Archive | August, 2008

How to Build Muscle Olympic Style: Part 2

28. Aug, 2008 14 Comments How to Build Muscle



In part one of this series we discussed how to build muscle like the always-jacked-big-biceps-and-triceps sporting male gymnasts. In part two we are going to address the other most muscular athletes at the summer Olympics, the sprinters. If you took a survey of most average guys I am willing to bet that 99.9% of them would choose to look like an Olympic sprinter over just about any other physique option you gave them. Lean muscular and athletic looking; what could be better than that? I would even [...]

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No Excuses

27. Aug, 2008 4 Comments Motivation, Videos



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10 Reasons Why I Don’t Do Aerobics

26. Aug, 2008 8 Comments Fat Loss



10 Reasons Why I Don’t Do Aerobics

This is a great article by a colleague of mine and I guy I have the utmost respect for, Steve Maxwell. It reinforces what I have always said about doing sprints, strongman conditioning, playing sports, etc to get in shape instead of just mindlessly pumping away on the stair climber. To see that Steve practices what he preaches check out his pic to the left and take note of the fact that he is FIFTY FIVE years old!

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By Steve Maxwell

One morning, while observing a female endlessly running [...]

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Muscle Building Q & A

25. Aug, 2008 10 Comments How to Build Muscle



Muscle Building Q & A

I just came across this interview I did for Craig Ballantyne (that’s an old picture from the 70′s of Craig and I to the left, he’s in black ;) ) a couple years ago and figured I would reprint it since many of you may not have read it…

By Craig Ballantyne

Today I’m giving you a mini-interview with the “strength coach to strength coaches”, Jason Ferruggia. When he talks, I listen. So does Mike Boyle, as does Alwyn Cosgrove.

Jason has great muscle-building advice from years running his own gym, so let’s [...]

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The Next Level of Core Training- Dynamic Planks

24. Aug, 2008 0 Comments Strength & Conditioning



By Jim “Smitty” Smith

When you think about the most basic abdominal exercises, the first one that pops into your head is probably planks.

Planks are where a person lays out into a push-up position but instead of being on their outstretched hands, they rest on their forearms. In this position, the athlete or lifter will remain for a specific length of time. If the time exceeds one and a half minutes that is considered pretty good.

The benefits of planks include rehabilitating a back injury, glute activation, developing proficiency for bracing the [...]

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