Before I get into the question of the day I have to ask a question of my own. Whatever happened to your hearing getting worse with age? Isn’t that how it’s supposed to go; you lose your hearing as you get older? Apparently this is no longer the case, though. As evidence I point out car rides with my mom. On occasion, when we are going to a family function or out to eat together I will find my mom in the passenger seat of my car. And no matter [...]
Archive | July, 2007
You Can’t Handle The Truth
Originally written for Elite Fitness Systems
At a recent party at my moms house a friend of hers approached me and said he needed my advice. He was in his mid fifties, overweight and out of shape. He told me that he started to work out and needed to know how to use some of the machines.
“I have no idea,” I told him.
Thinking I was joking, he continued, “You know the one that you sit on with your chest against the pad and your hands out to the side, with your [...]
Cardio While Bulking- Part 3
Intervals
The good- intervals allow you to burn a lot of calories in a short amount of time and keep your metabolism elevated long after you finish doing them.
The bad- if you are training legs two or even three times per week, you can not do intervals more than once a week without overtraining. Let me rephrase that; you can but eventually it will lead to overtraining or at the very least slow down your strength gains. You can negate this slightly by keeping your leg training volume extremely low and [...]
Cardio While Bulking- Part 2
The purpose of doing cardio when trying to get bigger and stronger is to keep you lean, improve your insulin sensitivity and allow you to eat more calories. What kind of cardio will have the least negative effect on your size and strength gains? That’s a no brainer; walking. The great thing about walking is it will not impede your progress in the least, the bad thing is that you have to walk for a bare minimum of 45 minutes to really burn a decent amount of calories and you [...]
Cardio While Bulking?
I have gotten several questions lately about doing cardio while trying to get bigger and stronger. Should it be done at all? What kind? How much? How often? What are the negatives? And what are the positives?
Hopefully I can answer everyone’s questions at once with this post. Here’s the real deal on doing cardio while trying to gain size and strength…
If you are a beginner who also happens to be a ripped ectomorph who has to fight for every ounce he gains (e.g. a classic hardgainer), I suggest that you [...]
State Radio
“Dude, you just got that chicks number?!”
“Yeah. Why are you saying it like that?”
“Cuz she’s not even 21 you moron!”
“WHAT?! How do you figure? She looks at least 25. You checked her ID and determined that it was fake?”
“No wristband, Einstein!”
“Aaaaooooo…That can’t be good. Well, why are their underage girls in here? Isn’t this a bar?”
“Dude, what time did you start drinking? It’s The Stone Pony, it’s a concert venue, first and foremost, you know that. They let anyone in.”
“Well I don’t think Bruce should be letting underage girls in [...]
CNS Intensive?
CNS intensive training is hot topic these days. Everybody always wants to talk about the CNS and the role it plays in your training. I have done so myself on several occasions but today I want to talk about the role that overthinking about CNS intensive training may be playing in your long term results.
For those that don’t know, it is widely recommended that you do not do two CNS intensive workouts on back to back days. For example, you do not perform two max effort workouts on consecutive days [...]
