30 Questions

How to Build Muscle, Strength & Conditioning, Training Music

Does anyone actually like doing front squats?

Why do so many people think that front squats are somehow magically more “sport specific” than back squats?

When did getting strong get so complicated?

Has anyone who weighs above 185 ever tried to wear a regular American Apparel t-shirt? The 50/50 blends and the 50/25/25 blends are good. But the regular cotton tee… Man, is that a funny look. The upper body is skin tight and then it flares out to a giant moo-moo dress at the bottom. Strange..

Is everyone in the fitness industry now a business/ marketing expert?

If you make less than 250k per year can you really be considered a money making authority? What about all the sub 100k earning biz experts? Not good, my friends, not good.

Speaking of business and marketing, if you are one of the presenters at such a conference I probably wouldn’t mention to people on your blog or twitter account that you are driving there or splitting the hotel room with five other guys. That’s not what big time successful people do. If you’re gonna go with “the fake it til ya make it” approach you gotta be on your game at all times, kids.

Has anyone ever done snatch grip deadlifts on a podium?

A podium? Really? Isn’t that what people speak in front of?

Are people really still recommending glutamine as a worthy supplement?

Are people actually still taking glutamine?

Is it me or is Megan Fox really hot?

Does anyone actually like doing split squats?

Is a fauhawk ever acceptable?

What would Mr. T think of such a hairdo?

Why don’t more people have a reverse Mohawk like late, great Road Warrior Hawk? If I could grow one I damn sure would.

Is there anyone with more built up anger than the Iron Sheik? Man, I love that guy.

Are people still recommending 40-70 seconds of time under tension for optimal hypertrophy gains? That’s good comedy right there.

Why does everyone on 24 start every sentence with the word, “Look?”

“Look, Jack Bauer was in trouble and I had to cover for him.”

“Look, I never meant for it to end up like this.”

“Look, if you want my help you’re gonna have to start trusting me.”

“Look, we’re running out of time here!”

Are still people recommending the ole slow tempo scam?

Did anyone ever see Arnold, Yates or Ronnie Coleman perform a 402 tempo? Or a 505?

Did you ever hear the one about how leg curls should be done plantar flexed because doing so lessens the involvement of the gastrocnemius and puts more stress on the hamstrings? Oh man, that is funny stuff. Although you wont think so if you actually do that because your knees will be ruined. But it’s funny to read about.

You know what I find very annoying lately? Cookie monster metal. I got into it for a year or so and then woke up one day and wondered why. Slayer and Static X, yes. The cookie monster just screaming jumbled nonsense, no thanks.

Are trap bar deads really safer than regular deads? Usually, but not always. Depends on the person.

Why would anyone ever want to use a treadmill when there are infinite amounts of earth to cover by foot or by bike?

Why don’t more people meditate? The Holosync Meditation Program has changed my life.

Is it me or deadlifts really, really fun?

Are there two more “sport specific” exercises than running or jumping? People need to do these two things more often and worry less about standing on a wobble board or whatever other scams they use to make exercises more “functional.”

Has anyone ever heard Dane Cook say anything funny?

You know what is funny? White sneakers. Those are funny.

Solid white sneakers are really funny.

Solid white sneakers on a guy… hilarious.

Why has Snoop still not realized that he is nothing without Dr. Dre and that his only good album was released in 1993. Call the good doctor and make something worth listening to. I’m begging you. That’s 16 years of wasted talent.

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