Regulation

This industry is a sea of turds, full of ‘coaches’ with no credentials and no right to be training anyone. Let’s fix that.

A Bodybuilder's Take on the Bands and Chains Trend
A Bodybuilder's Take on the Bands and Chains Trend

If you use bands and chains your social media following may grow, but will your muscles?

An Open Message To All Competitors And Coaches
An Open Message To All Competitors And Coaches

Recognize your role, accept your responsibilities, and quit making excuses to hide your flaws.

Don't Blink
Don't Blink

In addition to winning local bodybuilding shows, Skip holds the Rocky Mountain staring contest title.

Metabolic Damage or Adrenal Fatigue?
Metabolic Damage or Adrenal Fatigue?

Lately, everywhere I turn someone is blowing off about metabolic damage.

#I'mBulking #NoYouAreNot #YouAreAFatAss
#I'mBulking #NoYouAreNot #YouAreAFatAss

The chances of you getting ripped without cardio are pretty slim.

Sticks and Stones
Sticks and Stones

Skip’s guide to handling haters.

Just Sayin': Mr. O
Just Sayin': Mr. O

Jay didn’t regain his Mr Olympia title by whipping Phil’s ass last night?

Just Sayin': Are You the Insecure Douchebag or Am I?
Just Sayin': Are You the Insecure Douchebag or Am I?

If the Mr. Olympia was only open to people in Sturgis, I would easily place.

Just Sayin': Powerlifting and Strength Sports vs. Bodybuilding
Just Sayin': Powerlifting and Strength Sports vs. Bodybuilding

Powerlifters? Not so sexy. Bodybuilders? Way sexy.

Just Sayin': Allow Me to Introduce Myself
Just Sayin': Allow Me to Introduce Myself

My name is Skip and I am an asshole.

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