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

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.

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.

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

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.

Congratulations to the four winners!

I’m glad they put a fatty on the cover of SI. If you don’t like it, I don’t care and neither does she.

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?

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

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.

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.”

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.

Something else to steal: my views on how to maintain “bodybuilder status” this holiday season. Yeah, I’ve dramatically changed my opinions on the topic in these past couple of years. Take notes.

Are you conscious of where you’re placing your elbows during presses, rows, flyes, curls, and pullovers?

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.

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.

There’s a right way and a wrong way when pursuing the balancing act of physique symmetry. Do this, never do that.

I thought my back-injury days were over. I thought I would continue to stay healthy if I stretched and visited my chiropractor. I was wrong.

You may or may not like it, but your girlfriend would love to bang a Men’s Physique guy. Can you really blame her?

This isn’t rocket science people. Stop complicating every damn process and start simplifying.

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?

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.

Remember all those things you wish you would have known when you started? Maybe we should do more than laugh at the guy across the gym doing machine decline iso-lateral presses.

To you youngsters: as you reach for maturity, don’t stumble into old age.

Doctors and strength athletes frequently argue over the effects (good and bad) of performance-enhancing drugs, but some facts aren’t debatable.

You’re welcome to your opinion about any man — living or dead. But sometimes you should just keep that opinion to yourself.

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

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

Terrible things can happen after a show. I’ve seen shingles, illness, and weight rebound. If your protocol is intelligent, you can avoid all this.

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

Wondering if you’re doing it wrong? Then why do you keep doing it?

The holidays aren't meant to be a time for calorie-counting.

Come at me in the (comments) section. I dare ya!

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

The journey of a thousand pounds begins with the first ounce.

Skip addresses the commotion over range of motion.

I grill Ken Skip Hill, debrief Agent X, and de-shell Shelby Starnes to find the optimal diet plan after a bodybuilding show.

I’m sad that not enough people live the way they want to—happy and on their own terms.

If "ifs and buts" were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas.

Proximity often diminishes respect. Are you overlooking a nearby authority?

What’s the deal with CrossFit?

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to not overcomplicate something simple.

The job doesn't come with a guidebook, but you can learn from the experiences of Team elitefts!

Tossing your ass OFF the gluten bandwagon.

How to add strategy to your cheat meals.

Bacon blasphemy: If you worship at the temple of pork, you sing the praises of a false God.

Tension over distension.

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).

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

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

Skip’s guide to handling haters.

Hard work and commitment should be respected, no matter how you choose to train or compete.

Proximity has nothing to do with how good you will get in this sport.

Have some eggnog and tell yourself that you will be back to beast mode soon enough.

If you look hard enough and long enough, you will find something negative about almost any food.

People tend to refer to others who workout and diet regularly as having discipline.

As hard as it sometimes seems, I know I would rather fight the good fight and do what it takes to stay in great shape.

Panhandling is the new craze In bodybuilding.